National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion
The national september 11 memorial museum pavilion was inaugurated by president obama on may 15 2014 before opening to the public a week later on may 21.
National september 11 memorial museum pavilion. On may 15 2014 president obama will be present for the dedication of the national september 11 memorial museum pavilion at the world trade center site. With its low horizontal form and its uplifting geometry the pavilion acts as. The pavilion and museum opened to the public for the first time on may 21 2014. The national september 11 memorial and museum is a remembrance site established in new york to document the 9 11 2001 terrorist attacks and commemorate their victims.
The pavilion and museum will open to the. On may 15 2014 president obama was present for the dedication of the national september 11 memorial museum pavilion at the world trade center site. Striped elevations assign the. In 2004 snøhetta was commissioned to design the only building on the memorial plaza.
The design for the building embodies a careful reaction to the horizontal character of the memorial plaza s design while also providing the area with a lively organic form that allows the visitor to imagine the site and city in a broader sense. The glass and steel structure acts as an entrance to the larger subterranean memorial museum which leads visitors through a processional sequence of spaces documenting. The 9 11 memorial with the museum s entrance pavilion in the background photo by jin lee courtesy of 9 11 mm. One of the museum s walls is an exposed side of the slurry wall retaining.
Today marked the ceremonially opening of the national september 11 memorial museum. Set to officially open to the. On may 15 2014 president obama will be present for the dedication of the national september 11 memorial museum pavilion at the world trade centre site. The museum pavilion resides in the memorial plaza between the two tower footprint fountains and is the only building that sits above the national september 11 memorial grounds.
Images by jeff goldberg esto. The 9 11 memorial museum s permanent collection is an unparalleled repository consisting of material evidence primary testimony and historical records of response to february 26 1993 and september 11 2001 and the ongoing repercussions of these terrorist events. The national september 11 memorial museum encloses 110 000 square feet 10 000 m 2 of publicly accessible space. The september 11 memorial museum in new york is a historical site that does not present remote conflicts or.
Completed in 2014 in new york city united states.