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PRIMED FOR EFFICIENCY Surprisingly for an airport of its size, Daxing airport has only one terminal for its four runways. The star- shaped terminal was designed by French consulting and engineering company ADP Ingénierie (ADPI), a wholly- owned subsidiary of international airport operator Groupe ADP. ADPI was awarded the tender to design the terminal of the new airport in 2014. The acclaimed late architect Zaha Hadid – whose works include Glasgow’s Riverside Museum, the London Aquatics Centre and Galaxy SOHO in Beijing – also worked on the project with ADPI between September 2014 and February 2015. Jean-Charles Content, lead architect of Asia-Pacific at


ADPI and one of the main architects of the Beijing Daxing project, says efficiency was ADPI’s priority when it designed the terminal. However, the ambitions for Daxing in terms of both passenger and aircraft capacity were “quite high”. “We wanted to have a layout for the passenger terminal


building that would be as compact and efficient as possible, and one of our first concerns was the walking distances for passengers,” Content says. This goal led ADPI to design a “very centralised system”


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incorporating a central area from which there are five piers, which together form the star-shaped terminal with 79 departure gates. Content says this layout was inspired by the phoenix, which has long been considered a symbol of grace in Chinese culture. (This channelling of Chinese mythology can also be seen in the dragon-shaped design of Beijing Capital Airport’s Terminal 3.) Many international airports around the world split


domestic and international flights between different terminals, but ADPI’s design team decided to integrate them into a single facility by stacking different passenger processing levels one above the other. As a result, there are two departure and two arrival levels designed in the same building for both domestic and international passengers. The arrival levels are Level 1 and Level 2, and the departure levels are Level 3 and Level 4. A further level, Level 5, has retail stores and restaurants. In this centralised single-terminal building, after finishing


check-in, bag drop and security check in the central area (where there are also retail and F&B outlets) passengers can proceed directly to one of the five piers where the boarding gates are located. Thus, an automated people mover train is not currently needed, since passengers are all funnelled into a single terminal. The centralised design will also reduce connecting times for transfer passengers, because they don’t need to rush from one terminal to another. The maximum distance between the terminal centre


and the farthest boarding gate is about 600 metres, which most people can traverse in about eight minutes on foot. At the end of each of the five piers is an ancient Chinese- style open-air courtyard that allows passengers to get some fresh air before boarding – or to have a smoke.


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ABOVE AND OPPOSITE: Daxing airport is


sleek and modern (images courtesy of ADPI and


British Airways)


AN INNOVATIVE AVIATION HUB Daxing airport has two departure levels with different functions – a concept that Content says is the first of its kind in the world. On the upper departure level are traditional check-in and bag drop counters with staff providing assistance, while the lower departure level is equipped with automated check-in kiosks designed for frequent travellers who are more familiar with airports, as well as those who don’t have any baggage to check (although it is only available for domestic flights at the moment). There are also dedicated check-in zones for first class and business class passengers on the lower level. Another special feature of Daxing’s design is that a


railway station is constructed inside the airport, with rail lines built right below the terminal underground on Level B2, ensuring efficient connectivity between air and rail travel. Passengers who arrive at the airport by train simply go upstairs to the departure level via lifts or escalators, without the need to walk long distances or cross roads. Domestic passengers can even complete check-in, bag drop and security check within the train station itself. The rail options include a subway line (Daxing Airport


Express), high-speed rail and inter-city rail. These railways link the airport with Beijing’s city centre, several neighbouring cities in Hebei province, as well as the coastal port city of Tianjin.


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