Dutch design has major influence on Beijing's airports; short outline of the features of NACO's winning airports designs

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Thé

Néthe

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láttds Airpört Cörisultanb

, NACO

,

mèmber öf thé DHV Gî\

oup, Wóh thé

design competi

t

ion of the Beijing Ci!lpital International

Airport

(BCIA) termin

.

al 3,

with its technologically advanced. bea

utiful and sh

ockingly efficient design. This

year tbey also made th

e winning design of the Beijing New Internati

onal Airport.

Therefore we tho

ught

it is time to shed some more light on NACO's design of the

third terminal, sho

wing the innovative parts,

and to

lntroduce the plan

s

of Beijing's

new Int

er

national Airport.

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impl.eme.niîng 11-uprnl desigi. cand eng!· t1c•tl11g pro}t!'et,_ rtitlr <'lhfl otto1dlng_ to

NA{O fT/.llflO\Çt;rtli;-nt· "\V" uy 10 <:Qmt/1"9

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Is a1~0 attlve~ y.·orking in

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SPECIAL. PUtGNs

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was

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wlth tti.e g,uY1j11y 11u111b~r-ut p<Ot-, senoers due 10 t~ OlympTcs as.

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as tp impress orJ (O),ympic:) viiito~ Tht! de:

slgn had ~\'étel iit!q1.1lr~mé11U..: ir h4Îd to be budt ~fore the 7.?QS Ofy1np1Cs. and

rt sfun1ld not-l'llè(~~ the bud9~1 Qf $')"$ bittlon. ê)p«l~tty th~ thotrbuildibg tin\~

~OOI? of lhe' b'9:Qe~t de,p;jJl Ch.il~l'oQ('S Thr, winnblg d"\lgn ol \l'ir 1nf('rnatico;r,I d~lga competit~t0m ot k1jlog Ctllpit'al ll'lttfl1olti0n4I AS1pori ~uuld hll.\'~ to i,f, «H'qpleu~<.t w1thlA O"'l'lly fute y~a1.s, îh~1et quhement Wa.~ met. The NACO te1m1nal ~ WoS ftNt Ustd <RI the! 29"'

or

fe~IUOty -.2008 whefl ~v&f\ <ihlf.11.1!" jall'led the t'rl•I OP.eYai:Jon,,-On 1h't~4" of M.atr.h 20Q8 the tl'nnlAfll Wil~ fully QJ.laJ.auonal able In nc•

comm~dote lilty mlllk\n ~""el)qer-" per

)'~<it end ho\lilsg 100 4l«raft .s-c ... nd),. fhe (41'tminal çan

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In lh(I f1('•i;lor 11nd l~

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winter "un to \Y~rm the buildi~9 wt,11~ 11os i~ttin9 iti 100 11\vth ul-thf! ~un lb ~l'n:·

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hu1fdmg by rhan9lng 1flr lçt11 •nvW ... or

1h1:-wlndaws.. Th'c: &.,ide or lhe 1001 has 11'\-nn)' Uo.dlllurto1I Chlhc~ eJcn11'!t>l~ lt~ decoretiori ""01tl'!f ~ePif<HE roof (o!'I tl\E l'ilg:hc>-1<1 b:u!ldtng). ~tw!Jng ;it thrt iom1(h end of LcrITTinol

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Tf1(1 lug:g-gr \)'Slf'IT' d11'5g11 ;il<;() d(ISIPIV(I~

•ome oU,ention, This ,~,tem -W!,'tt:h CO!i:U•

.i~uut $1-lll ln!llloli U ""ty rtfic.k!ut. U!i·

I~ ba1 <OtSEHi th1?";ac<111au: uac-.l!l.O of all

luggagr-. !" f)o~slblf" Spcç.i;il "V'"How c:a1•"

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maldnq tl easy tcf tiuk~fy ldentH'I' •rlsln(I

pn)t)l,m• In ,". hölRifof)OI tlng J.Y'f'rl'I'· Evi"· lherma1e. tht' deoslgn al the tu99ege

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f'ótl'!d at almost for1y tUometEfS pf:lt ft.ou• 101";riàl \t"d~u1n11~n

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t"tl. Thl\. qvkk handlhlg time 1n-o,1:~" 1ht

retjulred-amCJUnl al l1J9go9e,t~en5-po1ted

f,l~ hou1 .qultl!-~,;.19~ M~11:1 f.lte<bè~ the

luqu•~e .s_y.$t~l'l'I IS de'sfQ11e~I to llandli: 19,)QQ P'l'Clif. ol luQg;i;JA PO' hour,

m-at--ln9 ~· onr.- aflht' lall.esl ~veil;ible.

