One World Trade Center

(Freedom Tower)
New York, United States
Location • The first building will be the new
WTC complex, is built on part of
the land of the original complex in
Lower Manhattan, New York, 
United States.
• The 104-story skyscraper is located
in the northwest corner of the 6.5
acres it occupied the entire World
Trade Center, on the site where
stood the building 6 of the first
complex. To the west is surrounded
by West Street, on the north by
Vesey Street, south on Fulton Street
and east by Washington Stree. This
space won the Hudson River more
than two centuries ago is to the east
of the river, in the heart of the
financial district.
Location
Freedom Tower’s Evolution
 MATERIALS

• Concrete core • Prismatic glass around structural podium

• Steel Frame • Curtain Wall Glass for the tower
Safety features of One World Trade Center
• The building features structural
redundancy and extra-strong
fireproofing. The elevators are
housed in a protected concrete
building core. Moreover, the
extra-wide, pressurised stairwells
lead directly to outside streets and
other stairwells are dedicated for
use by firefighters. Additional
safety features include concrete-
protected sprinklers, emergency
risers and enhanced emergency
communication cabling. The
entire World Trade Center site is
supported by a police command
center.
BASE
• The building stands on a concrete base
windowless 56.69 m tall, with a footprint
of 61mx61m, almost identical to the steps
of the original Twin Towers, and an area
of ​3.700m2. The reason for the high
concrete base is to protect the building
against truck bombs or other terrorist
threats to ground level. The Libeskind
design basis would be coated with
decorative prismatic crystals instead was
coated with glass and steel, when it was
found that the first proposal was
impractical.
 BUILDING
• The entries in the four sides of the building, each
with 18.29 meters in height and a width of 9.14
meters in the east and west sides, on the north side
15.24m and 21.34m in the south, activate the
building level street. The entries are defined by glass
canopies and large transparent glass walls framed
trussed by metal gates.

• The west entrance hall gives access to both the

observation platforms at the underground level and
public transportation systems.

• The east entrance provides access to the occupants

of the offices and restaurant patrons to ascend to the
top of the building.

The large lobby surrounds the core and is filled with • The north and south entrances, wider, allowing
natural light that enters the space through the east and tenants access to commercial spaces, entrances
west entrances and through openings in the north and marked with dichroic glass panels.
south walls.
FLOOR PLAN
SITE PLAN
REFERENCES
• http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/index.html
• https://www.aecom.com/projects/one-world-trade-center/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/09/from-cornerstone-to-skyscraper-one-world-trade-
center/569932/
• http://nelloconstruction.com/blog/index.php/construction-1-world-trade-center/
• http://nelloconstruction.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Freedom-Tower-1-World-Trade-Center-
Design-Evolution.gif
• https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/one-world-trade-center-freedom-tower/
• https://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/freedom-tower-ny/
• file:///C:/Users/COLORVIEW-PC/Documents/chacha/ADA/WORLD%20TRADE/ONE%20WORLD
%20TRADE%20CENTER%20PRESENTATION.pdf