TKTS Booth Lands T&L Magazine's Best Public Space Award

Travel and Leisure Magazine just anounced their 2009 Design Awards. Among them, Theatre Development Fund's new TKTS Booth in Times Square has received the award for "Best Public Space." Michel Bierut, a member of the award jury stated that "The TKTS booth invents public space where there was none before."

Perkins Eastman created an icon for the city of New York-the sculptural centerpiece of a major urban renewal project transforming Times Square. The design, based on a competition-winning concept drawing by Choi Ropiha, raises the profile of the Theatre Development Fund (TDF), which operates the booth to provide a discount outlet for tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.

The all-glass structure rises over a fiberglass shell. This component, emblazoned with the TKTS signage on the walls and even etched into the glass, houses all the ticket office functions with twelve windows for distribution. The booth includes LEDs to illuminate the red glass and a geothermal system with two parts-radiant panels to provide heating and cooling that regulates extremes under the steps, and an air handler for comfort in the booth. The design cleverly uses custom-made pieces that can be assembled on-site with minimal disruption to the high-traffic site.

To read more about the structure and Travel and Leisure's full article visit: http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/t-l-design-awards-2009/?page=2

 

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