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I found your design for the WTC memorial perfect. It is unique - my favorite aspect was the arched lobby windows and the mirrored atrium. i lost my father in the world trade center and i believe that any rebuilding on it without a memorial of this type in the plan is disrespectful. its all about money, seventeen acres in lower manhattan is worth a lot; amazing how money can influence. push for your design. it is a superb attempt and would be a beautiful memorial. Owen Andrews <owenandrews91980@hotmail.com> - Monday, May 17, 2004 at 09:01:21 (PDT) Magnificent idea. I would say that your overall design is very aesthetic and consistent with the 8 finalists. Given the jurors style preference, I canít understand why it wasnít chosen. If this was one of the eight, I donít think so many people would be perturbed by the judgment of the LMDC, it probably would have been embraced. Your entry certainly wouldnít have cost much to develop, your graphics are incredible. A video is almost pointless. The idea is conveyed very well. It appears that in your first rendering of the atrium, you wanted to place people inside the mirrors and achieve an infinite effect. Itís a barbershop chair experience to the nth degree, totally American and amazing. Drainage might be a problem, though! If I may criticize, as well as praise, I have a few observations. The design is skewed toward the towers. Maybe they should be at the WTC site, but the other groups are not as magnanimously represented. Itís too bad that the site memorial doesnít encompass more ground. It would have been great to see what complex could have been built around the atrium and aspects from other designs, which address the other groups of heroes. I also wouldnít want to see The Sphere restored and placed under glass. The destruction and survival of The Sphere should be intact. The footprints are well preserved, which serves the families. I was genuinely moved by your design, well done. John <jlaugh@ascensionpark.us> USA - Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 08:41:06 (PST) Inspired! Should have made finalist, what is wrong with them. Would be an experience like no other. Great work. Warren Farr <warren@warrenfarr.com> Paducah, KY USA - Tuesday, December 09, 2003 at 03:10:47 (PST) I hope you don't mind but I have been plugging your design since wednesday on the discussion forum. I think we have a grassroots campaign of sorts going on. I also entered the competition however my design ended up being a clone of the eight finalists, not as uplifting and dramatically inspiring like your design. Maybe they weren't ready for a real work of art and emotion, don't give up! I already have my design ready for Shanksville, I just need someone to 3D it, any ideas? I have been to Shanksville three times since 9-11, I never fail to talk to the people down there to get a feel of their desires for this Memorial. I will be going there every 9-11 as long as I live in Pa. I am honored to pay my respects and to gain insight. Your design was definitely insightful as well as architecturaly beautiful, you should be proud of these accomplishments. Camille Lombardi-Olive <lombardic@earthlink.net> Lewisburg, Pa USA - Friday, November 21, 2003 at 21:21:19 (PST) your design is very impressive, I totally pictured myself walking through it and felt touched in the right places at the right time. how come it's not one of the finalists? good job. Olivier IMBERT new york, NY usa - Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 09:16:14 (PST) Great design. People in our office love it. We think the images should have captions that make it clear what is being shown. We had to figure out what some of the views were (we think we did, anyway). viewer New York, - Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 07:28:16 (PST) Excellent concept! I think you could get someone to build this somewhere else and people would come. commuter Beacon, NY - Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 04:44:55 (PST) Wow. Like anyone that entered the WTC contest, I am attached to my own design but don't hesitate to say that your concept is amazing. I'd love to see this built, and would willingly travel to see it, having never had the opportunity to visit the towers and look up at them before they fell. patty smithson - Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 14:53:32 (PST) Clearly there should have been 9 finalists. What is missing from the other 8, in terms of dealing with the specificity of the 9.11 experience, you have boldly addressed. The mirrored recreation of the view.....my God, would have been extraordinary.....sorry you weren't picked. Kevin Ryan <rycore@earthlink.net> brooklyn, ny usa - Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 14:29:01 (PST) By far, superior to the 8 finalists. Stunning and haunting. Robert Walsh USA - Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 14:19:38 (PST) A genuinely wonderful memorial. I can only hope that the final WTC memorial design is as good. Chad Bliss <cbliss@gainblock.com> Piscataway, NJ - Monday, November 17, 2003 at 15:11:53 (PST) I've had your site bookmarked since I first saw your initial pencil drawings. It is nice to see how far you took the design. Your partner Ray made some spectacular images. Cheers Jason Gordon <concepdesign@hotmail.com> Boston, MA USA - Thursday, November 06, 2003 at 20:11:56 (PST) Ricky, what a beautiful, striking, sensitive, inspiring, and hopeful concept and design. You are amazing! The renderings very realistically allow you to imagine what it would be like to be there. I really like it. Thank you for sharing this with us. I look forward to hearing the results of the design competition! Abracos, Ale Alessandra Chiareli <chiareli@visi.com> St. Paul, MN USA - Sunday, November 02, 2003 at 08:13:28 (PST) at first glance i felt it was focusing too much on the
buildings themselves (knowing your attachment to them) and
not enough on the human aspect of the loss. but as soon as i
read some of the text i completely changed my mind. and i
was quite impressed by the depth into which you had
researched that side of it. there's a lot of stuff there
that recognises parts of 911 and the surrounding/related
events that i didn't know about until i read your piece -
the rodin sculpture, the previous wtc bombing victims, etc.
it definitely shows you're very personally connected to the
subject and you've given it a lot of time and thought. very
inclusive and complete.
a strong proposal. - Aaron Betsky awesome. and, i think it is very buildable, too. - Scott Satin Rick, I wanted to thank you for the kind words you said about "Into the Great Wide Open." I also wanted to let you know that I looked at your design and found it amazing. I forwarded it to Chicago Tribune Architecture Critic Blair Kamin and Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Hopefully, something may come of it. I encourage you to actively market your design to those people to whom it matters. - Charles Shaw Politics & Non-Fiction Editor 3am Magazine www.3ammagazine.com Hi it's Roy from Atlanta! Cathy sent me your web site with the design of the WTC Memorial, and I have to tell you I think it is incredible! The concept is just out of this world and beautifully represents the towers stretching up into the sky forever. I've always thought you were really talented and this is a perfect example of that, I hope this goes exactly where you want it to. FROM A CHAT ROOM: Frankly, I think the buildings should be used for their original purpose, despite whatever design they agree on. But whatever design is chosen, I think THIS (www.rickyseabra.com/wtcmemorial.html) should be the memorial portion. It is by far the most creative and impressive idea I've seen thus far. 07-31-02 10:47:12 AM - Diogenes Thanks for that link, Diogenes. Definitely the best idea for a memorial that I've seen. Though thinking about all the labor required to keep those mirrors clean is making my head spin. 07-31-02 10:59:48 AM - Meg All of the designs are way too generic and predictable. I think the majority of New Yorkers, and Americans are going to want a memorable building, a landmark and identifier for the city. All these designs are just bland attempts at solving nothing bigger than the problem of replacing lost office space. This just clutters the skyline and doesn't make NYC stand out from any other American metropolis as the WTC once did... Just rebuild the damn things.... As for a memorial... This is probably the best/most innovative thing I've seen yet: www.rickyseabra.com/wtcmemorial.html i like it. it fucks with your eyes. now you can get vertigo while standing on the ground. cool idea though. |
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