What do the pools represent in the 9/11 Memorial?
Memorial Pools According to the architect, Michael Arad, the pools represent “absence made visible.” Although water flows into the voids, they can never be filled. The sound of the cascading water makes the pools a place of tranquility and contemplation separate from the bustling noises of the city.
How deep is the pool at the 9/11 Memorial?
The pits, 192 feet by 192 feet and 30 feet deep, are lined in black granite—black as death. Water cascades down the four walls and disappears into a square hole in the center of the pool. The effect is quite beautiful—and the sound of the cataracts effectively masks the noise of the surrounding city.
Are the memorial pools the same size as the Twin Towers?
The great pool-filled memorial voids that are meant to mark the absence of the twin towers will be 31 percent smaller than the towers’ actual footprints. Each pool will be a 176-foot square, centered within the original 211-foot-10-inch-square footprint.
What are the fountains called at 911 Memorial?
Delta Fountains
Delta Fountains was honored to join the team that created the largest, man-made waterfalls and reflecting pool in the world. The September 11 Memorial reflecting pools, also known at the 9/11 Memorial, are located in the exact footprints of the Twin Towers.
What are the 9/11 pools called?
twin reflecting pools
About the Memorial The 9/11 Memorial is located at the site of the former World Trade Center complex and occupies approximately half of the 16-acre site. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest man-made waterfalls in North America.
Where are the 9/11 pools located?
former World Trade Center complex
The 9/11 Memorial is located at the site of the former World Trade Center complex and occupies approximately half of the 16-acre site. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest man-made waterfalls in North America.
Who designed the 911 memorial pools?
Michael Arad
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | |
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| Architect | Michael Arad of Handel Architects Peter Walker and Partners Davis Brody Bond Snøhetta |
| Structural engineer | WSP Global BuroHappold Engineering (Museum) |
| Website | |
| www.911memorial.org |
Is Ground Zero a mass grave?
Ever since the attacks of September 11, the Ground Zero site in New York has been a massive construction site, but it is also, in the eyes of many, a mass grave with “hallowed ground” status.
What was the highest floor in the Twin Towers?
The complex contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space. The original complex in March 2001. The tower on the left, with antenna spire, was 1 WTC. The tower on the right was 2 WTC….World Trade Center (1973–2001)
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| Top floor | 1 WTC: 1,355 feet (413 m) 2 WTC: 1,348 ft (411 m) |
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What happened to the mall under the World Trade Center?
It replaced the Mall at the World Trade Center, the underground shopping mall under the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed on September 11, 2001….Westfield World Trade Center.
| The portion of the mall inside the Oculus | |
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| Owner | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |