Emphasis Preaching Journal

It is hard to visualize reconstruction in the face of dramatic destruction. The site of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers will be marked by a memorial plaza that "reflects absence." It will be a grove of trees containing two large voids containing recessed pools. The area will encompass the "footprint" of the twin towers. The area is envisioned as a living park of deciduous trees and low ground cover. The borders of the pools will have ramps leading down to the memorial spaces intending to remove visitors from the sights and sounds of the city, while providing darker, contemplative space.