SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

PROJECT/PROGETTO | Airport expansion T3 Shenzhen Airport

CLIENT/BANDITORE | Shenzhen Airport (Group) Co.,Ltd.

SIZES | 400.000 mq

SERVICES | Member of Massimiliano Fuksas Architects Design Team 

(3d Modeling, Design Developments, Design Details )

CREDITS |  Architectural Schematic Design Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects - Project architects : Elard Ponce, Christian Knoll, Fang Tian,Annunziata Del Monaco, Kai Felix Dorl, Alessandro Miele, Serena Mignatti, Florencia Munoz, Yeol Park, Grazia Patruno, Francesco Schiavello, Junseung Woo, Alvaro Alzerreca, Amata Boucsein, Jan Horst, Alexander Hugo, Rocco Valantines, Giulio Patrizi, Farshid Tavakolitehrani, Giuseppe Zaccaria - Model Makers:Nicola Cabiati, Vincenzo Del Monaco, Flor Olivares, Marco Roma, Frauke Stenz, Lorena Tiziana Vacirca, Tommaso Villa.

STRUCTURES, FACADE, PARAMETRIC DESIGN |  Knippers Helbig Engineering, Stuttgart, NY

DESCRIPTION | The 400,000 square metre terminal will be built in three phases, with the final elements completed in 2035.Shenzhen is one of the most important industrial and touristical locations of whole China. Shenzhen is located in the southern portion of the Guangdong Province, on the eastern shore of the Pearl River Delta. Neighbouring the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong , Shenzhen’s location gives it a geographical advantage for economic development.Shenzhen International Airport Terminal will be the gateway to the city of Shenzhen. The first and last image an air traveller has of a city are those created by the traveller’s impression of the airport. T3 in Shenzhen International Airport can positively influence the image that international, national business people and tourists have of Shenzhen.The master plan for Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport intends to offer world-class transportation services. Achieving this means that Shenzhen airport must be operate at the following levels:Globally - T3 at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport must serve as the global aviation gateway between China and the rest of the world.Nationally - as the fourth largest following Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in China, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport is a trunk of domestic flights and hub of national flights. Enhancement of transfer services between international and domestici flights will improve the distribution of wealth among all Chinese cities.Regionally - Currently, there are more than 40 cities with populations of over one million within 3.5 hours flying time of Shenzhen. This makes Shenzhen an excellent location for a regional hub. Passengers travelling from neighboring cities could fly to Shenzhen to connect with long distance global flights or flights to other Asian cities.In construction terms, its design optimises the performance of materials selected on the basis of local availability, functionality, application of local skills, and low cost procurement. Remarkably, it will have been designed and built in just few years. For the complete of T3 Shenzhen Bao’an Airport there are three phases.