Aviation + Transportation
A large-scale transportation terminal precedent showcasing a sweeping structural steel diagrid canopy that defines the arrival and drop-off zone at dusk.
- What we like about this project
- The massive scale of the diagrid roof appears lightweight and glowing against the evening sky due to integrated canopy lighting.
Materials
- steel
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- steel-diagrid
- curved-canopy
- transportation-hub
- dusk-illumination
- drop-off-roadway
Style tags
- high-tech
- structural-expressionism
- contemporary-infrastructure
Visual tags
- aviation
- transportation
- mega-structure
- infrastructure
- curved-roof
- civic
- Geometry
- An expansive arching diagrid roof shell spans over the terminal drop-off lanes, creating a dynamic double-curved volumetric envelope.
- Facade system
- Glazed terminal facade sheltered beneath an independent exterior structural steel space frame and canopy.
- Structural guess
- Complex spatial steel diagrid truss system supported by heavy concrete columns and foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Massive civic scale; the overarching canopy spans across multiple roadway lanes and several stories in height.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky with warm sunset glow on the horizon contrasting against the cool internal illumination of the canopy diagrid structure.
- Atmosphere
- Dynamic and luminous, blending the motion of transit with a grand sculptural roofscape.
- Environmental context
- Transportation hub drop-off zone with multi-lane vehicular roadways and traffic light trails.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping curve of the roof and overhead canopy frames the arrival sequence, guiding vehicular and pedestrian movement toward the terminal entrance beneath a luminous framework.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping longitudinal curves intersected by a dense, repeating structural diagrid mesh.
- Style reading
- High-tech structural expressionism
- Program
- Airport terminal / transportation interchange
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- steel, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- steel-diagrid, curved-canopy, transportation-hub, dusk-illumination, drop-off-roadway
- Style tags
- high-tech, structural-expressionism, contemporary-infrastructure
- Visual tags
- aviation, transportation, mega-structure, infrastructure, curved-roof, civic
- Geometry
- An expansive arching diagrid roof shell spans over the terminal drop-off lanes, creating a dynamic double-curved volumetric envelope.
- Facade system
- Glazed terminal facade sheltered beneath an independent exterior structural steel space frame and canopy.
- Structural guess
- Complex spatial steel diagrid truss system supported by heavy concrete columns and foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Massive civic scale; the overarching canopy spans across multiple roadway lanes and several stories in height.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky with warm sunset glow on the horizon contrasting against the cool internal illumination of the canopy diagrid structure.
- Atmosphere
- Dynamic and luminous, blending the motion of transit with a grand sculptural roofscape.
- Environmental context
- Transportation hub drop-off zone with multi-lane vehicular roadways and traffic light trails.
- Spatial experience
- The sweeping curve of the roof and overhead canopy frames the arrival sequence, guiding vehicular and pedestrian movement toward the terminal entrance beneath a luminous framework.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping longitudinal curves intersected by a dense, repeating structural diagrid mesh.
- Style reading
- High-tech structural expressionism
- Program
- Airport terminal / transportation interchange
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture