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Maryland 9/11 Memorial

Maryland's 9/11 Memorial is located adjacent to Baltimore's World Trade Center along the Inner Harbor. The project creates a memorial plaza focused on an original artifact from the Twin Towers and is designed to honor the extraordinary heroism, commitment, and sacrifice of Maryland's 9/11 victims, rescuers and their families. The artifact, a group of three amalgamated steel beams and associated smaller steel shard, is a physical reminder of the events on September 11th. Also represented in the memorial are artifacts from the Pentagon strike as well as a rembrance to the Shanksville, PA Flight 93 strike. The memorial provides a place for contemplation, reflection and remembrance.

Client

Maryland State Arts Council

Location

Baltimore, MD

Size

Completed

2011

Desert Dunes
Desert Dunes

The immense white marble stones that comprise the base recall geologic time. Marble has been used for millennia to create durable monuments, evoking historical time. The individual stones work together to support the twisted steel relic from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. This artifact's deformation dramatically illustrates the terrible force and power of the destruction on that day. Moreover, rust from the steel artifact will patinate the individual stones, indelibly changing them over time, so the steel and the stone will evolve together as the years pass. Like the gnomon of a sundial, Baltimore's World Trade Center casts a shadow that slowly moves across the memorial. Every September 11, the shadow will cross inscriptions indicating the time of the events that morning in 2001.

Design Team

Steve Ziger

Douglas Bothner

Matthew Rouse

Consultants

Graphic Designer – Pentagram

Landscape Architect – Mahan Rykiel Associates

Structural Engineer – Silman Associates

Lighting Designer – Brandston Partnership, Inc.

Conservators – Fullick Conservation, LLC

Conservators – Stromberg Conservation, LLC

Stone Distributor – Rugo Stone, LLC

3D Scanning – Direct Dimensions, Inc.

Photography

Karl Connolly

Awards

2013 Design Award – AIA Baltimore

Publications

9-11-12: "They are Still in the Light" Maryland's 9/11 Memorial »
WYPR - Maryland Morning 09/2012


9/11 Memorial of Maryland Audio Tour Video »
Maryland State Arts Council 04/2012


Where were you? 9/11 »
Baltimore Magazine 08/2011

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