United States Tennis Open
Additional Info
Award Winner : Triumph Modular
Architectural Excellence : Triumph created a custom Broadcast Village to house the media personnel and broadcasting equipment for the 2008 US Open. The buildings were specifically designed to meet the special event needs of both international and domestic broadcast/media providers who produce and broadcast the US Open to world wide audiences. The buildings consist of twenty 12x44 (10,560 sf)individual modulars used for production and broadcast activities and a combination dinning hall with a 4000 sq. ft. outdoor patio used to feed and provide a relaxation area for the many media workers required to staff the event. The units were sized to fit on a particular parcel of land, which is part of Corona Park, owned by the City of New York, and were installed in just five days. The units are in use approximately six weeks per year, removed from the site and transported to winter storage where refurbishment and maintenance can be preformed. To this end, simplicity, versatility and flexibility were the key design goals.
Cost Energy Effectiveness : Each 12x44 space was designed as a separate unit with insulated exterior walls. Lining up several buildings side by side with the doors swinging to the interior allows easy passage from one building to the next. This design also gives the advantage of easy passage to all buildings in a particular group without the costly and time consuming assembly and knock down associated with seamed buildings of the same square footage. We can easily add or subtract the number of buildings in a particular group and even add multi-floor units as needs change. The door arrangement also allows for separation as may be needed by individual broadcasting groups. All buildings have a front door opening onto a common aluminum deck spanning the front of each building group. We used white EPDM rubber roofing and because each individual unit is built with insulated exterior walls, the thermal efficiency is superior to the typical seamed building design using non insulated walls to separate interior spaces.
Design Firm Name : Rossetti Architects
Occupied Date : 8/15/2008
Production Start Date : 6/1/2008
Project Location City : Flushing Park, Queens
Project Location State Name : NY
Technical Innovation : The interior of the modular units were uniquely built to accommodate the cooling environment requirements for the broadcasting equipment. All units have 2 Bard style HVAC’s, some as large as 5 tons each, to combat internal/external heat. Each building has 2 separate HVAC zones controlled by individual thermostats. This is 3 to 4 times the cooling capacity usually seen in buildings of this size. The number and size of electrical circuits were customized and upgraded to accommodate the media electronics. The external main electrical panel uses a quick connect pig tail system to attach building power to the permanate power stumps at the site. Other innovations include moveable wall sections allowing customization of the floor plan to meet individual broadcaster needs. To accommodate the miles of video and audio cables, a series of floor cable hatches were installed along the outside walls of each building making cable runs shorter and more direct and avoiding the use of windows and doors.
Total Square Feet : 15000