When Ben Gurion Internatinal Airport was rebuilt with the new Terminal 3 around 2005, our office was was comissioned to plan the large support areas serving the new terminal. We prepared detailed programing for dozens of support functions, followed by a site plan for a 250 acre site with 400,000 sq.m. of airport support facilities, such as duty free storage, technical areas, fire station, security, air mail, various ground support employees base, operational vehicle traffic, parking and garages, all utilities and  more. Our aim was also to combine all the above to a coherent framwork, in two large structures that surrounded the terminal.

Following the masterplan we designed the main 65,000 sq.m. support building as a multipurpose linear steel structure, with many functions in various wings under the large curved roof. Spaces between the varous “sub buldings” allow for ongoing changes with maximum flexibility, without any impact on the overall appearance.

photos:  Jan Tichy, Amit Giron.