360 Tours of Ground Zero Memorial Finalists

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360 Tour: Lower Waters
Proposal includes large structure of the North Tower footprint, a broad staircase, water features, skylights and private areas for the families of the victims. Underground would be "a museum of Sept. 11" with access to the slurry wall and bedrock at the North Tower footprint also a connection to the sunken park at the South Tower footprint. A large park will be at street level.
By Bradley Campbell and Matthias Neumann
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360 Tour: Passages of Light: The Memorial Cloud
The memorial includes "a cloud," an open air structure with "cathedral like vaults below and a translucent structural glass walking structure above." The ground plain below the cloud contains two grassy wands, a field of light and slot openings to the bedrock below. The "processional passage" at bedrock connects the exposed slurry wall, the chamber for unidentified remains, exposed column remnants from the original Twin Towers and access to the footprints. Beneath the cloud, there will be 2,982 "Circles of Light" that will shine upwards, illuminating the engraved names of each individual. The design also includes an area for quiet contemplation under the canopy clouds.
By Gisela Baurmann, Sawad Brooks and Jonas Coersmeier
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360 Tour: Suspending Memory
The proposal contains two memorial gardens at the tower footprints supported by columns and marked grids of glass columns above. The gardens are planted with flowing Dogwood trees and a wand. The North garden contains a stone wall and water feature. The islands are illuminated at night to create the appearance of floating above the water. They are about 10-20 feet below sidewalk level. A memorial bridge connects the two gardens. Below the gardens is a reflecting "Pool of Tears." The pool will be a place where floating memorials can be launched for special events. The plan also includes street memorials and a series of markers outside the site which recreate the site of the original Twin Towers in the skyline. There will be 2,892 memorial columns and stones at the Weeping Water Wall.
By Joseph Karadin with Hsin-Yi Wu
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360 Tour: Garden of Lights
The memorial is organized in three levels: the highest is garden level at street elevation. It contains a prairie and apple orchard planting and a small building for family visitors. The middle contains "Rooms of Light" below each footprint, an "Offering Path" and the unidentified remains in the North footprint. The Rooms of Light are huge white rooms with gray Manhattan schist walls along the connecting passageway. The lower level contains 2,982 "altars" for the public. Each altar has the name of a victim inscribed in a stone top.
By Pierre David with Sean Corrieo and Jessica Knetovic
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360 Tour: Reflecting Absence
The proposal includes two pools submerged about 30 feet below street level in the middle of a large open plaza at street level. The plaza contains "a field of open cobble" and Eastern White Pine trees over 100 feet tall. A pair of sloped buildings borders each pool. A below-grade passageway connects the areas around the two pools and contains the remains.
By Michael Arad
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360 Tour: Dual Memory
Memorial contains a "Individual Memory Footprint" where the North Tower once stood and a "Shared Memory Footprint" where the South Tower once stood. A landscape plain connects the two. The "Individual Memory Footprint" contains a floating plain of water over an enclosed pavilion, water memory walls, projected images and stories and the victims' names. The "Shared Memory Footprint" contains 92 Sugar Maple trees, soil from 92 countries, wood benches and "Messages of Hope" from 92 countries carved on stone walls. The area between the two footprints allows for public gathering. The "Shared Memory Footprint" contains space for meditation and quiet contemplation.
By Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta
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360 Tour: Inversion of Light
PThe memorial includes a street-level landscaped park for public ceremonies with a circular skylight contain a vertical "Blue Laser Light" projecting upwards. The park contains a symbolic portion of soil recovered from the Trade Center site. The memorial also includes an underground level with unidentified remains, a wall of names, a plaza and an illuminated reflection pond. The below-ground area contains areas for contemplation and visitation. The circular glass enclosure is a monument to the unidentified remains.
By Toshio Sasaki
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360 Tour: Votives in Suspension
The memorial has two semi-enclosed "Memorial Sanctuaries" into the Earth. Each sanctuary contains a votive light suspended above a large reflecting pool. Surrounding the sanctuaries is a landscaped park. The slurry wall is exposed to the West. The "Liberty Wall" at the South is engraved with text about the World Trade Center and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The sanctuaries contain a quiet area for contemplation.
By Norman Lee and Michael Lewis
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