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World Trade CenterWorld Trade CenterSeoul, South KoreaSeoul, South Korea
Kaitlin Hassett and Yasmina Kaitlin Hassett and Yasmina GhantousGhantous
The CenterThe Center
Facts and FiguresFacts and Figures• 605,221square-meter facility. Includes 55-floor and 41-floor trade towers, 605,221square-meter facility. Includes 55-floor and 41-floor trade towers,
an exhibition and convention facility, two deluxe hotels, a city air terminal, an exhibition and convention facility, two deluxe hotels, a city air terminal, a shopping mall and entertainment center. a shopping mall and entertainment center.
• The two office towers and Convention and Exhibition Center are The two office towers and Convention and Exhibition Center are connected by two underground floors housing retail and entertainment connected by two underground floors housing retail and entertainment space.space.
Structural ArtStructural Art
According to David P. Billington According to David P. Billington ((The Tower and The BridgeThe Tower and The Bridge) ) structural art may be defined as structural art may be defined as the following:the following:
Economy of costEconomy of cost
Efficiency in constructionEfficiency in construction
Clear expression of structural Clear expression of structural functionfunction
Social
Social FunctionEvents, Conferences, Business, Trade
Function denotes Form
Financed by:Korean International Trade Organization
Social (cont.)
Economic RamificationsImmediate – local & internationalLong-term – local & international
Social Significance of WTC legacy
Politics, International Economy
ScientificScientific
LoadsLoads DeadDead LiveLive WindWind EarthquakeEarthquake SnowSnow
MaterialsMaterials Concrete (& Concrete (&
reinforcing)reinforcing) SteelSteel
Scientific (cont.)Scientific (cont.)
Efficiency in constructionEfficiency in construction
ExcavationExcavation Top 330mm of subgradeTop 330mm of subgrade Retention centersRetention centers
FoundationsFoundations Concrete grade beams, reinforcedConcrete grade beams, reinforced
Scientific (Scientific (cont.)cont.)
Architectural Interior/ExteriorArchitectural Interior/Exterior MaterialsMaterials
Sub-StructureSub-Structure
SuperstructureSuperstructure
SymbolicSymbolic
Art should inspire the viewer to be Art should inspire the viewer to be moved, to feel, or to thinkmoved, to feel, or to think
Symbolic (cont.)Symbolic (cont.)
• Monumental sizeMonumental size
• Usage of modern materials/formsUsage of modern materials/forms
• Usage of glassUsage of glass
• Penetration of lightPenetration of light
• Many structures as one complexMany structures as one complex
Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks
““[The] conjunction of daring and [The] conjunction of daring and sagacity, of the practical and the sagacity, of the practical and the
imaginative, is characteristic of all imaginative, is characteristic of all great structural art.” great structural art.”
Billington, Pg. 54Billington, Pg. 54
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