I have been to not many but few airports and each one seems to be upping ante with complexity. Its really hard to go around with cars or even juat navigating around airports. Why are they built like that? Is it just output of making it simple inside??
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There are logistical challenges for getting thousands of people an hour into and out of a space. Considering the vastly different requirements of the transport devices. big awkward aircraft, all the servicemobiles. getting people to the airport, buses, autos, trains, parking. plus you have to plan for the flow of people waiting for security clearance, waiting for their plan, waiting for the luggage.
Now consider that most of the facilities started with a train station tradition, a LONG warehouse/freight station like building with aircraft parking outside, car parking lot on the other side.
legacy buildings probably cause the most problems with designing for the next level of passenger numbers, the jets have grown from a couple dozen passengers to several hundred, the craft themselves increased from charter boat to mega yacht size.
We didn’t even think of security till the 70s, and then upscaled that after 9/11…so now you have to have shops and restaurants built in a whole new area. its like instead of one freighthouse like building where passengers can get tickets and then wander to their gate, now they need to move from that entrance, to the security check area and then to the waiting area, that’s like two and half buildings
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