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Jan 11, 2009 9:59 am |
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THE KOLKATA DIARY/KNOW UR CALCUTTA - Articles, pics,events, etc. about/in & around Kolkata |
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Kolkata International Airport Pictures We are bringing you a first look at some Kolkata
Airport pictures. The Kolkata airport is due for completion in 2010.
The Airports authority of India
announced that RMJM, supported by Sikka Associates, is the winner of the
international design competition for the new Domestic Terminal in Kolkata. An
independent jury selected the design against a notable list of competitors
including Airports de Paris and HOK. The 40,000m first phase of the new
airport is designed to accommodate a peak passenger flow of 1800 per hour, while
a second design phase will approximately double those figures. RMJM worked
closely from the outset of the project with the associated landscape designers
at STRATA to ensure a fully integrated concept that revolves around an
abstract reference to the writing of Rabindranath Tagore of Bengal. The graphic
nature of his writing is visible as large scale patterns etched on to the
underside of the main roof as well as landscaped across the forecourt ground.
A number of mature trees are retained as a striking counterpoint to the
linearity of the building's form. In developing the building shape and in the
detail design of its skin RMJM ensured that the facility reaches the highest
sustainability international standards. Natural day lighting is maximized while
keeping cooling systems to a minimum. The form of the roof is also devised to
harvest rainwater for landscape irrigation.
"We have drawn up ambitious plans to modernise these
two airports. Designs of new terminal buildings and expansion of existing ones
have already been approved for both the airports," AAI Chairman K Ramalingam
said at a seminar on air route development here. AAI has already appointed consultants for the
modernisation project, sources said. The consultant for Kolkata airport
modernization is a consortium which Indian firms partnering with Hong Kong's
RMJM and a Paris-based firm ADPI.
After modernisation, Kolkata airport's passenger
handling capacity will rise from 5.4 million passengers annually to 20 million
by 2010. This will be sufficient for handling passengers till 2015-16. Work on
nine domestic bays, three cargo bays and 11 additional parking bays has already
started along with construction of the new terminal building. In addition, a new ATC control tower is
being built and automation being introduced in air traffic management and
navigation. The new terminal building will have an
area of around 180,000 sq metres. 104 check-in counters, 44 immigration
counters, 25 security gates, five conveyor belts and 15 aerobridges will be the
other features of the airport post development. It will also
get an inline baggage system which will make it unnecessary for the passenger to
go for pre-check through x-ray machines.
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