The Freedom Tower project in New York was influenced by security concerns

New York - Although the Freedom Tower on the site of the terrorist-destroyed World Trade Center in New York is still far from completed, its architectural design arouses passionate discussions. The building's form, forced by security requirements, has come under criticism.
    Preparatory work on the construction of the building, which the current Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer referred to as a "white elephant" before his recent election, began at the end of last year. With a budget of nearly $2.5 billion, the project by architects Daniel Libeskind and David Childs is expected to be completed in 2011.
    At 541 meters, it will be the tallest building in the world and reportedly also the safest skyscraper on the planet. However, considerations for security have reflected in the often-criticized base of the tower, which will be windowless for up to twenty stories.
    Architectural experts in this context use the word "repugnant." "Rather than speaking of resilience and tolerance, it reflects paranoia," wrote the New York Times recently. "It is a building armored against the outside world, which we no longer trust," characterized the author of the article the impression that the project allegedly evokes.
    The white glass building with a square footprint, which will be 124 meters taller than the collapsed skyscrapers of the World Trade Center and 160 meters taller than the current tallest building in the city, the Empire State Building, was taken under the governor’s wing after he assumed office. He called the final form a compromise "between real security needs and pure aesthetics."
    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg also says that "there is nothing wrong with taking appropriate security measures." "I don’t think it looks like a fortress," he stated.
    In addition to the disagreement of the survivors of the 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, who resent the city for building on the memorial site, many people also shake their heads over the symbolic height of 1,776 feet. This number is meant to remind of the year of the founding of the United States, which critics do not hesitate to call "somewhat naive."