WTC Redevelopment Take 2

[GT98]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021218/ap_on_re_us/attacks_redevelopment_10

Some funky looking buildings here...better then the first time around though

[[GDI]Raptor]

Defindly better than the first time around

When will they decide?

[cjolley]

I'm not sure I like any of them,
but at least they don't all look like Picka City USA.
chuck

[Dr Mordrid]

Personally I think they should build something as big and ostentatious as the towers were....maybe even more so.

Call it a nice, big "F*** YOU!!".

Dr. Mordrid

[cjolley]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
Personally I think they should build something as big and ostentatious as the towers were....maybe even more so.

Call it a nice, big "F*** YOU!!".

Dr. Mordrid

Even more so...
Absolutely!
chuck

[RedRed]

It should be beautyful.... The last ones were amazing, but bland from an artistic perspective....

RedRed

[Joel]

I still think this is the best design.

Joel

[Byock]

HAHA! I have to agree. That just says it all, Joel.

[Admiral]

Now, that is an offence

Why not build one monstrous tower, like the one they want to make in Hong Kong ?

[Dr Mordrid]

I'm with Joel, but make that a 200 story middle finger.

Not only is it appropriate but it's very much in character with New York City

Dr. Mordrid

[Jammrock]

Originally posted by Admiral
Now, that is an offence

Why not build one monstrous tower, like the one they want to make in Hong Kong ?

Pics or links?

Jammrock

[Admiral]

Originally posted by Jammrock
Pics or links?

Jammrock

Feck, I don't have links or pics and maybe they didn't even got through with it
Anyway, saw a documentary on Discovery where the wanted to make a big city like tower (as I remember they started the construction already). Was supposed to be round and thined as it got to the top, sort of an elongated cone.
They wanted it to be a city of its own, with offices, apartments, fitness clubs, restaurants, schools...

edit: I'm not sure but it might be called the Babylon tower...

[KvHagedorn]

I seem to remember some monstrosity of a building from Akira which was about as tall as the twin towers but was solid building about the size of the whole WTC site. It had a highway going through it..

From these designs, the worst by far is Meier's. What an eyesore! Two tic-tac-toe boards set upright next to each other... blech! The rest are all pretty much horseshit too, except for one.. I really like the Peterson/Littenberg proposal. The towers are taller than the old ones, but slimmer at the top (certainly smaller targets ). They look like buildings too, not some idiot's half-baked attempt at a gargantuan piece of modern art. And the memorial and surrounding spaces are an amphitheater and multilevel connecting gardens.. it's a beautiful design, and I hope they pick that one.

http://lowermanhattan.info/rebuild/new_design_plans/firm_b/default.asp

click on the red "slide show" button for pictures.

[Goc]

Yep KvH, unlike others I've seen, this project is really cool...

[KvHagedorn]

Looks like a lot of people agree with me..

Poll results I found online with about half a million respondents:

Proposal 1: Studio Libeskind

· I don't like it 187296 30.4%

· It's OK 186668 30.2%

· I like it 150953 24.5%

· I love it 92190 14.9%

Proposal 2: Foster and Partners

· I don't like it 300110 55.6%

· It's OK 99067 18.4%

· I like it 87506 16.2%

· I love it 53079 9.8%

Proposal 3: Richard Meier and Partners

· I don't like it 285910 53.1%

· It's OK 105564 19.6%

· I like it 95886 17.8%

· I love it 51203 9.5%

Proposal 4: THINK Team

· I don't like it 238184 43.9%

· I like it 116790 21.5%

· It's OK 104048 19.2%

· I love it 83484 15.4%

Proposal 5: United Architects

· I like it 156281 29.4%

· I don't like it 153965 28.9%

· It's OK 131573 24.7%

· I love it 90335 17.0%

Proposal 6: Peterson/Littenberg design team

· I like it 187680 36.7%

· It's OK 125835 24.6%

· I love it 102906 20.1%

· I don't like it 95399 18.6%

Proposal 7: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill

· I don't like it 250306 52.0%

· It's OK 123000 25.5%

· I like it 78709 16.3%

· I love it 29495 6.1%


Hope this bodes well for the design.. I am very picky about architecture and I'm sure most others will be too, about this site in particular.