9-11 MEMORIAL for AUBURN UNIVERSITY AN UNSUBMITTED PROJECT PARALLELING A STUDENT COMPETITION IN 2003

THE PARTI CONSISTS OF ICONIC FORMS REPRESENTING THE DESTROYED PLACES

AN 11 FOOT TALL HALF INCH THICK STEEL PLATE WITH TWO TALL VERTICAL VOIDS REPRESENTS THE ABSENT WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS AND THE SOULS GONE WITH THEM. EACH (NEGATIVE) VOID IS PENETRATED BY A (POSITIVE) PLATE OF AERONAUTICAL ALUMINUM.

 

GROUND ZERO IN THE GRID OF NEW YORK CITY IS REPRESENTED BY A (3x3) 9 SQUARE GRID.

THE PENNSYVANIA FIELD WHERE THE UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 CRASHED IS REPRESENTED BY A STAR SHAPED VOID IN THE EARTH.

THE PENTAGON BUILDING IS ICONICALLY PORTRAYED BY A PENTAGONAL LOUP WITH A STAR SHAPED VOID.

THE MEMORIAL SHAPES ARE DISPOSED IN REFERENCE THEIR RELATIVE GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS.

THE IMFAMOUS DATE IS ENCODED IN THE VOIDS IN THE STEEL PLATE WHICH CREATE THE IMAGE OF THE NUMBER ELEVEN WHILE THE THE BASE GRID GIVES A COUNT OF NINE.
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