ADPI wins the contract for the Chongqing airport extension in China
On 6 December, Aéroports de Paris subsidiary ADPI signed a draft agreement with the China South West Design Institute (CSWADI) for the joint development of master plan and design studies for the new Terminal 3 at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.
This agreement results from the international competition won on 12 November 2009 by the consortium of ADPI, the China South West Design Institute (CSWADI) and the China Railway Design Institute for its plan to develop the eastern zone of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.
With a floor area in excess of 400,000 m, the new Terminal 3 will have an initial capacity of 30 million passengers per year, and is scheduled to be completed for handover in 2015. Its introduction will increase airport passenger handling capacity to 45 million per year in 2020.
The new terminal may also be enlarged using the extensions (central core and future satellite) proposed as part of the competition submission.
The commitment to expanding this airport reflects the economic and political importance of this city in central China, which is home to more than 32 million people. It is possible that over the next 10 years, Chongqing will experience growth on the scale seen in Shanghai since the middle of the 1990s.
Its airport is therefore extremely symbolic. ADPI has previous experience here, having produced the master plan designs for Chongqing airport in 2006.
Specific features
The plan proposed by ADPI and its partners was adopted because it is perfectly tailored to the topographic and airport operating constraints specified by the client. The specific features of the site include an access zone riven by gullies, a relatively restricted space between the runways and the need to develop a high-speed railway station close to the terminal zone using a rail layout that offers little in the way of flexibility.
The concept
In the first phase, Terminal 3 will be a single terminal block whose dynamic curves form a letter H. This concept creates a fluid and very contemporary image while accommodating the required capacity in a relatively compact configuration, limiting both the distances to be covered by passengers and the initial investment required.
Subsequent development stages provide, on the one hand, for an extension to the Terminal 3 building to increase landside passenger capacity, and on the other, to create a mega-satellite enabling direct terminal access for more aircraft, and allowing the ultimate capacity of 70 million passengers per year to be achieved by 2030.
The new terminal may also be enlarged using the extensions (central core and future satellite) proposed as part of the competition submission.
The commitment to expanding this airport reflects the economic and political importance of this city in central China, which is home to more than 32 million people. It is possible that over the next 10 years, Chongqing will experience growth on the scale seen in Shanghai since the middle of the 1990s.
Its airport is therefore extremely symbolic. ADPI has previous experience here, having produced the master plan designs for Chongqing airport in 2006.
Specific features
The plan proposed by ADPI and its partners was adopted because it is perfectly tailored to the topographic and airport operating constraints specified by the client. The specific features of the site include an access zone riven by gullies, a relatively restricted space between the runways and the need to develop a high-speed railway station close to the terminal zone using a rail layout that offers little in the way of flexibility.
The concept
In the first phase, Terminal 3 will be a single terminal block whose dynamic curves form a letter H. This concept creates a fluid and very contemporary image while accommodating the required capacity in a relatively compact configuration, limiting both the distances to be covered by passengers and the initial investment required.
Subsequent development stages provide, on the one hand, for an extension to the Terminal 3 building to increase landside passenger capacity, and on the other, to create a mega-satellite enabling direct terminal access for more aircraft, and allowing the ultimate capacity of 70 million passengers per year to be achieved by 2030.
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