Next to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum there’s the PATH World Trade Center Transportation Hub. It’s also known as the Oculus.
PATH is the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit (metro) system. The Oculus is a terminal for that system. Besides being a metro train statin, it houses the Westfield World Trade Center.
Recognizable architecture
An oculus (plural oculi; Latin for ‘eye’) is a circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall. Originating in Antiquity, it is a feature of Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture.
The Oculus is designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava Valls. He’s also responsible for Liège-Guillemins railway station in Belgium.
The white structures are said to represent a (peace) dove in flight. It reminded me more of Godzilla‘s spinal plates.
What do you think?
do not know but not the same it was my entry point by train to NY before but too modern now…me think.
It is very modern indeed