Marietta Blicharz DIPLOMA DEGREE PROJECT Poland International Airport Cracow 2014 | MA 3 sem
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DIPLOMA DEGREE PROJECT NAME Poland International Airport surrounding region of Warsaw , PL LOCATION academic year 2013/2014 INFO dr. ir. Wojciech Wicher SUPERVISOR RECOMMENDATION prof. dr. ir. Jacek Gyurkovich, dean of architecture
P O L A N D
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
A I R P O R T
is located between cities Lodz and Warsaw. It is the proposal for Poland’s biggest international airport, which could handle over 40 million passengers and become Central and Eastern European hub. Its catchment area would be greater in the west, which could improve its competitiveness in relation to foreign hubs. Also locating it further away from Warsaw Chopin Airport would reduce nuisance for the residents of the Warsaw agglomeration and eliminate possible restrictions on development.
FO RM
The inspiration for the form of the roof was silhouette of a bird with outstretched wings. The roof rises and falls from northwestern to southeastern end, and the edges of the front elevation are curved upwards. A recurring theme in the architecture design of the building is a simplified geometrical shape of the wing to the form of diamond. Based on steel structure, “double skin” is made of aluminium and covered with glass skylights transmitting sunlight to the interior thus creating interesting lighting effects.
FU NC T IO N
Passengers enter the terminal from the northwest. The entrances to the building are possible at the level of the arrivals hall (level 1) and at the level of the check-in hall (level 3). Ground floor is primarily a technical and supporting floor, level 1 includes the arrivals hall, transfer centers, baggage claim hall, on level 2 there are the departure hall, offices, port workers, hotel, conference centre, and on level 3 there are main entrances, check-in counters, restaurants, cafes, lounges, security checks. Two parallel runways, each with a length of 4000 meters and a width of 60 meters are distant from each other by 2200 meters. The direction of the runways of 310 degrees, that is, a northwest direction, result from the directions of runways on Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW).
3D printed model in prototype flexFORM printer
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