Flight 93 National Memorial

The Flight 93 National Memorial, near Shanksville, PA, is the site where, on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 came to earth in an open field after a heroic effort by passengers and crew prevented the hijacked plane from crashing into its intended target, the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. The site has become a 2,200-acre national park.

The LEED strategy needed to reinforce the Flight 93 story. Visitors enter the Memorial through a tower of voices near the park entrance, tour a memorial and visitors' center overlooking the crash site, and ultimately walk along the crash site’s edge. Key to the design are the integrated landscape and sequence of natural features, as well as the site’s status as a reclaimed coal strip mine. It earned LEED Gold.

Services

LEED consulting.

Project Team

Client & Architect: Paul Murdoch Architects
Owner: National Parks Service
Landscape Architect: Nelson Byrd Woltz
MEP Engineer: H.F. Lenz Company
Civil Engineer: EADS Group
Lighting Designer: George Sexton & Associates