So Poland's new major airport could look like
Poland is to receive a new airport. Six British architecture studios designs have been submitted, such as the new Solidarność Airport could look like.
With the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny or Solidarność Airport, Poland Big. The new airport will be a hub in Eastern Europe, in the direction of Asia that can compete with established Hubs such as Frankfurt or London. A breathtaking architecture is the responsible, apparently, important.
You have asked six architecture firms from the United Kingdom as a first draft for the new airport. Including well-known names, such as Foster and Partners have designed, among others, the Stansted Airport in London, the age of the airport in Mexico City or Hong Kong Airport are in the airport architecture. The office of the star architect proposes a Design, the two Terminals includes a key shaped and x-shaped. By many transparent materials, a lot of light to penetrate the building. Wooden elements of the architecture should be given a Polish Flair.
Operator leave everything open
Also Grimshaw is. The office has, for example, designed the Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, and the expansion of London-Heathrow. It has Poland's way to democracy for inspiration. The airport should be simple and functional and unnecessary frills left out. The Central premise is to keep the way of the passengers as Short as possible.
Also, the office of the recently deceased Zaha Hadid is involved in the process. She has presented three concepts, which represent the location of the corresponding station is different. In addition, some in the General Public less well-known names. One set still in no way on, with one of the agencies actually work together, it is called a press release of the "Solidarność" Airport. A next step, detailed discussions with the architect were.
For the country is important
Currently almost 18 million passengers of the Lotnisko Chopina in Warsaw is the successor to increase the capacity to for now 45 million. It is designed so that this number of passengers may rise to 100 million, if additional phases are implemented. To start the Work of 2021. In the case of the planned opening in 2027, the hub should be according to the plans, with 3000 hectares, almost a third larger than the Frankfurt airport.
Not only for the air travel in Poland the project is important, but also for the country as a whole. About 35 billion Zloty or the equivalent of 8.1 billion Euro cost of the construction of the first stage with 45 million passengers. The planned train and road links could again require just as much. The charge of the project Deputy infrastructure Minister Mikolaj Wild voice, meanwhile, is the "biggest project in the modern history of Poland."
In the above image gallery to see the designs of the six British architecture studios.