The Modern Airport Terminal Second edition by Brian Edwards
Contents
Part One: Airport design
1 The airport industry
Ownership of airports
How airports generate income
Growth in airport demand
What is an airport?
How airports grow
Accommodating growth at airports
The air transport industry: future trends
Economic impact of airports
Limits to airport growth
Flexibility and the sense of the whole
Planning for growth
Air travel and sustainable development
The capacity of airports
The airport interchange
2 The airport as a unique twentieth-century building type
The role of meaning, function and form in defining the architecture of terminals
The maturing of airports as a building type
3 Relationship between airports, terminals and aircraft design
Structure of the air transport system
4 Layout, growth and access to airports . 39
Airport as communication node 39
Forecasting airport growth 40
Airport types 41
Gaining access to airports. 42
Rail links to airports 43
The life of assets at airports45
5 Masterplanning airports 48
Intermediate plans 50
Compiling the masterplan
Airport layout 51
Runway layout 52
Physical elements of the masterplan 53
The importance of geometry 55
Site choice 56
Energy and resources 57
Environmental problems at airports . 58
A physical strategy for sustainable development 61
Reducing environmental impacts: a case study of the original design of Heathrow’s Terminal 5
Extent of the masterplan 63
Part Two: Terminal design
6 The terminal as part of the airport system
Aircraft types and passenger terminal design . . 66
Energy consumption, payload and the effect upon terminal design
Relationship between the mission of BAA and terminal design
Redressing the balance between passenger and airport needs
7 Procurement and management of terminals
Design standards and briefing: the example of BAA Managing terminals
Manipulation of space and time in the terminal
Terminals in the developing world . . 82
8 Flexibility and permanence in airport design
Flexibility and terminal design. 84
How terminals expand 89
How terminals adapt 90
9 The terminal as a movement system 96
Passenger movement 96
Principles of passenger flow at large complex airports
Assisted passenger flow103
Passenger-loading bridges 106
10 Baggage handling 109
The baggage-handling system 111
Security controls and baggage handling
Baggage reclaim 116
11 Terminal design concepts. 117
Changing typologies 118
Alternative terminal design layouts . 118
Changes in level 124
Choosing between single-level and multilevel terminals
Standard plans, irregular sections . 128
12 Conflict between function and meaning in the design of terminals
Design characteristics of passenger terminals
The four key functions of the terminal . 131
Key qualities 136
Functional elements of the terminal building . . 137
The approach of Meinhard von Gerkan to terminal design 139
13 Passenger types, space standards and territories
Principal terminal territories 143
Passenger types 145
Types of terminal user other than passengers . 146
Passenger space standards. 147
Terminal facilities 147
Commercial versus facilities management . 148
Types of shop and their location . . 149
Other sources of commercial revenue . 151
Strategy for the selection of construction materials 151
The choice of finishes 153
The check-in hall 155
The departure lounge 156
Identity and check-in design. 157
First class, business class and VIP passengers 157
Provision for disabled passengers . 158
Way-finding through terminals159
Signage 161
14 Technical standards
Fire safety and airport design163
Lighting 165
Heating 167
Safety and security 169
Increased security after 11th September 2001 172
Part Three: Case studies
15 Major international airport terminals
Kansai Airport, Osaka, Japan176
Denver Airport 180
Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaysia 181
Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France . . 183
Terminal 2, Hall F, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. 185
Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong 187
Copenhagen Airport, Denmark 189
Gardermoen Airport, Oslo 190
Terminal 2, Helsinki Airport, Finland 191
Airport design: Fifth International Biennale
of Architecture, Venice 1991.
Terminal 5, Heathrow, London: initial design
Revised design for Terminal 5: Heathrow
Bangkok International Airport, Suvarnabhumi,
Thailand
Beijing Airport, China
Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain
San Francisco Airport: International Terminal
Refurbishment and extension of Eero Saarinen’s
design of Dulles International Airport, Washington . 206
16 National airport terminals. 209
Stansted Airport, UK 209
Stuttgart Airport, Germany 217
Hamburg Airport, Germany 218
Cologne/Bonn Airport, Germany . . 220
Seville Airport, Spain 222
Palma Airport, Majorca 223
Sondica Airport, Bilbao, Spain . 224
King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia 227
The Haj Terminal at King Abdul Aziz Airport, The Modern Airport Terminal
