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BIG revealed the plans of 2 World Trade Center that will rise to the skyline with its transperant superstructure and create different sized-blocks overlapping each other. 

200 Greenwich Street/2 WTC is the capstone in the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the final component of the revitalization of Lower Manhattan.Located at 200 Greenwich street and bounded by Church Street to the East,Vesey street to the North and Fulton Street to the South, the tower will rise ~ 1,340 feet respectfully framing the 9/11 Memorial Park alongside One WTC,3 WTC and 4 WTC.

According to BIG; the design of 2 WTC is derived from its urban context at the meeting point between two very different neighborhoods; the Financial district with its modernist skyscrapers and TriBeCa with its lofts and roof gardens. The design combines the unique qualities of each, melding high-rise with low-rise and modern with historical. 

From the 9/11 Memorial , the building appears as a tall and slender tower just as its three neighboring towers, while the view from TriBeCa is of a series of stepped green terraces. The building is aligned along the axis of World Trade Center Master Planner Daniel Libeskind's ''Wedge of Light'' plaza to preserve the views to St.Paul's Chapel from the Memorial Park.

Project Facts

Type: Commission

Client: Silverstein Properties & 21st Century Fox / News Corp

Collaborators: Adamson Associates,Jaros, Baum&Bolles, WSP, Van Deusen & Associates, Vidaris, Acoustic Distinctions, Gensler, Gardiner & Theobald, Ama, Dbox, Squint/Opera, Radii 

Size: 260000m2

Location: 200 Greenwich Street, NYC, USA

Status: In progress

Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen

Project Manager: Ute Rinnebach

Project Designer: Martin Voelkle

Project Director: Douglass Alligood

Contributors: Amina Blacksher, Armen Menendian, Benson Chien, Cadence Bayley, Daniel Sundlin, Carolien Schippers, Catherine Pabst, Christopher David White, Daisy Zhong, David Brown, David Zhai, Emily Watts, Eva Maria Mikkelsen, Hsiao Rou Huang, Iva Ulam, Jan Leenknegt, Jennifer Kimura, Ji-Young Yoon, Jonathan Rieke, Julie Kaufmann, Linus Saavedra, Maki Matsubayashi, Manon Otto, Maria Sole Bravo, Otilia Pupezeanu, Paul Manhertz, Rune Hansen, Sabri Farouki, Seo Young Shin, Tammy Teng, Tiago Sa, Thomas Yaher, Yaziel Juarbe.

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