Airport News
Woodhead has been chosen by Angkasa Pura 2 as the lead designer for the architecture and interiors of the 380,000m² Terminal 3 at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Jakarta.
The design brief from the airport operator was to send a message to the world of Indonesia’s technological, political and cultural aspirations and evolution through the design of Terminal 3. An underlying message of national unity and a celebration of Indonesia’s cultural diversity draws upon many of the award-winning attributes of the existing T1 and T2 buildings and reinterprets these influences in a contemporary terminal building.
According to a statement released by Woodhead, “Everywhere people are challenged to express their local and regional cultural identity and engage with an increasingly globalised world. In the design of contemporary airports, we need to look deeper when preparing an authentic cultural interpretation for the future that addresses the airport’s civic function. The concept for the interiors seeks to integrate artwork and cultural references into the structure and materials. A further expression of cultural diversity unified into one gigantic work of art.”
The terminal is for Garuda’s expanding international and domestic fleet of aircraft and is a model of efficiency and comfort overlaid with the curation of Indonesia’s unique cultural and environmental experiences for passengers. It will have a capacity of 25 million passengers annually. Construction is due to be completed and the new terminal building fully operational by the close of 2015.
