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Architecture, Haptic and consultants STUP, which is intended to be carbon net-zero and reach LEED Gold standard. T eir winning scheme includes an extensive, shaded forecourt and an internal landscaped courtyard to provide a peaceful space for passengers at the same time as bringing natural ventilation and daylight right into the heart of the airport.
Grimshaw is a signatory to both Architects Declare and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign, but is nonetheless convinced of the
need for architects to continue to engage with airport design, stating: ‘We are concentrating our eff orts to understand how to better apply our expertise, knowledge and experience to help our aviation clients enact real change and respond positively and proactively to the challenges of carbon minimisation.’ It remains true, of course, that these undeniably beautiful, energy-effi cient airport buildings also facilitate more people to fl y – which, as things stand at the moment, is not a great idea for the planet. Foster + Partners’ Red
Sea International airport will facilitate a million passengers a year by 2030 to visit a completely new tourist resort spread across 22 previously untouched islands. Daxing Airport was designed to expand from an initial 45 million passengers per year to 72 million by 2025 and ultimately up to 100 million passengers annually. Delhi Noida will attract 30 million passengers per year and Western Sydney International will be built in four stages of expansion, beginning with the initial stage of 10 million annual passengers by 2026, with
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Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
Connecting two existing terminals, Jewel, which completed in 2019, reimagines the centre of the airport as a public realm with gardens, an oculus in the glass roof that showers water down five stories to a forest-valley garden, and a shopping experience. The Rain Vortex, the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, uses rainwater, flowing at more than 10,000 gallons a minute, to provide cooling and airflow for the comfort of 85 million passengers a year.
Architect Safdie Architects
Client Jewel Changi Airport Development
Collaborators RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
Landscapes PWP Landscape Architecture
Façade and structural engineering Buro Happold Engineering
Water feature WET Design Left
San Diego International Airport
The new terminal, replacing a 1960s original, will open in 2027 with an additional 11 departure gates. It will have a number of energy-saving features including new, redesigned taxiways to reduce aircraft taxiing times and greenhouse gas emissions, and an underground fuel-delivery system so that trucks will no longer be required for refuelling. It is intended to reach LEED Gold and will be powered by 100% carbon-free electricity.
Architect Gensler
Client San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Contractor Turner-Flatiron
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