Computer models
Structure
The Building
Using the tech of the time engineers monitored
Just as the face of the island started to pop out
The terminal had to be light enough to keep
and measure the layering of the land making sure
from the water construction began simultane-
settling to a minimum, renzo pianos proposal, a
the fill was compacting equally rate to prevent
ously on two major airport landmarks
wing shaped terminal made from steel and glass, nearly 1 mile long,
unequal sinking
Access
Bridge
Completion
The next crucial challenge in completing this
Today its the worlds longest double decker
finally after 7 long years of draining, dumping
airport was the ultimate question of access - the
truss bridge, at 3750m long it carries 6 lanes of
and designing on what - open for business on
answer was the skygate bridge this was done by
traffic on top and two trains below, just heigh
september 4th 1994. in the first month alone
the use of floating cranes.
enough for boats to pass under yet low enough
10,000 people per day came to the airport.
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