A “Symbol of World Peace”
The architect of the World Trade Center, Minoru Yamasaki, described the symbolic importance of the twin towers this way:
“Paramount in importance is the relation of the world trade center to world peace, since the communication and understanding between nations implicit in trade is basic to peace. Man identifies himself with and is as dedicated to world peace as he has been to the great causes in the past. The architectural opportunity exists in this project to make this complex of buildings a symbol of man’s dedication to world peace.”
(This statement and drawings were provided by Peter Winter, whose father was the “Assistant Chief Engineer for Design” for the Port Authority from the planning to completion of construction of the World Trade Center. Renderings by Carlos Diniz, Los Angeles)
World Trade Center rendering
I recommend that you watch “102 Minutes“, a video collection from the events of 9/11. (Viewer discretion is advised).
World Trade Center rendering
World Trade Center rendering
-TJC
September 16th, 2009 at 4:25 am
Yamasaki put it right–what was attacked, as well as people ,was the threat to terrorists of peace. Dan Edward McMullen, Architect, Bellingham, Washington, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, Class of 1962 (1967)