The Memorial commemorates the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon as well as the World Trade Center attack of February 26, 1993.
This was initially a design competition aimed to humanize the scheme without diminishing the abstraction that had established it as a finalist. The broad scope of the trauma of 9/11 requires that the Memorial use a symbolic language understood by a diverse audience; this language is an integral part of “Reflecting Absence” by Michael Arad and Peter Walker.
From my understanding, the trees represent the death of the people, with the two rectangular basins being representing the towers and the geometric, formal amenity grass and hard landscaping is designed to be respectful and serious indicating that is is a memorial. This is synonymously reflected in the colour palette.
I find memorials in landscapes particularly interesting in regards to the design thinking, final outcomes and symbolism. I think because I would personally find this difficult to do so observing how others do it is a nice feeling.
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