zoning/planning WTC Memorial Park

[human being]

The following is a zoning and planning
proposal sent to the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey on 9/16/02.
The reason for distributing it now is to
offer a counterpoint to the current 9/11
memorial and ground zero development
efforts. It is an open-plan, and also an
open-development, there is no copyright
for the imagery or ideas, it is meant to open
up thinking about how the site is able to
address the issues it needs to, if only it
had as its priority the autonomy of the 9/11
and WTC memorial, at its core, not as the
outcome of private real estate development.
Something drastic is missing. It is believed it
is priorities, values, and understanding of the
nature of this site, its potential, and the ability
to go beyond the past to create our new future.
That's freedom, and it's found in a memorial park.

  brian thomas carroll: research-design-development
  architecture, education, electromagnetism
  http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/

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WTC Memorial Park zoning and planning
presentation sent to the Port Authority,
in sequence with links to full size images:
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/


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-- The World Trade Center Memorial Park --
Reconstruction Proposal by Brian Thomas Carroll
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/1.jpg

A plan for the zoning, design, and development
of Lower Manhattan to rebuild and re-imagine
the new NYC, while never forgetting the events
of 9-11-2001 at the World Trade Center complex.

Instead of focus on a few buildings on the site,
this proposal develops old and new buildings
around the periphery, interconnecting the
various communities, public & private, into one.

This approach enables multiple zones to be under-
construction, simultaneously, by different teams
of architects working within a set-of-rules
to ensure consistent outcomes, at the same
time as maximum creative possibilities.

The World Trade Center Memorial Park would
enable survivors, visitors, businesses, and the
community to renew the area, demonstrating
that our common values & ethics always triumph.


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Image #1 - Early conceptual sketch,
above ground - WTC Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/2.jpg

Image #2 - Early conceptual sketch,
below ground - WTC Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/3.jpg


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Image #3 - Zoning Diagram,
Public-Private Development - WTC Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/4.jpg

World Trade Center Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/5.jpg

Developing around the periphery to
interconnect the diversity of people,
ideas, memories, and buildings as
one community - united and alive.
A focus on what is not seen, instead
below ground in a wilderness of light,
air, wind, space, and sky above ground.

[drawing of Zones in elevation-section, of
ground level, below ground, above ground]


[ZONE 1]  Memorial - Visitors, Community

* Building footprints in memorial garden

	above ground	reflecting pool
	below ground	meditation area
*
	above ground	facade ruin
	below ground	interpretive center
	
* Ritual transition by processional ramp
between the ground, above and below


[ZONE 2]  Services - Survivors, Community

* Community buildings for retreats,
gatherings, & counseling services

* 3-5 story curved structures of
subdued/natural aesthetics which
looks into & embraces the park

* Tiered roofgardens on periphery
accessible by bridges in Zone 3 for
lunch, special events, & memorial day


[ZONE 3]  Housing and Commerce -
Workers, Visitors, Community

* New & existing mid-rise & highrise
buildings connected by skyways

* Skyways with seating look into park
and around city, & improve security



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Image #4 - Interior sketch,
below reflecting pool - WTC Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/6.jpg

[Zone 1] - Below Ground
Meditative Volume, beneath
translucent pool in WTC Memorial Park

[Drawing below footprint in section]


	Memorial Park with reflecting
	pool in WTC footprint
	
	--- (above ground) ---
	--- (below ground) ---

	Meditative Area with empty volume,
	WTC building facade,  and sculpture
	in soil with flowers
	
~ the most meaningful space is empty -
empty space is the space of memory ~

VOID, filled with memories,
stories of peripheral benches
and walkways, balconies -
to look out, and back into
the window screen of the
World Trade Center buildings-
to see, to hear, in silence
the people moving up, down,
around, inside, outside, beyond.

...
Daylight, wind, clouds, water,
and visitors above the reflecting
pool create an other-worldly
atmosphere for those below

Stairs and elevators transport
visitors from the meditative
volume, into the Memorial Park
above the reflecting pool so as
to peer into the mystery below-
appearing as an apparition
to those searching the heavens.
...


MYTH  of PHAETON &
The Solar Chariot...

