The Experiential Design Index

National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion — National September 11 Memorial & Museum

The National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion, the glass-and-steel above-ground entry structure at the World Trade Center site in New York City, was dedicated May 15, 2014 and opened to the public May 21, 2014; Snøhetta was design architect, with Adamson Associates as associate architect.

VenueNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Project typeNew Building
StatusCompleted
Year completed2014

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Snøhetta Architecture Design architect for the above-ground glass entry pavilion (distinct from the underground museum exhibition, see national-september-11-memorial-museum-exhibition)
adamson-associates Architecture Associate architect

Description

The Pavilion houses two structural steel tridents salvaged from the original Twin Towers and serves as the visitor entrance and orientation space above Davis Brody Bond's underground Memorial Museum.

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