The Architect · Lina · New York
The Oculus (World Trade Center Transportation Hub)
Whatever you think of the $4 billion price, stand inside the main hall at noon when the sun hits the operable skylight and tell me it doesn't move you. The ribs read as a skeleton; the whole thing is a single gesture about light entering the ground. Every September 11 the skylight opens fully.
Calatrava's white-ribbed transit cathedral — 'supported by columns of light,' he says.
— Lina, The Architect
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