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TKTS Booth and the Redevelopment of Father Duffy Square
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TKTS Booth and the Redevelopment of Father Duffy Square
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The new TKTS Booth and the redevelopment of Father Duffy Square create
a new center for Times Square, one of the world’s most popular and
iconic destinations. The project began in 1999 with a design
competition to re-design the popular TKTS booth. While the competition
brief simply requested designs for a small scale architectural
structure to replace the existing ticket booth, Australian firm Choi
Ropiha reframed the problem as one requiring a broader urban design
response to invigorate and provide a center for Times Square, and won
the competition.
In 2001, Perkins Eastman was brought on board to evaluate the Choi
Ropiha scheme, and developed several approaches and from those a final
design which, while informed and inspired by the original concept, used
a distinctly 21st Century set of approaches: glass would now be
employed as the TKTS Booth’s sole structural component for the steps
and the TKTS Booth itself would be free standing within the glass
enclosure. Cutting-edge technology was integrated throughout the
lighting and mechanical systems as well. LED arrays beneath the steps
create buoyant luminescence underfoot. Five geothermal wells circulate
a water/glycol mix 450 feet below Broadway and back again through heat
exchangers that cool the interior in summer, warm it in winter and keep
the staircase ice free. Completing the transformation of Father Duffy
Square was the work of William Fellows (now with PKSB), who transformed
the public space of the square to allow for increased pedestrian
traffic and more prominence for Father Duffy’s commanding statue.
a new center for Times Square, one of the world’s most popular and
iconic destinations. The project began in 1999 with a design
competition to re-design the popular TKTS booth. While the competition
brief simply requested designs for a small scale architectural
structure to replace the existing ticket booth, Australian firm Choi
Ropiha reframed the problem as one requiring a broader urban design
response to invigorate and provide a center for Times Square, and won
the competition.
In 2001, Perkins Eastman was brought on board to evaluate the Choi
Ropiha scheme, and developed several approaches and from those a final
design which, while informed and inspired by the original concept, used
a distinctly 21st Century set of approaches: glass would now be
employed as the TKTS Booth’s sole structural component for the steps
and the TKTS Booth itself would be free standing within the glass
enclosure. Cutting-edge technology was integrated throughout the
lighting and mechanical systems as well. LED arrays beneath the steps
create buoyant luminescence underfoot. Five geothermal wells circulate
a water/glycol mix 450 feet below Broadway and back again through heat
exchangers that cool the interior in summer, warm it in winter and keep
the staircase ice free. Completing the transformation of Father Duffy
Square was the work of William Fellows (now with PKSB), who transformed
the public space of the square to allow for increased pedestrian
traffic and more prominence for Father Duffy’s commanding statue.
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