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Aviation Facilities
Ten airport designs enhance
the travel experience and
highlight their local and
regional contexts.
Although air travel-particularly
international air travel-dropped
significantly in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, people are
starting to fly again as vaccines roll
out. The return dovetails with recent
trends in airport renovation and
design that emphasize sustainability,
air quality, more spacious terminals
and concourses, and more efficient
passenger flow. Also, passenger
facilities are increasingly reflecting
1. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Terminal Expansion
AUSTIN, TEXAS
The design of the nine-gate expansion of Austin-Bergstrom International
Airport takes cues from a dance hall. Opened in 2019,
the expansion allows for a 36 percent increase in passenger
volume. The local office of Gensler, along with Austin-based
Carter Design Associates and Sunland Group as associate architects,
modeled the new concourse after the spacious interior
of the oldest dance hall in Texas, Gruene Hall, including its
exposed trusses.
aspects of the cities and landscapes
they occupy, resulting in distinctive
places that may entice travelers who
are only passing through to consider
visiting in the future.
The following 10 projects-all
completed during the past five
years-include a terminal with an
undulating timber roof that resembles
ocean waves, an airport entertainment
and retail complex with
subtropical gardens and a 130-foothigh
(40 m) indoor waterfall, a
desert airport protected from the
sun's heat by a patchwork of colorful
patterned metal panels, and
a terminal with a pleated roof that
both references nearby mountains
and facilitates natural ventilation.
RON NYREN is a freelance architecture and urban
design writer based in the San Francisco Bay area.
RON NYREN
To draw passengers through the concourse, the design team
created a circular two-level structure at one end, inspired by
Austin's distinctive moontowers, which are lighting towers
dating back to the late 1890s. At floor level, the structure holds
a restaurant; helical stairs lead up to Delta's Sky Club Lounge at
the mezzanine level. A new, sheltered outdoor observation deck
serves as a " front porch " for the terminal and offers travelers
seating and views of planes taking off and landing.
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