NEW YORK | World Trade Center Memorial & Transit Hub - Page 15

JSsocal · #**281** Posted **Apr 18, 2010, 12:42 AM**

Is this natural light coming in from above? This underground portion won't be getting light from the large wings, and so I was wondering if there was actually going to be some kind of opening, or skylight letting light in from above.

NYguy · #**282** Posted **Apr 18, 2010, 1:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dac150

Is that a model of what’ll be the final product?

Yes, and you can see how the above ground structure relates to the station.

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Originally Posted by JSsocal

Is this natural light coming in from above? This underground portion won't be getting light from the large wings

There will be light, but it won't be as originally planned (below)

The first design for the underground mezzanine of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub showed daylight flooding the space
through glass paving blocks above the ribbed vaults.
nytimes

Comparison to now:

The second design removes the structure’s skylights.

The concourse will extend all the way past the Freedom Tower (with shops at the base of the tower) to West Street.

upNaway · #**283** Posted **Apr 24, 2010, 1:26 PM**

can anyone tell me what to expect for the constuction of the transit hub in the coming weeks or months? because its confusing me as to they are still doing the foundations but they have put the big massive crain in the middle and i dont see any footings being dug lol thanks

NYguy · #**284** Posted **Apr 24, 2010, 2:05 PM**

Expect construction.

A few clips of the West Street connector terminus under construction...

• Video Link

Puzzlecraft · #**285** Posted **Apr 24, 2010, 7:28 PM**

In the south pool towards the northeast corner during a recent pour, two small areas were left unpoured. Now they are covered with black and are fenced off. What is going on here?

NYguy · #**286** Posted **Apr 25, 2010, 1:54 AM**

I would like to see this view from the falls when the memorial is complete...

http://gothamist.com/2010/04/24/free..._by_real_e.php

upNaway · #**287** Posted **Apr 25, 2010, 11:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Puzzlecraft

In the south pool towards the northeast corner during a recent pour, two small areas were left unpoured. Now they are covered with black and are fenced off. What is going on here?

It could be so they can lower some artifacts down there just like they did with the Last Column.

BStyles · #**288** Posted **Apr 25, 2010, 4:01 PM**

I don't know what artifacts they'd be lowering onto the PATH tracks, but it could be to lower some steel into the area. That's another thought.

NYguy · #**289** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 4:32 AM**

morrongiello

uaarkson · #**290** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 5:48 AM**

How are the reflecting pools intended to blue (as shown in the renders) when they're using pitch black granite?

kickser · #**291** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 10:12 AM**

^^ maybe they choose blue color for the waterfalls, because everyone associates blue as the color of water. Remember renders often does'nt look 100% like the final product. We'll see.

NYguy · #**292** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 2:04 PM**

A look at a rendering...

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Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/149515

Renderings of the memorial railings (courtesy of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum Foundation)

Another look...

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uaarkson · #**293** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 3:44 PM**

I hope they end up a bit brighter/more colorful in the end, at least in the daytime. Something about two massive black pits where the twin towers once stood doesn't sit well with me...

ardecila · #**294** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 9:02 PM**

I think it's incredibly profound. In fact, I hate the above-ground part of the museum. Is that a Libeskind? I'm seriously getting tired of his slice-and-dice architectural schlock.

If it were up to me, I'd set the whole damn thing underground and leave the surface as a plaza - although not necessarily a flat one.

NYguy · #**295** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 11:15 PM**

Pretty much the whole thing will be underground, the visitors center wasn't designed by Libeskind, but it has his mark. I'm ok with it. The above ground portion of the memorial is supposed to reflect on the absence of the Twin Towers, the voids that will never be filled.

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Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=12365

NYguy · #**296** Posted **May 6, 2010, 2:33 AM**

morrongiello (May 5)

Rail>Auto · #**297** Posted **May 6, 2010, 6:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by uaarkson

I hope they end up a bit brighter/more colorful in the end, at least in the daytime. Something about two massive black pits where the twin towers once stood doesn't sit well with me...

Yea it gives me the creeps too. Blue would look so much better.

Also, I'm fine with a lot of it being underground but I wish they would have done more building designs above ground too. I don't like the current bland look it has.

upNaway · #**298** Posted **May 6, 2010, 4:44 PM**

Will the corners of the pools be chamferd then or will they remain 90 degrees square cause if they are chamferd then they will look more like the corners of the original towers.

JSsocal · #**299** Posted **May 6, 2010, 9:30 PM**

The actual falls will be squared, but the barrier with all the names will be chamfered.

Continental180 · #**300** Posted **May 7, 2010, 4:56 AM**

when does the building for the museum start?