Commonly referred to as the “Freedom Tower,” it is America’s tallest building at 1,776 feet (541 meters) and an emblem of the US economic capital.
From its conception, the tower had to testify to New York’s durability – looking to the future despite the tragedy – according to one of its architects, Kenneth Lewis.
As harrowing as the images were of the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground on September 11, 2001, no one questioned replacing them with another skyscraper, situated right next “Ground Zero.”
For the architects at SOM, which builds skyscrapers around the world, it was an opportunity to realize concepts that they had been thinking about for years.
“We were thinking it’s the beginning of the millennium, we were thinking that this had to be the next generation of buildings, both in terms of safety, as well as environmental impact,” recalled Lewis.
Evacuation time
Among the most nightmarish images from 9/11 are those of people jumping to their deaths from the towers to escape the blaze.
The architects launched ideas about how to evacuate people other than from the stairs. Inventors came back with a giant chute, and a zip wire, with a parachutist demonstrating the latter, Lewis remembers.
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