Stansted Airport Roof Structure

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Stansted airport roof structure.

Madrid barajas terminal 4 beijing airport they all follow in the footsteps of essex s finest. It went back to the roots of modern air travel and literally stood conventional wisdom on its head. Structure envelope and services sir norman foster. Roof trusses creating the impression of a.

London stansted serves 200 destinations across europe the middle east and africa. The interior of the terminal is remarkably streamlined and free from pipes and ducts. Photo by mira66 via this flickr page. The joint has been known as the jesus nut.

Stylised swan in flight. Allowing for relatively easy redeployment of internal space the high roofed structure which is a floating roof supported by a custom designed space frame of inverted roof trusses makes use of indirect lighting and natural light for a calming effect. The basic cabin structure is a miniature version of the main structure. The design pioneered the use of syphonic drainage on the perimeter of the roof.

Steel trees with branches cantilevered from a cluster of four columns support a flat roof of light steel sections and woodwool slabs. Stansted airport challenged all the rules of airport terminal design. Beneath the roof which is supported by structural trees the airport s main concourse is a large flexible naturally lit space. Utility pillar which provides indirect.

Its roof with its skylights is a thing of considerable sculptural attractiveness. Supply air ducts rise between the columns. London stansted airport iata. A space frame of inverted pyramid.

The base of each truss structure is a. The earliest airport buildings were very simple. The trunk structure contains the air conditioning ducts smoke filtering and other services. Structure services and illumination sir norman foster.

Stansted is a base for a number of major european low cost carriers being the largest base for low cost airline ryanair with over 130 destinations. Stansted set the template for all those airy bright terminal buildings that have come since. How to find stansted airport. Stansted s running costs are half of those for any other british terminal.

Features a floating roof supported by. Four steel columns make up the tree trunks from which four branches meet the roof structure diagonally braced by tension members attached by a single bolt to a cluster of pyramid shaped elements at the top of the trunk. Structural engineer peter rice and. Structure mechanical and illumination sir norman foster.

The layout places all the building services including the baggage. Structure envelope and construction process arato isozaki.