https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1563-peter-walker-and-partners en-us Remembering the dead and embracing the living are the twin forces driving the architecture of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

]]> national-sept-11-memorial-museum.asp Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7869-national-september-11-memorial-museum Water around and in the memorial pools reflects the skyline of Lower Manhattan without the Twin Towers. National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkWater around and in the memorial pools reflects the skyline of Lower Manhattan without the Twin Towers.Photos by James Ewing The memorial plaza occupies nearly half of the 16-acre site with a pair of voids identifying the footprints of the destroyed skyscrapers. National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkThe memorial plaza occupies nearly half of the 16-acre site with a pair of voids identifying the footprints of the destroyed skyscrapers.Photos by James Ewing Water falls over serrated stainless steel weirs and down granite walls around the two voids. National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkWater falls over serrated stainless steel weirs and down granite walls around the two voids.Photos by James Ewing The names of the dead have been stencil-cut into angled bronze plates so sunlight catches them during the day and backlighting illuminates them at night. The names are organized by groups of people wh National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkThe names of the dead have been stencil-cut into angled bronze plates so sunlight catches them during the day and backlighting illuminates them at night. The names are organized by groups of people who worked or died together, based in part on adjacencies requested by the families and colleagues of the victims.Photos by James Ewing A combination of glass and stainless steel panels animates the museum pavilion's skin with changing daylight. The pavilion points west, helping to orient visitors on the site. National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkA combination of glass and stainless steel panels animates the museum pavilion's skin with changing daylight. The pavilion points west, helping to orient visitors on the site.Photos by James Ewing A combination of glass and stainless steel panels animates the museum pavilion's skin with changing daylight. The pavilion points west, helping to orient visitors on the site. National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkA combination of glass and stainless steel panels animates the museum pavilion's skin with changing daylight. The pavilion points west, helping to orient visitors on the site.Photos by James Ewing One of the tridents from the Twin Towers stands (temporarily wrapped) in the stair atrium of the museum pavilion. The glass-and-steel pavilion sits atop a hybrid steel-and-concrete structure with many National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkOne of the tridents from the Twin Towers stands (temporarily wrapped) in the stair atrium of the museum pavilion. The glass-and-steel pavilion sits atop a hybrid steel-and-concrete structure with many layers of transportation and mechanical infrastructure below it.Photos by James Ewing National September 11 Memorial & Museum National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkPhotos by James Ewing National September 11 Memorial & Museum National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkPhotos by James Ewing National September 11 Memorial & Museum National September 11 Memorial & MuseumMemorial: Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners Entry Pavilion to Museum: Sn'hettaMuseum: Davis Brody BondNew York, New YorkPhotos by James Ewing