9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial Park

9/11 memorial was built by architect Micheal Arad who is an Israeli- American, and is a tribute to the memorial for almost 3,000 people who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001. The name of the architecture is The World Trade Center Memorial with “Reflecting Absence” There are two huge artificial pools, north pool and south pool.

Firstly, the interesting thing is the organization of names by architect Micheal Arad. Usually, people organize the many names by alphabet standard, but these pools, which have victims’ names on the bronze panels edging of the pool, are arranged according to familiarity. This meant that some of the victims worked together or were related to each other, so it was a thoughtful design. Arad (Wikipedia, 2011) said in the statement, "This design proposes a space that resonates with the feelings of loss and absence that were generated by the death and destruction at the World Trade Center." The designer thought more carefully about the victims, and their families.

Secondly, the pools’ shape is very abstract design using a square inside another square. The shapes can be images of twin towers which were attacked by airplanes. People maybe want to memorialize the towers and the victims. The author (9/11 Memorials and Remembrance, 2011) said , “The footprints of the original World Trade Center towers have been turned into two square, below-ground reflecting pools, each nearly an acre, fed from all sides by waterfalls that begin just above ground level.”

9/11 memorial shows what is important for the victims, their families, and over the worlds. The architectures illustrate to memorialize to the people and the buildings.  

 Citation

Micheal Arad (2011),Wikipedia.

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9/11 Memorials and Remembrance (2011), The New York Times.

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