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While the design team sought to create a building of dignity and presence to herald the spirit of a new beginning at ground zero, we had the additional challenge of how to deal with a building whose 80’ base needed to hide transformer vaults. The solution was a shimmering light and metal screen wall and a lobby, inserted into it, with an illuminated ceiling which changes color over the evening. The elegant and mysteriously shimmering base belies the considerable technical challenges overcome to create a custom light art-piece that wraps around an entire city block.
Credits
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
James Carpenter Design Associates
Lobby Art Wall: Jenny Holzer and James Carpenter
Motion Camera System for Light Wall: Kinecity
LED System: LED Effects Inc.
Control System Integrator: Barbizon Lighting Company
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