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What can be better than going away, taking a break from routine, opening up the world? As noted in the essay, the journey is more important than the destination, and this concept should be extended to architecture as well. Yes, because there are unusual airports that deserve a visit in themselves, especially if you have a MasterCard fast line, outside the show that opens outside their gates.
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
When designing the new airport in Shenzhen, Fuksas was inspired by the manta ray, a shape-shifting fish that transforms into a bird to symbolize the magic of flight. The structure of the new terminal, a tunnel with a length of about 1,5 km, seems to be formed under the influence of the wind, and when the height changes, it winks at the surrounding natural landscape. The symbolic element that characterizes the project is the double "honeycomb" internal and external motif that surrounds the structure. This "skin" made of glass and steel lets light through and uses it to create expressive graphic effects. This cover supports white columns of a conical shape, which resemble the interiors of a futuristic cathedral. Here, dizzying spaces of double and triple height accommodate various functions,
Heydar Aliyev Airport
The Turkish company Autoban has developed giant wooden "cocoons" for the interior of the new international terminal at Baku Airport in Azerbaijan. The structure with a triangular plan consists of four levels and is surrounded by curved glass walls that round the corners. Passenger areas are glass bubbles, between which creep trees and columns, as in a curvilinear and metaphysical forest, in which the theme of the cocoon is proposed as a recurring motif: inside these soft wooden capsules are shops, cafes, recreation areas for the little ones and even a storage room .
John F. Kennedy International Airport
For fifty years it was one of the most popular and important terminals in the world, then in 2001 it closed its doors to be transformed into a hotel. We are talking about the new TWA hotel, which pays tribute to the original architecture of the building, built in 1962 and designed by architect Eero Saarinen, updating it thanks to the work of designers Lubrano Ciavarra, INC., Beyer Blinder Belle and Stonehill Taylor. The project exudes nostalgia and memory, reviving the romance of flight, which accompanied the first air movements when we were not yet used to it. In the hall and in the business and entertainment center there are several original red velvet seats taken from the old waiting room. Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield music pours from the speakers to emphasize the soul behind this place, suspended outside of time. To access the rooms, customers must pass through tubular corridors with a spatial atmosphere to find themselves in an environment that combines a clean linear aesthetic with a touch of old Hollywood glamour. A detail that matters? An unusual view opens from the windows: the runway.
Berlin Tempelhof Airport
Berlin Tempelhof Airport, located on a gigantic territory of 877 acres, which exceeds the area of Central Park, is one of the most characteristic and eclectic public places in the world. Built during the Nazi era and closed in 2008, this impressive capital monument reopened its doors after Berliners mobilized to save it from destruction, transforming its bare and imposing spaces into a public park like never before. part Here you can loiter, eat, look at an art exhibition or go skating, enjoying the various entertainment offers that the site offers to visitors, the perfect embodiment of the transforming and pulsating spirit of such a city as Berlin.
Beijing Daxing International Airport
The new Beijing airport, designed by Zahoi Hadid, is inspired by the principles of traditional Chinese architecture. As in the court houses that are visible in these parts, where the spaces gravitate towards the central courtyard, even in this majestic structure, the various interrelated functions are manifested as an emanation of a huge twisted atrium, which is the heart of the building. Services and activities are concentrated here, designed to be flexible and easily changeable, and five air bridges emanate from here, which lead passengers to the gates. This connecting roof, covered by a vaulted roof, is flooded with light and supported by sinuous and flowing forms that not only shape the space, but also help intuitive orientation. A plus of the project? Its ecological nature, thanks to solar panels on the roof and a rainwater recovery system.
