Airport design is an extremely complex process. Airports are a transportation building typology that serves up to thens of thousands of users per day, needing to fulfil both long periods of service and flexibility in accommodating progress and change. What are the most vital considerations in designing an airport? What innovations are apt to be incorporated to fulfil their design?
Documenting the architectural design of airports by WIRATMAN ARCHITECTURE, this book offers an in-depth insight into five built airports and three design competition entries. From the minuscule to the immense, the scale and complexity of airports can be studied through the pictures, sketches, and stories behind their designs that are presented in this book.
