Blog by Elkane Constructions

The Terminal Building: The design of the terminal building is based on a very simple composition with a central building connected to the Airport Village and the traffic forecourt at the landside. At the airside, pier wings extend from each side of the central building. The Terminal caters for both domestic and international traffic. The central building has separate levels for departing and arriving passengers. This gives a very efficient and simple passenger logistics, and at the same time, it requires a relative Small footprint which gives a floor area efficient building. The departure level (level F) is located 11m over the ground level at the airside. At this level, there is check-in, ticket offices, immigration control, security controls, airline offices and an extensive offer of shopping and food and beverages. The arrival areas are at two levels. Initially, the arriving passengers enter the building at level E, which is 6m above the ground level and contains immigration co...

Along the taxiway system, there is a 45Om deep functional Zone for various airport facilities such as cargo, hangars, ATC, tower, low cost Terminal operational bases, etc. These functions are located so as to optimise the transportation need within the airport while expansions can take place within each functional area without affecting the neighbouring areas.The phasing strategy of the master plan includes a stepwise growth to a total capacity of about 50Mbpa. MASTER PLAN 5OMPPA: The Terminal: Some simple design principles which were employed in the design of the Hyderabad airport include: make it simple, make it flexible; make it "loose fit make it convenient, comfortable and attractive; maximize revenue generating areas, be generous with floor area which is cheap in India; and be mean with mechanical installations that are expensive in India. Architectural concept: Beyond the pragmatic and technical, a great part of the challenge has been to create a sense of place and id...

The site is located some 25km out of Hyderabad Centre and has a land area of approximately 25sq km. It had a lovely undulating landscape with palms, orchards, paddy fields and a number of small rock formations so characteristic of this part of Andhra Pradesh. The maximum height difference within the site was about 50m. As much as 2OO homesteads had to be relocated. The most characteristic feature of the landscape within the site are two longitudinal rounded ridges forming a shallow valley, something which have contributed to the layout of the runways, the terminals and the access systems. The task was to design a world-class airport, which has the ability to grow to a capacity of 40-50 million passengers per year (Mppa). The airport is a gateway to India expressing a high cultural and technological level. At the same time, it is a locomotive for economical growth and development in the region. Both the runway system and the terminal are dimensioned for the new very large category ...