Everyone can remember the iconic 9/11 tragedy which left two of the what was the two tallest buildings in the world by two hijacked airplanes. The aftermath of the destruction and debris and two tall blue lights into the Manhattan skyline. The resulting project to fill the void was One World Trade Center, which was so symbolic in so many aspects. I will first analyze the symbolic aspects of this particular construction.
The symbolic of the One World Trade Center - one single building as opposed to two buildings is symbolic of the same fate that the twin towers suffered. It is also symbolic of the unity of the American people after the tragedy - one because of the pride in which the two towers originally stood - one taller tower to symbolize the pride and honorful stubbornness of the American people - the land of the brave.j
The architecture holds true to many of these tenets as the highly reflective surface of the World Trade Center makes it very symbolic of it's place as the new epicenter of New York architecture and it's skyline. It's lone prescene marks a strong statement on American pride as well as restore New York City's functionality and skyline as it looks forward from the tragedy as the financial capital of the world. The modernist form of the building serves to further emphasize this point.
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