Schwartz 's efforts in many areas are based on the goal of " green " affordable housing , including his work with the Housing Authority of Ghana on a joint public-private initiative to address the nation 's affordable housing shortage through the design of modular pre-fabricated " green " housing for ten new towns with populations of approximately 20,000 residents each . After the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center , he founded the internationally renowned THINK Team , an international group of architects selected to master plan and re-imagine Ground Zero , that was runner-up for Innovative Master Planning at the World Trade Center . In a report on this initiative , '' The New York Times '' described Schwartz as : " The Man Who Dared the City to THINK Again , " and used his ideas as the framework for its " Think Big " Planning Study on the first anniversary of 9/11
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Frederic Schwartz