Allama Iqbal International Airport (LAHORE) Terminal 2
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Work on Expansion to start at the end of current Month. Also apart from Expansion new Approach roads for Airport will also be constructed 3 stories Underground Car parking will also be constructed also 13 new state of the art Boarding Bridges will also be installed making it from 7 to 20 Boarding Bridges at Lahore Airport till Mid 2018 which will be later increased to 30 boarding bridges.
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JUNE 9, 2017
MARCO RINALDI
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Image © Gilbartolomé architects
The Spanish office GilBartolomé Architects have designed the new and iconic terminal which will serve 25 million passengers every year, thus becoming one of the most ambitious and modernizing projects for Pakistan. The construction works will start by the end of 2017.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
A building that wraps another building
One of the greatest challenges involved in the design was the need to incorporate the existing terminal, with a current capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year, integrating it both aesthetically and functionally in the final scheme, and keeping it operative throughout the process of the construction works.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
In order to achieve this, the existing terminal was planned to remain nearly untouched, building the new extension around it, with a gardened patio which lets natural light inside the building and it is pierced by walkways that connect the old and the new buildings. The result showcases the existing building -built in 2003- and at the same time proposes a coherent whole, and a flexible and functional interior scheme.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
Landscaping and environment
The building responds to Lahore’s flat topography and takes inspiration in the earthy colours of the ceramic architecture of the Punjab, which is also the existing building’s and the adjacent mosque. The new building responds to the latter with a direct connection and an exclusive park for the travelers.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
The Hypostyle hall. A wide contemporary public space for Lahore
The space itself is 18 meters high, separated in two open levels, and ordered by the structure of pillars holding the roof of the building. The check-in hall -above-, so as the cafeterias, restaurants and indoor gardens -below-, allow for the enjoyment of a space that connects the architectural tradition of the large Hypostyle halls with GilBartolome’s contemporary design language .
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
An atmosphere of light and vegetation
The incorporation of vegetation inside the building produces undeniable positive effects on the users. Such effects include stress and anxiety reduction, improvements in concentration and the perceived welfare. The aesthetic effects of vegetation are not only limited to those related to visuals, but also the scent, the humidity and an improvement in the air quality that evocates a sense of connection with nature, luxury and careful attention.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
The architects has designed a system that combines properly modulated natural light, which penetrates through skylights on the roof, with indirect artificial lighting that emanates from the ceiling, melting in, with the aim of creating a warm atmosphere which highlights the formal and geometrical richness. Source by Gilbartolomé architects.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
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JUNE 9, 2017
MARCO RINALDI
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Image © Gilbartolomé architects
The Spanish office GilBartolomé Architects have designed the new and iconic terminal which will serve 25 million passengers every year, thus becoming one of the most ambitious and modernizing projects for Pakistan. The construction works will start by the end of 2017.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
A building that wraps another building
One of the greatest challenges involved in the design was the need to incorporate the existing terminal, with a current capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year, integrating it both aesthetically and functionally in the final scheme, and keeping it operative throughout the process of the construction works.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
In order to achieve this, the existing terminal was planned to remain nearly untouched, building the new extension around it, with a gardened patio which lets natural light inside the building and it is pierced by walkways that connect the old and the new buildings. The result showcases the existing building -built in 2003- and at the same time proposes a coherent whole, and a flexible and functional interior scheme.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
Landscaping and environment
The building responds to Lahore’s flat topography and takes inspiration in the earthy colours of the ceramic architecture of the Punjab, which is also the existing building’s and the adjacent mosque. The new building responds to the latter with a direct connection and an exclusive park for the travelers.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
The Hypostyle hall. A wide contemporary public space for Lahore
The space itself is 18 meters high, separated in two open levels, and ordered by the structure of pillars holding the roof of the building. The check-in hall -above-, so as the cafeterias, restaurants and indoor gardens -below-, allow for the enjoyment of a space that connects the architectural tradition of the large Hypostyle halls with GilBartolome’s contemporary design language .
