0001

Dual Memory –

Interactive Memorial as Museum 2004

Finalist, World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. 1 of 8 selected for Stage II out of 5,201 entries. The World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition remains one of the most historically significant architectural competitions of the 21st century.

Dual Memory was exhibited at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center in New York City, the Graham Foundation in Chicago, and the Chicago Architecture Center, reaching diverse audiences across major cultural venues. The project was widely covered in national and international press, including Architectural Record, Chicago Magazine, Newsweek, Architecture Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, among many others. Beyond press recognition, Dual Memory has been cited extensively in scholarly and professional publications, where it continues to serve as a reference in discussions on memory, architecture, and urban representation.

DATA + –

Dual Memory proposes an evolving and participatory memorial for September 11 at the World Trade Center site, one that acknowledges the complexities of grief, remembrance, and resilience. Conceived as two distinct yet interrelated pavilions, the project engages both the intimate and the collective dimensions of memory. One pavilion is dedicated to the individual, offering a contemplative space for personal reflection and the acknowledgment of unique lives lost. The other emphasizes the collective, providing a framework for shared remembrance, dialogue, and the construction of collective identity in the aftermath of trauma.

The project embodies a duality central to memorialization: the private mourning of individuals and the public work of collective healing. By separating and simultaneously connecting these experiences, Dual Memory creates a spatial and conceptual dialogue that mirrors the challenges of reconciling singular and shared histories.

Two models were produced to communicate the project at multiple scales: a 48” x 63” x 21” model at 1/16” = 1’-0”, and a 22” x 34” x 36” model at 1/4” = 1’-0”. These constructs emphasize both urban-scale integration and human-scale experience, situating the proposal as both a physical intervention and a discursive contribution to ongoing debates about how societies remember, mourn, and rebuild.


For: Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

Size / Scale / Area:100,000 sf

Type: Public Memorial, National Monument

Stage II Consultants: Louis Shell Structures, Schuler Shook Lighting, Model Options, and Vertex Graphics

Competition Jury: Paula Grant Berry, Victim family member, LMDC Families Advisory Council; Susan K. Freedman, President of the Public Art Fund; Vartan Gregorian PhD, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York; Patricia Harris, Deputy Mayor for Administration for the City of New York; Maya Lin, Artist and Architect; Michael McKeon, Governor Pataki’s Director of Communications; Julie Menin, President / Founder Wall Street Rising Enrique Norten, Architect; Martin Puryear, Artist ; Nancy Rosen, Public artist Lowery Stokes Sims PhD, Executive Director of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Michael Van Valkenburgh, Architect; James E. Young PhD, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst; David Rockefeller, Philanthropist

See more PROJECTS

0001

Dual Memory –

Interactive Memorial as Museum 2004

Dual Memory proposes an evolving and participatory memorial for September 11 at the World Trade Center site, one that acknowledges the complexities of grief, remembrance, and resilience. Conceived as two distinct yet interrelated pavilions, the project engages both the intimate and the collective dimensions of memory. One pavilion is dedicated to the individual, offering a contemplative space for personal reflection and the acknowledgment of unique lives lost. The other emphasizes the collective, providing a framework for shared remembrance, dialogue, and the construction of collective identity in the aftermath of trauma.

The project embodies a duality central to memorialization: the private mourning of individuals and the public work of collective healing. By separating and simultaneously connecting these experiences, Dual Memory creates a spatial and conceptual dialogue that mirrors the challenges of reconciling singular and shared histories.

Two models were produced to communicate the project at multiple scales: a 48” x 63” x 21” model at 1/16” = 1’-0”, and a 22” x 34” x 36” model at 1/4” = 1’-0”. These constructs emphasize both urban-scale integration and human-scale experience, situating the proposal as both a physical intervention and a discursive contribution to ongoing debates about how societies remember, mourn, and rebuild.

HIGHLIGHTS Finalist, World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. 1 of 8 selected for Stage II out of 5,201 entries. The World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition remains one of the most historically significant architectural competitions of the 21st century.

Dual Memory was exhibited at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center in New York City, the Graham Foundation in Chicago, and the Chicago Architecture Center, reaching diverse audiences across major cultural venues. The project was widely covered in national and international press, including Architectural Record, Chicago Magazine, Newsweek, Architecture Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, among many others. Beyond press recognition, Dual Memory has been cited extensively in scholarly and professional publications, where it continues to serve as a reference in discussions on memory, architecture, and urban representation.

DATA + –

For: Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

Size / Scale / Area:100,000 sf

Type: Public Memorial, National Monument

Stage II Consultants: Louis Shell Structures, Schuler Shook Lighting, Model Options, and Vertex Graphics

Competition Jury: Paula Grant Berry, Victim family member, LMDC Families Advisory Council; Susan K. Freedman, President of the Public Art Fund; Vartan Gregorian PhD, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York; Patricia Harris, Deputy Mayor for Administration for the City of New York; Maya Lin, Artist and Architect; Michael McKeon, Governor Pataki’s Director of Communications; Julie Menin, President / Founder Wall Street Rising Enrique Norten, Architect; Martin Puryear, Artist ; Nancy Rosen, Public artist Lowery Stokes Sims PhD, Executive Director of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Michael Van Valkenburgh, Architect; James E. Young PhD, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst; David Rockefeller, Philanthropist