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~d' Jc11f9ne.J to be thi:' lcitg~l

ind most i<.lv~nced alrpon buildlno m

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11 lloor llolt!'IJ" of 13 lnill10n \tju••c 1ncl.t!l!I

on ~\'en r.001s -f1VC. ~bove 'iJfQIJncf &nd

lWO Uftd .e191uUnlL ifi.ri 1errnl11•I -]. d'r:sf91\ ol NACP did nol 1Jnly win becowc Qf lt.s laoks. w~taihobt,e tool l!.nd l1.19949e 1"js-tenf bur .abu wllh the 'wo)' lfilil'lspo.:111 l"-J!de a"d !o lfie tenninal wos-designeê o~. NACO JtJ llytnt~91•h!d çf\ecunn.ctalon 1Vllh

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le~vln~ 1hei1 vehk:lc. h1 atldhlo11. lh!oldt'

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cha"9~s.. fJie P•fM!nCi! lil malfy' .mov1u9 W"lllW<10Y-'"'"""t: the fl11n~k1 (\tnll: l.o~(We-1!1"1

rllghh· 1n lnllnàl

NfW C,liALLiffGf,S COMING" UP !11 ltil t + NACO m11A.11g.ed tu wl1J 1he

dt:-•lg11 complf1W11 ro1 th~ 1cc.und 1i~è. sy

Wlnnln~ flit! new <häller1ye NPiCÓ gi:~

ttl

tt

honeu1 of cu:atjntl the •Uli no1ntlts,

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i

1nill•i'lg fh" littge'>l 11hpo1t lluUdlng.. Uil!-11~W (ht1ll1:n~1: ei~ tó design

1tle bh}g.e:.t ahpurc In thf!. wo11d c1p11ble af ll<1n,f:H)1ling-.u l~"t 13\1 111llliot) P• "-'1:1191:11 • Yt<•1. Bui: tUlt~nt d~'lgt1.s. e've!n illrn 101 1 fiO mHQvn ,,.,~t',l9t'rs..to 1nàk.!!-èl

c01npa1l!.UI\, thh Is .in •r'1po1t ahnosto fuu1

111net ~!,e-• f<!:O .i.ntl f,so-S~n9e1 couot of

Al'l"l,té•d:i1n Schiphol Ai1pOl'l. The ne~1

alr-;K11t wUI h"..-d t'!,ghl 1unv,-it)I>, tiefel.oj sitt·

Hn~ -11-new 1eco1d. lt l'nl9h1 t-ven h.-.v~ on@

1n01t: JU11woy

tui

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•l1pott wlli h.uYc " q10Urid .tte4l of -èbout 12 1ni!.llÇ1"n ..sq1.1•11: 1ncf~~. whidl is t:Q1.111.I

lQ 1h~ ~ze 1.11 An1i1it1dim.

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\:tt;S$Ql\ CO.lnPEllOOl'I forth!? EÎNIA At\Othe• fP1H11r• wlfh'.in the. de<;l'Qn I• tlu• foe11.., .:in thf' "e~Vl1onmt'nlal ltiend~"' c"arc~lier of the ekpa1t. \\tlldJ.c;iu1 be se~a by loo~lng al Ó'l.C loC"4tlun Of lhe IUhWaiS Gnd t•

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lO iió~ bc!.illititu1 •1dll~ClUJ<11 ll.'.nUte~.

The eJract ,slufgl' of

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8NtA 11 1101 pit"

S~rllEd in PI/bi< )'el ilÏ'l(t l!>°t!;!Pl ;(!C!'e'I fq1 pollliça 1 •lfil\9~ Thl!" "'rport ~ <\<:h1:d.11'9d tooPfn In .lÓl7~n~ ne:v1 pub~ lrimrm•·

hon iS"C".ll:pecte~ lo be 1cle~sed .wotl Atl to9élhe1 the dt'sfr,i:ns ui the ~",,ent

•nd liniu1eo•hports.ol Beijing ~ue \'l'oilh • vr$lt. su1h ''"''-\~jh:i 1.ttc<g~iltt.J 1ht' ~We!>l •11~ulóble ~chholvgy to mol~ thl! ohpu1l\

as·bEiut!ful, co~fortabte and i?ffic\elfH G~

poss1~e .~