Word: bonding
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Rather than simply take the historicist approach some of the members of the Harvard Club of New York favored, Bond considers the social and political contexts of the buildings he designs. In addition to aesthetic qualities, Bond examines the functionality of the building, and the culture of the people who will use and appreciate...
...Bond designed the main reading room of Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in an octagonal shape, calling to mind the octagonal shape of the old churches that slaves built in the 18th and 19th centuries...
...says that he often uses simple materials like brick and concrete in his work. One benefit of using such materials, Bond says, is that there is a greater chance of local black masons working on the construction, benefiting the local economy...
...form of the building relate to Dr. King’s life and mission. Though his crypt is on the site, it is in a pool of water. Movement of water is meant to represent a continuation of life and the struggle for human rights,” Bond says...
...Bond stresses that the work on the World Trade Center Memorial is a collaborative effort. Entitled “Reflecting Absence,” the memorial will consist of two reflecting pools in the footprints of the Twin Towers, and it will be surrounded by deciduous trees. The pools will be accessible to visitors by ramps, and surrounding the pools will be the names of the deceased, placed without any particular order...