Take a glimpse into the future: This is the World Trade Center's transportation hub, revealed a few days ago after numerous redesigns. Created by one of our favorite architects, Santiago Calatrava, the soaring organic architecture features a glass and steel structure with gorgeous undulating ceilings and spines sticking out the roof. Whoa.
This is classic Calatrava, with snow white interiors constructed in repeating motifs that remind us of the spectacular art museum Calatrava designed for Milwaukee that we've visited many times. It's awe-inspiring. The guy knows how to capture emotion in steel and glass, creating buildings that will look as good 100 years from now as they do today. We look forward to walking through this other-worldly building when it's completed in 2012.
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Santiago Calatrava, via Yanko Design
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By dnricci at 2:48 PM ON 10/13/08
I live in NYC, and have most of my life, and I can tell you, this will never happen. It's nice conceptually but in reality is another situation. Also picture homeless people all over the place, they are conveniently left out of the artists rendition.
By dtr1111 at 8:56 PM ON 10/13/08
I live in NYC too, but I'm not exactly sure what you mean DNRICCI. I don't see any problems with the building's overall design.. And homeless people will always be a problem, regardless of the building. (But the financial district isn't even that bad though)
By DarkHawke at 2:44 AM ON 10/14/08
Interesting design, if over-done. That giant glass fin on the outside is needlessly over the top. I trust, though, that this will be an adjunct to a new set of World Trade Center towers and not a replacement for them? It would be criminal to have this alone stand at Ground Zero.
By PTPAX at 8:55 AM ON 10/14/08
Can you imagine keeping that clean after a few thousand people have hurried through on their way to work. It won't be white for long.
By still badass at 3:07 AM ON 10/15/08
500 gallons of windex per day.
By wasoria at 2:40 AM ON 10/16/08
the picks of the future are breath takeing and luxsurous. the detail is magnified by the arcaround us and id live there if it was possible today .i cant get the views outa my head my heart pounds when i look at the picks thank you finally a man with dreams of desent breeding
By DTT1901 at 5:28 AM ON 10/16/08
Now if the lawyers and judges will only let them start building it. 2012, I don't think so. maybe 2112.
By K at 6:26 AM ON 10/16/08
Terrorist destroy 10,000 lives, we show our respect with this masterpiece of art. They failed their mission and we will never forget.
By Rengaw at 10:57 AM ON 10/16/08
Well this looks great but if the message in the esoteric agenda video on utube is any sign of things to come they might as well be re-building the trade towers cause it won't really matter.
By Archaneus at 12:03 PM ON 10/16/08
This one will probably be like every other project that they've tried to do there, non-existent. There have been so many designs approved and then shot down over the years. Ground Zero will probably just remain a hole in the ground for a long time yet, unfortunately.
By Muzhik at 8:10 PM ON 10/16/08
DNRICCI, re: the homeless people, not to worry. Hidden in the gentle swoops and curves of the hallways are the teleportation devices that will lift the homeless out of sight and deposit them safely, gently, and (mostly) undamaged on the shores of New Jersey. Maybe Delaware if the wind is right.
By Lupus at 1:11 AM ON 10/17/08
Maybe they could add a Homeless People's Shelter as part of the design... :)
By DJ at 4:55 AM ON 10/18/08
Calatrava's buildings elsewhere look good to me, and they have presented few problems in construction or usage.
This looks a clean and elegant solution, and I'm looking forward to using it.