The long awaited new airport terminal at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Guangdong, China suppliers, started out last week. The innovative building in the southeast China city changes three airport terminals, which stopped function on Wed following three test operates of the new service. Designed by the Italian Studio Fuksas, the 500,000 sq.m Terminal 3 has been formed to look like a manta ray and functions a stunning internal and exterior double 'skin' honeycomb design that parcels the structure. The terminal is 1.5 km long and the roof spans up to 80 m.
The honeycomb formed metal and glass panels punctuate the façade of the airport terminal allowing daylight to filter through, reducing energy consumption. On the internal, the airport terminal is recognized by unique white-colored conical assisting content that rise to touch the ceiling at a cathedral-like scale. Rain water is gathered and reprocessed in bathrooms and used to water indoor plants. It's the first airport in China suppliers to feature a 10-megawatt solar plant, which churns out enough energy to support 10,000 U.S. houses per month. Other interesting functions include 116 white-colored tree-shaped air conditioning units that combination in with the terminal's internal planning.
Construction of the airport terminal is revealed to have cost 8.5 billion dollars yuan (roughly $1.4 billion). The terminal is scheduled for two further stages of development and development to be completed in 2025 and 2035 respectively.
Source : CNN