
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



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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Design Award, AIA Baltimore, 2013