Shenzhen Bao’an Airport by Forgemind ArchiMedia licensed under the terms of CC BY 2.0
More specifically, we’re looking at the airport’s recent Terminal 3 expansion. Completed in 2013, it increased the airport’s previous capacity by almost 60%, adding 45 million passengers a year.
The terminal’s unusual shape resembles the very airplanes it was meant to cater to. (Oddly enough, the architects instead compared the design to a manta ray, a fish and a bird!) It also features a unique hexagonal lattice design and several organically placed skylights.
Two further expansions are to be completed in 2025 and 2035. What crazy features will they have, I wonder…?
