^Thankfully, that's from 2015. How do we know it will still be BIG's design?
- BIG was retained by 21st Century Fox who is out
- it won't have news tickers anymore
- the foundation for Foster's design is already there
All we have is this from Scott Rechler, vice-chairman of the Port:
"The work to figure out how to build on the site within the existing infrastructure was done," Rechler said. "A lot of the challenges were overcome and that is transferable when another tenant is secured."
I think BIG's would go down as some of the worst architecture in history. You know that every average Joe sees it as facetious, loud, monotonous, and would desecrate the site viewed from the north. Architecture is the face of civilization and this is the final tower. The rebuilding of ground zero is such a symbolic architectural statement.
Foster's design is dignified.
https://goo.gl/skzo8p