Libeskind's WTC Design Study Text

The complete text of Daniel Libeskind's statement on his team's proposal which was chosen as the winner in the WTC design competition.

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February 27, 2003, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"When I first began this project, New Yorkers were divided as to whether to keep the site of the World Trade Center empty or to fill the site completely and build upon it. I meditated many days on this seemingly impossible dichotomy. To acknowledge the terrible deaths which occurred on this site, while looking to the future with hope, seemed like two moments which could not be joined. I sought to find a solution which would bring these seemingly contradictory viewpoints into an unexpected unity. So, I went to look at the site, to stand within it, to see people walking around it, to feel its power and to listen to its voices. And this is what I heard, felt and saw."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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