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
An atmosphere of light and vegetation
The incorporation of vegetation inside the building produces undeniable positive effects on the users. Such effects include stress and anxiety reduction, improvements in concentration and the perceived welfare. The aesthetic effects of vegetation are not only limited to those related to visuals, but also the scent, the humidity and an improvement in the air quality that evocates a sense of connection with nature, luxury and careful attention.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
The architects has designed a system that combines properly modulated natural light, which penetrates through skylights on the roof, with indirect artificial lighting that emanates from the ceiling, melting in, with the aim of creating a warm atmosphere which highlights the formal and geometrical richness. Source by Gilbartolomé architects.
Image © Gilbartolomé architects
- Location: Lahore, Pakistan
- Architect: Gilbartolomé architects
- Engineering: Typsa and Pakistani Asian Consulting
- GFA: 260.500m2
- Year: 2017
- Images: Courtesy of Gilbartolomé architects
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Did it started at month end? That would have been April 2017?Work on Expansion to start at the end of current Month. Also apart from Expansion new Approach roads for Airport will also be constructed 3 stories Underground Car parking will also be constructed also 13 new state of the art Boarding Bridges will also be installed making it from 7 to 20 Boarding Bridges at Lahore Airport till Mid 2018 which will be later increased to 30 boarding bridges.
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The Pakistani government has awarded a contract worth nearly $382 million to a Chinese company to reconstruct Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport, the Chinese state-owned People's Daily newspaper reported Tuesday.
China Construction Third Engineering Bureau won the 2.6 billion RMB contract to engineer, procure, and construct the reimagined Lahore airport, which will become Pakistan's largest after the reconstruction is completed, the report claimed.
"It is the largest project that the Third Engineering Bureau has undertaken overseas, marking another important achievement in Belt and Road construction," the newspaper, which is a Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, said in its report.
Prior to this, the same Chinese company was awarded a number of major projects in Pakistan including the Karachi-Lahore Expressway between Sukkur and Multan, Lahore's Arfa Software Technology Park, and The Centaurus Hotel.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has championed what China formally calls the “One Belt, One Road” or OBOR initiative to build a new Silk Road linking Asia, Africa and Europe, a landmark programme to invest billions of dollars in infrastructure projects including railways, ports and power grids.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the flagship programme of OBOR. The construction of an international airport in Gwadar is also part of CPEC.
China Construction Third Engineering Bureau won the 2.6 billion RMB contract to engineer, procure, and construct the reimagined Lahore airport, which will become Pakistan's largest after the reconstruction is completed, the report claimed.
"It is the largest project that the Third Engineering Bureau has undertaken overseas, marking another important achievement in Belt and Road construction," the newspaper, which is a Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, said in its report.
Prior to this, the same Chinese company was awarded a number of major projects in Pakistan including the Karachi-Lahore Expressway between Sukkur and Multan, Lahore's Arfa Software Technology Park, and The Centaurus Hotel.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has championed what China formally calls the “One Belt, One Road” or OBOR initiative to build a new Silk Road linking Asia, Africa and Europe, a landmark programme to invest billions of dollars in infrastructure projects including railways, ports and power grids.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the flagship programme of OBOR. The construction of an international airport in Gwadar is also part of CPEC.
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This airport will be bigger then new ISB and most importantly will not take 10 years to build because of N-league. New ISB airport design already look outdated thanks to being in construction for almost 2 decades.
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Lahore has surpassed karachi in every dept.
Lahore is cleanest among all big cities of Pakistan. With rapid bus transport system, trains metro near completion. Excellent roads, infrastructure and traffic system.
Lahore division is the largest division of Pakistan in terms of population.
Whereas Karachi has been turned in to garbage house ,full of slums and worst law.and Order and crime ratio.
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Y we need additional parallel runway??
An additional parallel runway then can easily be built (or rebuilt in this case).
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ALLAMA IQBAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-EXPANSION PROGRAM:
Parking area to increase existing capacity of about 1,200 cars to about 5,000 cars progressing.
Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore(AIIAP) Expansion Program
Parking area and Access Roads underway.
They're still using graphics of the white expansion. Hopefully a good sign. Also I hope the old terminal is eventually demolished and the airport made to look uniformly sleek.
Parking area to increase existing capacity of about 1,200 cars to about 5,000 cars progressing.
Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore(AIIAP) Expansion Program
Parking area and Access Roads underway.
They're still using graphics of the white expansion. Hopefully a good sign. Also I hope the old terminal is eventually demolished and the airport made to look uniformly sleek.
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