– a New approach to Airport Buildings –
Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building (PTB), which extends 1.7km on the air side and has a total floor area of 290,000m2, represents dynamic form of “flowing” and has delicate expression. PTB consists of three continuous major sequences; Canyon, Main Terminal Building (MTB), and Wing.
The logic of “geometry” was used as a means of translating image of flow into reality, and the geometry enabled the 90,000 square meters of continuous roof surface of PTB covered by 82,600 same size stainless steel tiles.
The open-air ducts, made from the Teflon membranes, not only efficiently air condition the large space of MTB but provide the departure lobby with gentle indirect lighting by acting as reflector panels for sources of illumination.
Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building (PTB), which extends 1.7km on the air side and has a total floor area of 290,000m2, represents dynamic form of “flowing” and has delicate expression. PTB consists of three continuous major sequences; Canyon, Main Terminal Building (MTB), and Wing.
The logic of “geometry” was used as a means of translating image of flow into reality, and the geometry enabled the 90,000 square meters of continuous roof surface of PTB covered by 82,600 same size stainless steel tiles.
The open-air ducts, made from the Teflon membranes, not only efficiently air condition the large space of MTB but provide the departure lobby with gentle indirect lighting by acting as reflector panels for sources of illumination.
Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building
– a New approach to Airport Buildings –
Type
Airport Passenger Terminal Building
Location
Osaka, Japan
Client
Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Status
1994 Completion
Total Floor Area
291,270sqm
Structure
Steel & Reinforced Concrete, 1Basement + 4 Stories
Design Consortium for Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building
Design Leader / Representative: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan
Architectural & Engineering Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan (Renzo Piano & Noriaki Okabe) with a Collaboration of Ove Arup & Partners International (Peter Rice)
Nikken Sekkei (Kimiaki Minai)
Basic concept, functional aspect and design of the moving elements: Aèroports de Paris (Paul Andreu)
Negotiation with CIQ, CAB, design of the CIQ Facilities and airside planning: Japan Airport Consultants (Misao Matsumoto)
CIQ = Custom Immigration Quarantine
CAB = Civil Aviation Bureau
Supervisors
Site supervision: Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Site supervision services for construction: Nikken Sekkei
– a New approach to Airport Buildings –
Type
Airport Passenger Terminal Building
Location
Osaka, Japan
Client
Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Status
1994 Completion
Total Floor Area
291,270sqm
Structure
Steel & Reinforced Concrete, 1Basement + 4 Stories
Design Consortium for Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building
Design Leader / Representative: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan
Architectural & Engineering Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan (Renzo Piano & Noriaki Okabe) with a Collaboration of Ove Arup & Partners International (Peter Rice)
Nikken Sekkei (Kimiaki Minai)
Basic concept, functional aspect and design of the moving elements: Aèroports de Paris (Paul Andreu)
Negotiation with CIQ, CAB, design of the CIQ Facilities and airside planning: Japan Airport Consultants (Misao Matsumoto)
CIQ = Custom Immigration Quarantine
CAB = Civil Aviation Bureau
Supervisors
Site supervision: Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Site supervision services for construction: Nikken Sekkei
Construction (design work) of PTB
The consortium for supervision services for construction (design work) of PTB
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan, Nikken Sekkei, Aèroports de Paris, Japan Airport Consultants
Building Contractors
North Passenger Terminal Building Joint Venture (General Manager: Shin’ichi Ota)
(Obayashi Corporatoin, Shimizu Corporation, Fluor Daniel Japan, Toda Corporation, Okumura Corporation, Konoike Construction, Nishimatsu Construction, Hazama Corporation, Sato Kogyo, Fudo Construction)
South Passenger Terminal Building Joint Venture (General Manager: Mtsuhiro Onishi)
(Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation, Taisei Corporation, Overseas Bechtel, Fujita Corporation, Asanuma Corporation, Mastumura-Gumi Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, Tobishima Corporation)
Awards
*1995 Architectural Institute of Japan prize (Renzo Piano + Noriaki Okabe)
*Competition winning for Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building
*1995 Nikkei BP Technology Awards Grand Prize (for design and construction technologies of Kansai International Airport man-made Island and Passenger Terminal. Together with Renzo Piano and Kansai International Airport Company Ltd., Design JV, Construction JV.)
*BCS Award 1996
*Japan Lighting Award 1994
The consortium for supervision services for construction (design work) of PTB
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan, Nikken Sekkei, Aèroports de Paris, Japan Airport Consultants
Building Contractors
North Passenger Terminal Building Joint Venture (General Manager: Shin’ichi Ota)
(Obayashi Corporatoin, Shimizu Corporation, Fluor Daniel Japan, Toda Corporation, Okumura Corporation, Konoike Construction, Nishimatsu Construction, Hazama Corporation, Sato Kogyo, Fudo Construction)
South Passenger Terminal Building Joint Venture (General Manager: Mtsuhiro Onishi)
(Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation, Taisei Corporation, Overseas Bechtel, Fujita Corporation, Asanuma Corporation, Mastumura-Gumi Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, Tobishima Corporation)
Awards
*1995 Architectural Institute of Japan prize (Renzo Piano + Noriaki Okabe)
*Competition winning for Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building
*1995 Nikkei BP Technology Awards Grand Prize (for design and construction technologies of Kansai International Airport man-made Island and Passenger Terminal. Together with Renzo Piano and Kansai International Airport Company Ltd., Design JV, Construction JV.)
*BCS Award 1996
*Japan Lighting Award 1994
Reference
*The Making of KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL Osaka, Japan, Kodansha, Japan, ISBN: 4-06-205866-9
*PROCESS: Architecture 122 Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building, process architecture, Japan
*The Architectural Review 1173 November 1994, U.K.
*The Japan Architect 15 1994-3, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan
*Shinkenchiku: 1994 8, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan
*GA JAPAN 09, A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo, Japan, ISBN: 4-87140-808-6 C1352
*Kenchiku Bunka Apr. 1994 vol. 49 No. 567, Shokoku-sha, Japan
*Kenchiku Bunka Apr. 1994 vol. 49 No. 570, Shokoku-sha, Japan
*Kenchiku Bunka Jun. 1994 vol. 49 No. 572, Shokoku-sha, Japan
*Domus, 1989, 705
*SD, 1994, 11, Kajima Institute Publishing
Photograph
Kanji Hiwatashi: No.02
Kazuaki Hosokawa: No.03, 05, 06, 07, 08
Yoshio Hata: No.04
Michel Denance: No.14,15
Gianni Berengo Gardin: No.16
*The Making of KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL Osaka, Japan, Kodansha, Japan, ISBN: 4-06-205866-9
*PROCESS: Architecture 122 Kansai International Airport Passenger Terminal Building, process architecture, Japan
*The Architectural Review 1173 November 1994, U.K.
*The Japan Architect 15 1994-3, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan
*Shinkenchiku: 1994 8, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan
*GA JAPAN 09, A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo, Japan, ISBN: 4-87140-808-6 C1352
*Kenchiku Bunka Apr. 1994 vol. 49 No. 567, Shokoku-sha, Japan
*Kenchiku Bunka Apr. 1994 vol. 49 No. 570, Shokoku-sha, Japan
*Kenchiku Bunka Jun. 1994 vol. 49 No. 572, Shokoku-sha, Japan
*Domus, 1989, 705
*SD, 1994, 11, Kajima Institute Publishing
Photograph
Kanji Hiwatashi: No.02
Kazuaki Hosokawa: No.03, 05, 06, 07, 08
Yoshio Hata: No.04
Michel Denance: No.14,15
Gianni Berengo Gardin: No.16
