Saturday, 27 August 2011

Beijing Airport


Airport built in the 2008 Olympic Games. The main terminal building has an area of ​​1.3 million square feet - the largest part of the roof. Approximately 50 million passengers a year passing through the airport.
An architectural model building, which is almost 4 km long. People to automate (APM) takes passengers in the terminal at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.


When the construction of 50 000 people worked on the site. Lord Foster, whose company has designed, said the building "moves the dialogue between the scale and clarity to another level."
The terminal was commissioned, designed and built in just four years - less time than it took to conduct the public hearing at Terminal 5 at Heathrow.





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