TRAVEL PORTS
AIRPORTS
· Malaysian airport designed
for continual expansion
The new Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia began operation in 1998, but it is still very much under construction and will be continually expanded so that by 2050 the project will have doubled in size. The airport site is the largest in the world 10 km. Architect Kisho Kurokawa has designed the roof of the main terminal building to incorporate a series of modules made up of hyperbolic paraboloid shells, representing the dynamics of flight. The enormous inner courtyards through which all passengers must pass on their way to and from the planes contain native Malaysian rainforest plants and trees.
· Japanese airport
on an artificial island
To protect the coastal environment, Japan’s Kansai International Airport was constructed on an artificial island a little more than 5 km out into Osaka Bay. The design competition for this unique project was won by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, who is also engaged on the renovation of the Pompidou Centre in Paris, France. The terminal building’s distinctive fluid form was created with the help of a sophisticated computer assisted analysis of airflow dynamics, designed to move customers through the building in comfort and safety. Inside the airport, much of the interior space and embarkation piers is designed for maximum transparency. Two tree planted valleys separate the terminal building from the runway and elevated roadways leading to the town.
RAILWAYS
· German railway station
gets a new look
Renovation soon starts on Stuttgart’s 1930s Bonatz station, and commuters will be able to take underground high speed trains into the city centre. The extensive project will see large tracts of railway land currently bisecting the city covered with a vast glass roof and the grounds of the palace gardens extended over the new station. Architects Ingenhoven Overdiek Kahlen & Partner have built three levels of shops and restaurants into the design, so you can still spend money even as the train leaves the station.
· Underground extension
to the Millennium Dome
London’s new 2.6 billion Jubilee Line extension promises to be one of the city’s architectural wonders. One of the highlights of the project to extend the capital’s newest tube line will be the station at North Greenwich, next to the Millennium Dome. Designed by the firm of Alsop, Lyell & Stormer it will be one of the biggest underground stations in the world at 405 m long.
CREATIVE DESIGN
· Evocative bicycle shelters
become Japanese landmark
One upon a time, the only people you would find lurking behind the bike sheds were furtive teenage lovers or illicit smokers. But now, in the sleepy Japanese town of Sakai, you are just as likely to find design buffs or architecture students doing just that.
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