| Description |
1 online resource (1 streaming audio file (40 minutes)): sound, color + transcript, images of works |
| Contents |
Michael Arad--The 9/11 Memorial--The North Pool--The 9/11. Memorial Concept Sketch--The Plaza Includes More Than 400 Oak Trees--The Names Of The Victims Inscribed In Bronze Around The Perimeters Of The Two Pools--Sketch Of The Tree Planting Scheme Around The Two Pools--The Names Are Arranged Using A System Of Meaningful Adjacency--The Two Pools At The 9/11 Memorial--The 9/11 Memorial At Night |
| Summary |
Michael Arad won the 2003 competition to design the World Trade Center memorial over more than 5,000 other entries. Born in Israel in 1969, Arad was living in New York City on 9/11. His scheme for the memorial, which began as a personal project in the days and weeks following the World Trade Centre attacks, was based on an image of two vast voids in the Hudson river, reflecting the absence of the demolished towers. The project, which took seven years to complete and was beset by politics and conflict, opened in September 2011 to critical acclaim. In this talk, Arad, a principle at Handel Architects, describes his ambitions for the project, his determination to protect his original vision in the face of conflicting expectations, and the challenge of winning such a high profile commission so early in his career |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's website (viewed April 14, 2021) |
| Subject |
Architects.
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Architecture, Postmodern.
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Arad, Michael, 1969-, narrator.
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