NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation today reminded potential participants in an LMDC design study of
the World Trade Center site that the deadline to respond to a Request for
Qualifications is Tuesday, September 17.
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation extended an invitation on
August 14 to the most innovative architects and planners around the world to
participate in an LMDC design study regarding the future of the World Trade
Center site and surrounding areas. New York New Visions will advise LMDC in
selecting up to five teams to prepare additional concept plans for the next
phase of the planning process. The teams selected will receive a stipend from
the LMDC and be guided by new, flexible program alternatives developed in
conjunction with the Port Authority.
LMDC Chairman John C. Whitehead said, "This effort to reach out to the
finest architects and planners around the globe significantly expands the
search for the best design talent. The goal of everyone working on the
rebuilding program is to create a truly beautiful and vibrant new Lower
Manhattan while appropriately honoring the victims of September 11th."
The LMDC released the Request for Qualifications on Monday, August 19,
which is available on LMDC's website, http://www.RenewNYC.com. The study is
open to licensed architects and professional planners and landscape
architects. Selection criteria includes quality of work product in past
projects; innovative and outstanding work that demonstrates unique
qualifications; and additional criteria to be developed in conjunction with
New York New Visions.
The deadline for responses to the RFQ is Tuesday, September 17,
5:00 p.m. EDT. Up to five teams will be selected in the beginning of October.
The design study concludes in mid-November and by the end of November, all
teams must submit final content and presentation materials, including
hard-line drawings, free-hand sketches, renderings, computer generated images,
and site models. Concurrent with the intensive RFQ design process, LMDC/Port
Authority planning staff and consultants, including Beyer Blinder Belle and
Peterson Littenberg, will continue to explore varied approaches to the World
Trade Center site based on the new program alternatives. All work will be
ready for public review by the end of the calendar year, completing the second
phase in the three-phase planning process.
SOURCE Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.RenewNYC.com
CONTACT:
Matthew Higgins or Nancy Poderycki for the
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, +1-212-962-2300
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