New intl airport to soar like a kite

Ahmedabad: If the kite symbolises the city’s soaring ambitions, it is set to make yet another of its milestones fly high. It has inspired the design of the city’s new international airport, which is under construction and will capture the spirit of the kite festival here. Sources in the Airport Authority of India (AAI) say that the international terminal building, being built at a cost of Rs 291 crore, will edify the kite festival theme for posterity. The airport is scheduled to be operational by early next year.
The website of Singapore-based CPG Corporation, that has conceptualised the futuristic design of the terminal, says that the building will have a roofline, with various shapes of kites. Calling it an “iconic airport”, the site says kiteshaped cutouts will form the skylight. These would be three-dimensional compositions, “creating a system of trapezoidal-shaped frames that taper to a single node at the middle of the roof.” The terminal will have an abundance of daylight through the skylights, shearglass and louvre facades.
To facilitate energy efficiency in the city’s extreme climatic conditions, air-conditioning is concentrated only on the first three to four metres where it closely affects the comfort of passengers. The design is the result of an international competition organised by AAI to select project designs for the international airport.
28/06/09 Kumar Manish/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2009, New Jun 2009