Baltimore Washington International Airport
3 spaces -- 3 steel structural systems
Central Portion of Terminal
Baltimore, Maryland
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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Baltimore Washington International Airport 3 spaces -- 3 steel structural systems Central Portion of Terminal Baltimore, Maryland
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Travelling around the world, it is difficult not to come across steel, used in very expressive, exposed and innovative ways, in airports. Airport architecture has developed a language of architecturally exposed steel design that has both maintained its contemporary look, as well as changed to keep up with architectural style, throughout the past 20 or 30 years. The design of Baltimore Washington International is a good example of such change. The terminal is presently undergoing expansion. The central part of the terminal, the original portion, used a proprietary spaceframe system to define its main structure. The international departures addition (pictured above) used a similar, but upgraded, spaceframe system, and modified the spatial qualities of this portion of the terminal through its use. The current 2004/5 expansion has switch to structural HSS tube members to define its architecture and structure. The space frame used in this portion of the terminal created a high level, flat ceiling plane that is glazed curbside with structural glazing, and is lit via clerestory windows above the check-in counters, airside. |
| Project Images: Central Portion of Terminal -- original section | |
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Nighttime
view of the school. |
View
up the sloped structural steel wall along the front of the building. |
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View
of the main practice space. |
View
of a secondary practice space. |
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| Connection
detail of steel at front of school to gym space. |
View
up the steel that supports the splayed front wall. |
| Project Images: Central Portion of Terminal -- addition -- observation lounge, airside | |
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View towards
the main stair access. |
View up the
main stair access, wall glazed with cast glass C shapes. |
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Closeup of
connection detail. |
Detail of
brace. |
These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca |
Updated September 25, 2005
