SHENZHEN BAO’AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERMINAL 3 SHENZHEN, CHINA 2008–ongoing
Client Shenzhen Airport (Group) Co., Ltd.
Interior design Fuksas Design
Developer Shenzhen Planning Bureau; Shenzhen Airport (Group) Co., Ltd.
General contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Beijing
Architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Area 400.000 sqm in Phase 3 Structures, facade, parametric design Knippers Helbig Engineering, Stuttgart, NY Architect of record BIAD (Beijing Institute of Architectural Design), Beijing Lighting consulting Speirs & Major Associates, Edinburgh, London
Shenzhen is one of China’s most important industrial areas, as well as a very popular tourist destination. The fast developing city is located in the south of the Guangdong Province near the Pearl River delta and Hong Kong. Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport is China’s fourth largest airport after Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas won the 2008 international competition for a new terminal (Terminal 3) to enlarge Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. The sculptural, organically-shaped structure has a steel space-frame with a honeycomb skin inside and outside, and a concrete sub-frame. The 300,000 sq.m façade consists of partially opening metal and glass panels of various sizes. The roof reaches a height of 80 m. The double skin lets in daylight through and creates dappled light effects. When they think of an airport, most passengers think of the terminal building and concourse. Here the concourse, a key airport areas, has three separate levels for departures, arrivals and services. The ground-level plaza provides access to departures and arrivals, as well as to cafés, restaurants, offices and businessmeeting facilities. The arrival level outside the airport is 14.4 m above the ground. The fluid interior conceptually combines the ideas of movement and pause, time. The honeycomb skin carries over into the building on a variety of scales. The retail units repeat it on a larger scale, and most of the public areas have 3D honeycomb ceiling and wall cladding.
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