Futuristic terminal of Shenzhen Airport Baonan

The Italian architectural company Fuksas & raquo; was the executor of the project. The estimated cost of the project was almost $ 1.5 billion. However, taking into account the increase in the airport's capacity more than one and a half times, the project is clearly worth it. From now on, the capacity of the giant will be over 45 million passengers per year.

The scale of the terminal is really colossal. As we said above, the total area of ​​the project is & ndash; 500 thousand square meters. At the same time, in length the terminal exceeds one and a half kilometer, and to services of passengers 78 exits to planes, only 15 of which are not equipped with teletraps. On the territory of Terminal 3, you will have 200 check-in counters and the same number of shops. The hotel, with 404 rooms. In the center of the terminal is the waiting room, and several atriums create an absolute filling of the natural light of all rooms. But more on this later.

The basis of almost the entire structure of the terminal are honeycomb, a kind of hexagonal overlapping of glass and steel. This allows you to penetrate the natural light in large quantities. Unusual forms of white protruding tubes, reminiscent of felled branches & ndash; this is 116 powerful air conditioners.

By the way, the company & laquo; Fuksas & raquo; will not stop at the third terminal. After twelve years they will have to hand over the project of a subway station connecting the terminal with the railway stations and metro stations, and then, possibly, to complete the final merging of the two modes of transport in one node. The date of the third project is 2035, but the architects have the right to review their plans.