Ground Zero’s makeover is entering its final phase. New York City-based architect Bjarke Ingels Group recently unveiled design concepts for 2 World Trade Center, the 80-plus-story office building being developed by Silverstein Properties as the site’s final tower. BIG’s 2 WTC design scheme involves stacking seven separate building volumes of varying sizes. Incorporating setbacks at each section, the overall structure would create 38,000 sq ft of outdoor terraces.
From one vantage point, the building "will appear like a vertical village of singular buildings stacked on top of each other to create parks and plazas in the sky," Bjarke Ingels said in a press statement.