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

North Korea (left) North Korea (left) South South Korea (right)Korea (right)

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