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REMOTE UN SECURITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Overview: Located in the remote location of a desert military installation, the rehabilitation of the Titan II missile silo is to maintain its role of being a deterrent to the possible catastrophe that a nuclear confrontation would bring if undertaken at any scale. However, in times like these it is diplomacy that seems to be the greatest weapon in our arsenal. The isolated location of the new United Nations Security Council Chambers provides the necessary neutrality for diplomatic actions to succeed. The United Nations (UN) headquarters is currently housed in New York City. This facility accommodates almost all UN activities, functions, and meetings. Problems associated with the current facility include: 1) security concerns for the UN, as it is solely housed at this single location, 2) security concerns for New York City, as the UN is easily accessible (as proven by 9/11) with limited military protection, 3) it does not promote a sense of espirt décor by providing various countries the ability to ‘host’ the UN delegates, and 4) it is often remote from the areas of concern. The first project prototype utilizes abandoned Titan II B-5 Missile Silo #8, location #571-7, 390th Strategic Missile Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Originally constructed from February 2, 1961 to October 25, 1962 under the Eisenhower Administration. The facility is programmed to function as a full-ranged UN Security Council, and includes Assembly Chamber, Conference Center, Food Service, Council Meeting Rooms, and Research Library into an existing Titan II B-5 Missile Silo. UN guest and council members housing is to be from the remote Davis-Monthan AFB with secured travel to and from the facilities provided by military escort. The prototype design is to be executed at various abandoned missile locations in US, England, Italy, Germany, USSR, and Turkey. Each silo is relatively consistent in construction and organization. The Titan II Missile Silo Complex serves as a commemorative symbol of both the failure of Cold War diplomacy and our fear of technology. Being both personal and social, this fear characterizes the modern psyche of post-industrial man. As an object the Silo carries with it the remembrance of a time and place when fears of global destruction hinged on minute-by-minute negotiations between Super Power Nations. Today this fear remains as nuclear weapons of mass destruction become common to even Third World Nations. As a symbol of this fear, the Titan II Missile Silo provides a supportive forum to investigate the notions of memory and reference in commemorative architecture. Conversely, it represents architectures ability to facilitate a corrective processes by using an existing memory and place as a programmatic element. Awards Comments: “Through it's aggressive yet poetically made point that architecture can convey meaning and modify behavior. This creative and innovative adaptive re-use project embraces what was once destructive into a beacon of hope in a dark sea of fear, or as a voice of reason in a time of great madness.” "This probing, visionary project offers a prototype for the conversion of abandoned Titan missile silos to accommodate the UN Security Council. The re-inhabitation of a former missile silo is both a powerful and highly symbolic act. The project is extremely strong at a conceptual level and coherent at every scale.” - Bruce Kuwabara – 2002 AIA Colorado Jury Chair “This proposal for the re-use of an abandoned missile silo facility is a powerful conception that could prove to be a memorable and appropriate UN Security Council Facility. It is a bold and evocative scheme.”
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1327 N. Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903 719.578.5799 info@studiotenarchitects.com Copyright 2007 |
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