In Beijing the biggest airport in the world is to be built
It is supposed that the complex will have been built in several steps. For example, the airport will have been put into operation by 2019 – by this time four air strips and several access points will be ready. It is intended that by this moment annual passenger flow will compose 45 million passengers.
By 2025, nearly 72 million of passengers will have been able to use the airport. When the building of air station is finished in 2040, two additional air strips will be put in operation. The capacity of airport will reach the number of 100 million of passengers per a year and more than four million of tons of the cargo.
According to the information given by mass media, the building’s form will be like phoenix – the architects want to connect the constructions of the new airport terminal with existing airport Shoudu the form of which is similar to another mythical animal, Chinese dragon.
Currently the most overcrowded airport in the world is considered as the international airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (USA). Its capacity is 95 million of passengers per a year.
Zaha Hadid is a representative of deconstruction style. Among her works there the National Museum of Art of XXI century in Rome, London Water Sport Centre, Central building of BMW plant in Leipzig. In Moscow the architect had been working over the creation of business-centre Dominion Tower.