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Rebirth
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Concept Model
December 10, 2001
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@Ground
Zero
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Program
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• November 11 and 17 Notes
• Deployment Options
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PHASE
I - CONCEPT
November 9 to February 9, 2002
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November 9, 2001 Sandy Goodkin asked me at lunch to
outline an approach for rebuilding Ground Zero. I responded
with a series of points
which I recapped in my Notebook on November 11th. Later
that day I drew the first sketch. This sketch was drawn
from memory of the site and the placement of various
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The
Tensegrity concept was not developed in this
iteration however most of the other features
were. Issues of scale and size are illustrated.
Total
effort: one to two hours.
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This
was Scott’s first rework of my sketch.
It brought to light several design questions.
Total
effort: one or two days.
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Between the 6th - 9th of December,
Scott and I developed a scale site model sizing
the Tensegrity structure to the site.
Total
effort: about 3 days.
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Scott
and Apollo produced this rendering from a photo
of our concept model on the 10th of December.
The true scope of the project can be seen.
Total
effort: 2 days
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During
the last week of January, Scott developed a
new section view to scale exploring the five
basic elements and their possible grammar.
Total
effort: 3 days
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Each
of these concept sketches and models, produced over
a four month period, explored a variety of aspects
intrinsic to the the basic idea of the project. Each
is a little different. Phase II involves a far greater
level of work and a great deal of analysis of site
conditions, structural constraints and programmatic
elements. The result of this inquiry will be a three
meter by three meter model that will simulate the
World Game aspects of the design. The intent is for
this model to tour a variety of cities to explain
the concept and to build support for this kind of
approach which has far more to it than is usually
considered in the realm of architecture.
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concept holds up, however, advancing it requires a committed
research and design effort. The first means to this
will be a SFIA spring semester course the goal of which
is to create an accurate architectural model that solves
the existing site specific conditions. This work will
include a base-line economic model of the concept showing
how it works as a seed for a 21st Century “Replacement
City.” |
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>From the Red Rock Eater News Service ...
universal scorn for the six WTC corporate redevelopment
"concepts"
(and refusal to accept them as starting-points for negotiation)
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020729ta_talk_goldberger
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/21/nyregion/21COMM.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/21/weekinreview/21BERG.html
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2068270
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/45459.htm
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Print-X!ArticleDetail-66567
,00.html
http://www.gothamgazette.com/iotw/sixplans/
WTC: pesky citizens getting in the way of a neat corporate
planning process
(9/11 survivors emerging as a force for good design)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/22/nyregion/22LOWE.html?pagewanted=print
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/columnists/ny-vpdol232796366jul23.column |
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Matt
Taylor
December 13, 2001
Palo Alto, California
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Matt Taylor 2001, 2002
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