While most of the architects imagining new structures for the World Trade Center site focused on office space, one suggests culture as the driving idea. “The mission of reconstructing the skyline is one that is proposed at a cultural level. Should we reconstruct it with the offices of Merrill Lynch? We don’t think so. The need is a cultural need. Almost in the same way, the Eiffel Tower became the symbol of Paris, and it is an empty building. This is an empty building.”