ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 389
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Fri Jul 25 15:57:00 PDT 2008
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BEIJING TERMINAL 3 BY FOSTER
by Jo Baker
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The Chinese have long been good at big gestures, and one
of Beijing's latest - courtesy of London's Foster +
Partners - is lifting spirits in the capital at a rate
of thousands per day.
As the world's largest airport terminal, Beijing Capital
International Airport's Terminal 3 is a striking
combination of British finesse with China's brute power
and bureaucratic will. The terminal exceeds one million
square meters (11 million square feet) according to
Foster + Partners, and is expected to serve an estimated
50 million passengers per year by 2020, with up to 7,000
international passengers per hour.
The mammoth project is being credited with successfully
re-tuning airport space - a feat occasionally attempted
and rarely achieved.
Beijing's Terminal 3 joined the two existing overworked
airport wings in February 2008, and will be cutting its
teeth on the million or so sports fans set to descend
for the Summer Olympics. The building is a reassuring
symbol in a country that has seen explosive economic
growth put real strain on its infrastructure.
The central government chose one giant for another, and
Norman Foster's British architecture powerhouse won the
competition with a building as vast as it is fluid.
Foster + Partners collaborated with the Beijing
Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) - a large,
state-owned operation with a project list that includes
The Great Hall of the People and the airport's Terminal
2. The architects teamed up with Arup for structural and
mechanical engineering, and Dutch airport consultants
NACO rounded out the joint venture.
Spearheaded by Foster himself and Mouzhan Majidi, the
terminal design has elicited creative comparisons with
everything from the Forbidden City to a double-headed
snake. Reviews have largely been positive. Terminal 3
has fared better than Beijing's last curvaceous
high-tech newcomer, Paul Andreu's National Theatre,
rather derisively dubbed "The Egg." The airport's sleek,
high-tech curves appear graceful, aerodynamic, and
rather welcoming.
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Robin Hood in Queens
by Marion Weiss and Michael A. Manfredi
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Public School 42 in Arverne, Queens, a five-story prewar
brick edifice, had a small library in a converted
fourth-floor classroom. Physically and visually isolated
from the core of the elementary school's activities, the
library was relocated to the ground floor, where it
replaced one of two gymnasiums.
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People and Places
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United Kingdom - David Archer Architects in Penderyn,
Wales, United Kingdom - Perkins + Will in Victoria,
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Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, North Carolina -
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Architects, with VMDO Architects in Pomona, New Jersey
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