{"id":16324,"date":"2013-11-13T02:11:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T02:11:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-11-13T02:11:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T02:11:22","slug":"Four-World-Trade-Center-designed-by-Fumihiko-Maki-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16324","title":{"rendered":"Four World Trade Center designed by Fumihiko Maki opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fumihiko Maki is a Japanese architect who received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to create something quiet and dignified,\u201d Gary Kamemoto said of Japanese master architect Fumihiko Maki\u2019s geometric design for the 978-foot tower<\/p>\n

The first skyscraper at lower Manhattan\u2019s World Trade Center is set to open with two days of ceremonies to mark the renewal of the area after its destruction by terrorists. When the fanfare subsides, the task will be filling the 40 percent of the tower that\u2019s empty. <\/p>\n

Fumihiko Maki, the tower\u2019s Pritzker Prize-winning architect, aimed for a \u201cquiet, dignified\u201d presence, out of respect for the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum, which is across the street from the building\u2019s entrance, according to a video on Silverstein\u2019s website. A highly polished black wall, which reflects the trees from the memorial park, is the backdrop for the front lobby off Greenwich Street, which runs through the area for the first time since site clearing began for the original World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the granite, it forms a zero, the Japanese symbol for rebirth,\u201d Kamemoto said.<\/p>\n