WTC NORTH TOWER
Among the many works I have been slowly progressing, the art of replica has been among them. This project is a geometrically perfect, one-to-one scale replica of the North Tower of the former World Trade Center. This project was inspired by Bones4's replica of the RMS Titanic, whose replication was similarly exact, and from whom and which I have learned a lot about the art of perfect scale replication.
Below is a series of pictures I will update as the project progresses. There are many things which, due to the sheer size and scale of the North Tower and its infrastructure, cannot be fitted in its entirety; the elevators, for example. Due to limitations in the brick limit versus the sheer size of the tower, only the North Tower was able to be replicated; both Twins together would vastly exceed the count. I do plan on adding a silhouette of the South Tower during the project.
This project, like the Titanic project, is meant to emphasize the WTC as it stood, rather than its destruction. The project is dedicated as an additional tribute to the disaster, its victims, and the recovery. Accordingly, sensitivity in your replies to this topic are much appreciated.
I submit this project, also, as a contribution to the Architects of Blockland clan, whose main topic can be located -
here- .
And now, the pictures:
TOP LEFT - The North Tower seen from ground level, looking up. If the South Tower were in this replica right now, it would be behind me.
TOP RIGHT - A view feet from the base, looking up. The Twins' trident base columns were, among many things, a distinct feature among modern architecture.
BOTTOM LEFT - An alternative base view, from the opposite corner, from the Top Left view.
BOTTOM RIGHT - An overview of the NT from the side, near the top. Here, the South Tower would be directly in front of it, feet from me. The grey square seen to the right is the interior deck template, complete with a center core space.
TOP LEFT - A view from the upper edge, looking straight down. Note the topmost arches.
TOP RIGHT - A corner view of the top, detailing the beveled corners, with another view of the roof arches. Yet to be added is the antenna complex on top.
BOTTOM LEFT - A view of the second sky lobby. The "stripes" of the Twins were due to the fact that the columns were broadened outwards here to bear the heavy weight of the machinery of the mechanics floor just under the sky lobby.
BOTTOM RIGHT - The interior of the North Tower lobby, at Plaza Level. Thus far completed are the ceiling segments minus their lights, the balcony minus the escalators, and part of the base of the Core column cluster.
This project is a Work In Progress. More updates will be posted as it progresses.
Additional pictures of particular angles or parts of the tower, will be posted on request.
