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New Memorial Themes Released November 19

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation appointed a 13-member jury to review more than 5,201 memorial design submissions and select a winning design. The jury consists of world renowned artists and architects, a family member, a Lower Manhattan resident and business owner, representatives of the governor and Mayor, and other leading arts and cultural professionals. The jury narrowed the submissions to eight finalists. From among these finalists, the jury will choose a winning design.

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Designers: Gisela Baurmann, Sawad Brooks and Jonas Coersmeier

This entry includes an open-air structure with cathedral-like vaults and a glass walkway overhead, that is, the cloud. The cloud includes thousands of lights that illuminate engraved names of the victims. It groups the rescuers’ names separately in a ribbon that runs through the rest of the victims’ names. The victims’ names are listed according to the location where they died. The footprints are left vacant as two grassy fields. Baurmann is a New York architect and a Fulbright Scholar who has designed a church and congregational hall in Frankfurt, Germany, and has taught at a number of American universities. She is principal at the New York firm, Amoebe Architecture. Brooks, a native of Colombia who lives in New York, has exhibited at several museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art and has taught at Yale and Brown universities. Coersmeier is a New York City designer born in Germany who works as an architectural designer.

Supporting Team:
Model Fabrication: Kennedy Fabrications, New York, NY
Rendering, Illustration, Technology Consultant: E. Andrea Shiman
Rendering and Animation: Screampoint 3D Systems for Real Estate, New York, NY
Structural Engineering Consultant: Burio Happold Consulting Engineers, P.C. -- Craig Schwitter, Principal, Greg Otto, Sr. Eng., Bob Kearns, Graduate Eng.
Lighting design consultant: Fisher Marantz Stone Partners -- Paul Marantz
Technical Consultant on 3D Technology: Jose I. Sanchez
Model Photography: Jock Pottle/Esto


 
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