Teh One Who Knocks
12-13-2011, 03:07 PM
By Sky News
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The design has provoked an outcry by some families of 9/11 victims
The architects behind two skyscrapers criticised by 9/11 families for resembling the World Trade Centre exploding during the attacks have apologised.
The twin towers in the South Korean capital Seoul are set to be connected half-way up by a cloud-shaped section which houses facilities like lounges, restaurants and a swimming pool.
But relatives of the victims of the 2001 terror attack say it resembles the clouds of debris that billowed from the twin towers after they were hit by hijacked planes.
The Dutch architectural company MVRDV said it was not its intention to create an image that evoked the atrocity in New York.
It said it "sincerely" apologised to anyone whose feelings it has hurt and "regrets deeply" any painful connotations.
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Critics say the cloud section resembles the 9/11 atrocity
But Jim Riches, a retired deputy fire chief whose son was killed on 9/11, said he did not believe the architects.
The New York Daily News quoted him as saying: "It looks just like the towers imploding. I think they're trying to sensationalise it. It's a cheap way to get publicity."
The skyscrapers will be built at the entrance to Seoul's redeveloped Yongsan business district by 2016.
It is not known whether MVRDV will change the design - but a South Korean developer said it would not be altered.
"Allegations that it (the design) was inspired by the 9/11 attacks are groundless," said White Paik, a spokesman for the Yongsan Development Corporation.
"There will be no revision or change in our project," he said, adding that construction would begin in January 2013 as scheduled.
http://i.imgur.com/32Qph.jpg
The design has provoked an outcry by some families of 9/11 victims
The architects behind two skyscrapers criticised by 9/11 families for resembling the World Trade Centre exploding during the attacks have apologised.
The twin towers in the South Korean capital Seoul are set to be connected half-way up by a cloud-shaped section which houses facilities like lounges, restaurants and a swimming pool.
But relatives of the victims of the 2001 terror attack say it resembles the clouds of debris that billowed from the twin towers after they were hit by hijacked planes.
The Dutch architectural company MVRDV said it was not its intention to create an image that evoked the atrocity in New York.
It said it "sincerely" apologised to anyone whose feelings it has hurt and "regrets deeply" any painful connotations.
http://i.imgur.com/KInTu.jpg
Critics say the cloud section resembles the 9/11 atrocity
But Jim Riches, a retired deputy fire chief whose son was killed on 9/11, said he did not believe the architects.
The New York Daily News quoted him as saying: "It looks just like the towers imploding. I think they're trying to sensationalise it. It's a cheap way to get publicity."
The skyscrapers will be built at the entrance to Seoul's redeveloped Yongsan business district by 2016.
It is not known whether MVRDV will change the design - but a South Korean developer said it would not be altered.
"Allegations that it (the design) was inspired by the 9/11 attacks are groundless," said White Paik, a spokesman for the Yongsan Development Corporation.
"There will be no revision or change in our project," he said, adding that construction would begin in January 2013 as scheduled.