The idea for this design proposal for the rebuilding of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the World Trade Center site, was generated by an abstraction of symbols specific to the Orthodox Christian liturgy and tradition, combined with the geometrical space of a sphere which often symbolizes universality, as well as a response to the desire of the congregation for an ecumenical space.
The idea is completed as a proposal inspired by works of art reinterpreted, which both envelops and opens up to all who may wish to enter this place of worship, prayer, solitude and peace.
A place of calm for personal reflection and thought, a place of communal remembrance and prayer, residing within architecture expressive of ecumenism, welcoming and embracing all.