New Terminal A from 2023
Sep 20, 2017, 1:18 am
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New Terminal A from 2023
I know it was mentioned some time back, and that johanrebel explained why they had never used "A" before due to the potential for misunderstandings amongst the various languages. Looked for that thread but couldn't find it. But given that the design is now published, maybe a new thread is appropriate anyway.
Originally Posted by dezeen.com
Dutch studio KAAN Architecten has been selected to design a new terminal for Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, beating competitors including MVRDV, SOM, OMA and UNStudio.
KAAN Architecten's winning 100,500-square-metre Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminal will cater to 14 million passengers a year, alongside the 50 million already served in the existing airport.
It will be built on the Jan Dellaertplein airport forecourt to the south of the Benthem Crouwel-designed Schiphol Plaza, which hosts shops and food kiosks, and is the main point of entry for passengers arriving from the Schiphol train station and the A4 highway.
KAAN Architecten's winning 100,500-square-metre Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminal will cater to 14 million passengers a year, alongside the 50 million already served in the existing airport.
It will be built on the Jan Dellaertplein airport forecourt to the south of the Benthem Crouwel-designed Schiphol Plaza, which hosts shops and food kiosks, and is the main point of entry for passengers arriving from the Schiphol train station and the A4 highway.
Originally Posted by Schiphol
Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten in collaboration with ABT, Estudio Lamela and Ineco
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten for their new terminal. The new terminal will open in 2023 and will allow 14 million more passengers to travel through Schiphol annually. The new terminal is an expansion of Schiphol's existing terminal, making it possible to retain the one terminal concept. The consortium's innovative thinker is Arnout Meijer Studio from The Netherlands.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten for their new terminal. The new terminal will open in 2023 and will allow 14 million more passengers to travel through Schiphol annually. The new terminal is an expansion of Schiphol's existing terminal, making it possible to retain the one terminal concept. The consortium's innovative thinker is Arnout Meijer Studio from The Netherlands.
Sep 20, 2017, 1:55 am
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Sep 20, 2017, 5:47 pm
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Could they have designed a less inspired, boring box of a building? Airports are a grand showcase of architectural splendor, and this is what Schiphol does. Amazing. What a terrible design.
Sep 21, 2017, 3:09 am
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The architect has used 'Terminal A' in his design, but Schiphol has stated during the presentation that the actual name of the terminal will be different. So it will not be called 'Terminal A' in the end ^
Sep 21, 2017, 5:12 am
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I guess the easiest thing would be to stick with 1A. They could also call it 1, and renumber the others. They've done that in the past with the concourses.
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Sep 21, 2017, 5:43 am
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Nope, it's a tasteful understated design reflective of a country comfortable with itself. Leave the gaudy, showy airport designs for insecure status-seeking developing countries.
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In this day and age it's sad to see such an uninspired design take shape where there could be something special. No need to project such a notion that a country that has a well designed airport isn't comfortable with itself; the best train stations in the Netherlands are architecturally exquisite, whether it is the new or the old ones. Why make the airport a box?
Sep 22, 2017, 5:46 am
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When it comes to esthetics, Schiphol is way beyond redemption anyway.
Regardless of what the new terminal will end up looking like (I never quite trust artists' impressions), it will remain a hodgepodge of styles, in parts simply utilitarian and downright ugly, e.g. the hallways linking the B and G councourses to the terminals.
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Regardless of what the new terminal will end up looking like (I never quite trust artists' impressions), it will remain a hodgepodge of styles, in parts simply utilitarian and downright ugly, e.g. the hallways linking the B and G councourses to the terminals.
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Sep 22, 2017, 12:17 pm
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When it comes to esthetics, Schiphol is way beyond redemption anyway.
Regardless of what the new terminal will end up looking like (I never quite trust artists' impressions), it will remain a hodgepodge of styles, in parts simply utilitarian and downright ugly, e.g. the hallways linking the B and G councourses to the terminals.
Johan
Regardless of what the new terminal will end up looking like (I never quite trust artists' impressions), it will remain a hodgepodge of styles, in parts simply utilitarian and downright ugly, e.g. the hallways linking the B and G councourses to the terminals.
Johan
Sep 24, 2017, 3:56 pm
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As this will signify the end of the 'one-roof' concept, I'm not hugely in favour of this.
Edit: seems that is not right, just not very clear from the images. Also I could swear there was a plan to open a new, non-connected, terminal on another side of the runways.
Edit: seems that is not right, just not very clear from the images. Also I could swear there was a plan to open a new, non-connected, terminal on another side of the runways.
Last edited by CyBeR; Sep 25, 2017 at 3:38 am