Phaeton 		~ WTC on 9/11/01

Chariot 		~ WTC spherical
		  	metal sculpture

River of 		~ Reflecting pool
Eridanos   	& Hudson River

Heliads		~ Poplar trees in
			park, & at river
- - - - -
Sisters		~ Amber mementos
Tears


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Image #5 - Recent drawing,
Daytime - WTC Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/8.jpg


NOTES on Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/9.jpg


[NOTES: ZONE #1] = MEMORIAL...

Reflecting pool in one WTC
building footprint with a
meditative area below ground
...
Remaining WTC facade ruins
in second footprint with an
interpretive center underground
...
Memorial garden can be used
for performances, rituals,
plays, weddings, and concerts
...
Landscaping transitions from
formal gardens near memorial,
to a varied and vibrant park
full of trees, flowers, hills,
water, animals, people, sun,
air, wind, benches, & sculptures

[NOTES: ZONE #2] = SERVICES...

Transition to below-ground
memorial by symbolic ramp,
for pedestrians & mass transit.
Remote shuttles for park &
ride visitors, & subway access.
Some surface streets would
be reconnected aorund park
...
All buildings protect the site
and look inward. All designs
and aesthetics shouldd be
consistent, and strong, sturdy,
sublime,yet with different
building programs. Built to
last one thousand years.
...
Boulders, stone, glass, columns,
balconies, stairs, privacy, and
unquestionable strength


[NOTES: ZONE #3] = Housing & Commerce

Buildings and skyways have the
most aesthetic, volumetric, and
programmatic variance in design
...
People can walk up, into the city
from the park's roofgardens,
and vice-versa, and transit
the site through sky bridges,
which also help evacuations
...
The many communities around
the WTC Memorial Park are
physically integrated & united
through interconnecting the
many public & private realms
of the city into one community
...
Multiple architects, designers,
and developers could work on
various buildings simultaneously


Designing_Around_the_Periphery_of_Memory

inversion==> instead of focusing on
creating new buildings, _focus_on_the
_World_Trade_Center_site, and plan,
design, and build around those ideas,
memories, people - dreams...



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Image #6 - Recent drawing,
Nighttime - WTC Memorial Park
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/10.jpg


`` The Whole Community Glows
as One on The City's Skyline ''
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/11.jpg

...

``A single building is not the focus, but
the entire WTC Memorial Park development''

``A special aura, and unique atmosphere
full of hope, transforms the nightlife''

``Lower Manhattan is recreating the
structure of the city with lights & dreams''

...

/\ 	Above Ground

  | The rooflines of all new
  | and existing buildings and
  | skyways will be illuminated
  | by a strip of soft-blue
  | lighting, on all sides
  |
  | The varying horizontal
  | lights will interconnect
  | buildings at night, and
  | will create an enormous
  | unified, volume in the sky
/ \
--- Above Ground
--- Ground Plane

  | The ramp, reflecting pool,
  | and WTC ruins will be
  | theatrically illuminated
  | to emphasize tragic-beauty
  |
  | The WTC Memorial Park has
  | an other-worldly quality
  | at night, and transitions
  | between above & below ground

--- Ground Plane
--- Below Ground
\ /
  |
  | The memorial buildings are
  | open for private gatherings
  | during the evening hours,
  | including survivors & families
  |
  | The areas below-ground
  | change qualities during
  | the night-time atmosphere,
  | and become sanctuaries
  |
\/  Below Ground


`` The World Trade Center Memorial Park
Development is a one-of-a-kind place for
renewing individual & community relations''

" New types of businesses are opening to
serve those on the roofgardens and in
the skyways."

"Restaurants, cafés, theatres, small
businesses, and services inside floors
of existing buildings."

"Nightly and weekend concerts
and plays fill-up the park and
gardens - business is brisk..."



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The ideas and images contained
herein are for the development
of a World Trade Center
Memorial Park. It is a
contribution meant for the
renewal and reconstruction
of the new New York City...
http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/GZ/12.jpg

All digital images are copyright-free
and are available for download at:
http://www.not-ground-zero.org/

If possible, please return the original
presentation when finished.

signed- bc

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  brian thomas carroll: research-design-development
  architecture, education, electromagnetism
  http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/