The double-U layout reflecting across a central access node, a large covered plaza seen as the core of the airport, suggests the image of a four-legged creature, an organic and zoomorphic shape that is underscored by the choice of a sinuous, almost sculptural roof formed by modular panels attached over open spans of 100 meters, for a maximum height of 45, extending down to ground level and thus functioning as a vertical enclosure as well. Winner of the international competition held in 2014 by the Federal Government of Mexico, the project for the large airport of Mexico City by the design group FR-EE with Foster + Partners and NACO presents itself as a strategic piece of architectural and territorial infrastructure for the country in the new millennium, not only due to its scale, but also for the aim of constructing an icon for the nation and a driver of growth for the entire region.īeyond the objections raised regarding the choice of the site in relation to the inevitable transformations of the local ecosystem, with its 743,000 square meters of overall area this will be one of the biggest airports in the world, with three runways, whose number can double thanks to a plan of expansion programmed until 2062. The new international airport of Mexico City Projects FR-EE and Foster + Partners – Photos courtesy of FR-EE – Article Matteo Vercelloni The large new airport of Mexico City designed by Fernando Romero (FR-EE) with Foster + Partners and the very timely Border City proposal, on the boundary between Mexico and the United States, push architecture towards a territorial scale connected with landscape design, where the project and urban planning are combined in a single course of action
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