WTC = World Trump Center?
Looks like Donald Trump is going to follow through on his words from a couple weeks ago when he panned Freedom Tower and pushed for rebuilding the Twin Towers "only stronger and a little bit taller, even if it's only one story taller."
Now the New York Post reports that Trump will unveil "his own design for a rebuilt 111-story 'World Trade Center' at Ground Zero at a press conference tomorrow." The billionaire explains that they
"They should...not build something that looks like an empty skeleton...The design for the Freedom Tower is an egghead design, designed by an egghead, which has no practical application and which, frankly, didn't look very good. I've gotten great reviews on my buildings. I'm somebody who believes strongly in great architecture and [Freedom Tower]...is just not a good design." (my italics)It's obvious Trump isn't enamored with Libeskind and thinks very highly of his own taste, though I can't recall much positive praise for his buildings, which tend to be unexceptional at best. Ironically his Trump Tower in Chicago, which has received some good words in print for its design (though countered by criticism of its mass and siting), is designed by the same behemoth as the majority of Freedom Tower, SOM.
Now the New York Post reports that Trump will unveil "his own design for a rebuilt 111-story 'World Trade Center' at Ground Zero at a press conference tomorrow." The billionaire explains that they
"took the original World Trade Center design, brought it into the modern age, made it more beautiful than ever before, made it one story taller, made it higher lined, and took out the architectural weaknesses that were there...We also strengthened the building internally so that what happened on 9/11 could never happen again...Some people thought [the World Trade Center] was too monolithic. We've put on a higher lined curtain wall, which will make the exterior much more vivid and beautiful."I'm not exactly sure what he's means when he says "higher lined", though we will know tomorrow when the model is unveiled. There's no mention of the architect designing this tower or if Team Twin Towers - a group pushing for the towers' reconstruction since their destruction - or any like-minded contemporaries are involved. Stay tuned.
can he just die already.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is all of his positive responses have come from his 'yes' men and women.
ReplyDeletematt
ReplyDeletecan't you just die already? how very mature comment you left. though i don't expect much from wannabe journalists.
I was in my car when I heard that Donald Trump was saying some things about the current proposed Freedom Tower. I have to agree with him and his reference to a skeleton. It is a frail design in my opinion. One thing the original towers sure weren't. I got home and couldn't find any news on it, so I decided to model my own idea for what I think it should look like.
ReplyDeleteCheck it out. Liberty Tower
The only way Donald Trump can win the battle versus Childs, Liebeskind and the LMDC is to show that his new Twin Towers has a means of preventing entrapment of people during fire - or even another 9/11-like disaster.
ReplyDeletePrettier, stronger, aircraft-proof construction is insufficient competitive differentiation - the Freedom Towers also offers all of that.
Mr. Trump should take a serious look at recently patented high-tech solutions for skyscraper evacuations, specifically U.S. Patent 6,598,703 B1.
If Mr. Trump can show that he can still get evacuees down safely from above the level of the fire or damage - in an automatically coordinated fashion - without much effort, without evacuees exposing themselves to a high ledge and most importantly without need to wait for ANY external assistance or rescue - Mr. Trump will WIN.
Donald Trump should focus on evacuation in his new Twin Towers because evacuation from above the 'fire zone' is the main issue.
As an analogy: Were ships built after the HMS Titanic sank - made to be iceberg-proof? No. All ships were mandated to have better evacuation systems. Since history is a guide, the same can only be expected from future skyscraper designs.
The patented device will also preserve revenue-generating real estate within the building - since it will decrease the need for 'safe' floors, more or wider stairwells, or super fortified elevator and stairwell walls.
Mr. Trump should make sure that the LMDC does not implement U.S. Patent 6,598,703 B1 ahead of him. If that happens Mr. Trump would surely lose the battle for Ground Zero.
Both Childs and Liebeskind have talked to the owner of the patent a year ago at a university conference in New York.
U.S. Patent 6,598,703 B1:
ReplyDelete"Externally concealable, modular high-rise emergency evacuation apparatus with pre-qualified egress
Abstract
An externally concealable modular high-rise emergency evacuation apparatus that enables people, including the injured, the elder or drabled [disabled - john] persons to escape entrapment from or to bypass the levels of a high-rise building that is impassable due to flame, smoke or heavy damage, with very little effort or assistance, comprising a slanted cylindrical booth with a trap door bottom, elongated poles with trusses, expandable reinforced descent tubes with fire-proof skin, stabilizer webbings, an inflatable slide, and active components comprised of sensors, switches, latches and relays that coordinates, prequalifies and controls access then egress through the apparatus, with emphasis on checking the integrity of a complete escape path and approximating free space for each evacuee within said descent tubes, thereby enhancing supported evacuee volume and safety."
Makes ya wonder why anyone would want to work 100 - hell, 50 - floors up.