维也纳国际机场扩建项目丨奥地利维也纳

Vienna, Austria

Transport and Infrastructure

Cooperation with Itten+Brechbühl AG St. Gallen, Switzerland

48° 6' 56.999" N 16° 33' 59.67" E

Site area

Built space

Floor area

656,000 m²

44,000 m²

161,000 m²

Start of planning phase

Start of construction

Completion

1999

2004

2011

Brief

Symbols par excellence of today’s mobile society, the architecture of an airport must both measure up to the international competition and provide a flexible housing for its core business of passenger handling. The remit for the extension of Vienna International Airport was to create a centrepiece for what is fast growing into a mini-city of its own, to contain the flow of passengers through the construction of a new terminal and to prepare the airport for future growth. The final requirement: to link the new and existing structures to form one coherent whole.

We wanted to make Check-in 3 something more than just a terminal. The existing airport was already a mini-city in itself. We had to tie in with it.

Realisation

Designed on the principles of neutrality of use and flexibility, the result was an open structure that deals successfully with passenger flows, serves as an aid to orientation and lends the terminal character. The elegantly curved structure, which covers 76,000m2, comprises 72 check-in desks alongside shops, lounges and access to car parks and the underground railway station. A striking roof spans the building, creating unity and cohesion, while extensive glass facades draw the eye out to the departure gates and the apron.

Insights

The one-roof concept makes a functional and visual connection between the new terminal and the existing buildings, bringing all the airport’s major passenger functions – arrivals, departures, transfers and services – under one roof.

Further growth on the horizon

Three words – transparent, translucent, luminous – sum up the approach that makes the hall a successful setting for the airport’s elaborate passenger-friendly flow concept, a place that counters the hustle and bustle of the airport with calm and composure and offers the flexible structure needed to make it future-proof.

Insights

Vienna International Airport welcomes some 26 million passengers a year.