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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Airport design"”.
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The Evolution of Airport Design: Philosophy, Function and Form
… is to understand the line of development of airport design and consider whether airport architecture is inherently transient and doomed to obsolescence. Little has been written about the multidisciplinary nature of airport design and why, when, where and how new airport concepts have evolved …
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Tackling uncertainty in airport design : a real options approach
The airport industry is changing. Once understood as stand-alone public infrastructures, many modern airports now operate within privatized multi-airport systems and contend with previously unknown competitive pressures. As a result, many of the same airports which once enjoyed natural monopolies …
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W.I.A., Washington International Airport: a new concept in airport design
… to suffer. The system in current use was designed to satisfy different needs than the contemporary ones. Airports have failed to keep up with increased demands. Movement of passengers and aircraft have not kept pace with advances in technology. Many aircraft arriving and departing …
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"Multi-use" airport design : a new terminal for Malpensa International Airport, Milan, Italy
The design of an airport terminal building can be viewed as a specialized case of the design of a large building. One of the major planning and design issues of typical large buildings is that of accommodating multiple uses. Airport terminals are not mixed-use in the sense that commercial and …
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Roanoke municipal air terminal building
… investigates the main issues to be considered in designing an airport for the present and the future. Points for consideration include a review of the: • Changes in airport design and their effect on airport planning and air transportation • Effects of the airline industry on a community; for …
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Determining the Location of Runway Exits Using Airport Surface Detection Equipment
<p>Airport surface detection equipment, such as ASDE-X, is used by thirty-five commercially operated airports throughout the United States. ASDE-X is responsible for the safe monitoring of aircraft movements as well as ground support vehicle operating on the airfield. Like most radar-based …
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Flying on the Edge of Sea, Land and Sky - A new passenger terminal for the Grand Bahama International Airport
Ever since the airport was conceived as a permanent building type, airport designers have debated what identity an airport should embody. As a threshold of first impressions, the airport should not only introduce the visitor to the local environment but also represent the identity of a country. The …
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Airport Territory as Interface: Mobile Work and Travel in Hybrid Space.
… air travel experience for constant travellers, design approaches from architecture and research methods from social studies should be combined. Abstract Global mobility, wireless technology and networked society are transforming the airport territory. These changes (hard factors) have been …