9/11 Memorial Exhibition - 'A Space Within'
- Opens At New York's Center For Architecture
History News Network 6/25/09
The American Institute of
Architects (AIA) New York Chapter has announced that "A Space
Within: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum," a public
showcase of the 8-acre memorial and museum taking shape at the
heart of the World Trade Center site, will open to the public
today, June 25th, at 6pm.
The exhibition, curated by Thomas Mellins, contains new details
of the memorial and museum plans. The exhibition will display
scale models, construction photographs, drawings and videos, and
host a series of public programs. "A Space Within" will remain
on view at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place,
from June 26-September 14, 2009. The exhibition was organized by
AIA New York in partnership with the Center for Architecture
Foundation and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
In the aftermath of the events of September 11th, 2001, the
evident need emerged to build a tribute to those who had been
killed. An astounding 13,683 individuals responded to a design
competition, submitting over 5,000 designs. The memorial jury
selected a proposal by architect Michael Arad, made in
collaboration with landscape architect Peter Walker.
The selected design, Reflecting Absence, calls for two sunken,
one-acre-large pools occupying the Twin Towers' footprints,
constantly refilled by cascades of water and surrounded by
bronze parapets inscribed with the names of nearly 3,000 victims
of the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 WTC bombing...
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