New International Airport for Mexico City - NAICM

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It has been announced that a collaboration between foster + partners, FR-EE (Fernando Romero Enterprise) and netherlands airport consultants has won the international competition to design mexico city’s new international airport.



at 555,000 square metres, it will be one of the world’s largest airports. conceived with foster + partners engineering team, the project revolutionises airport design – the entire terminal is enclosed within a continuous lightweight gridshell, embracing walls and roof in a single, flowing form, evocative of flight. work will start on the new building early next year and it is expected to be completed by 2018.

‘stansted airport’s reinvention of the conventional terminal in the 1990s was emulated worldwide – this breaks with that model for the first time. it pioneers a new concept for a large-span, single airport enclosure, which will achieve new levels of efficiency and flexibility – and it will be beautiful. the experience for passengers will be unique.



‘its design provides the most flexible enclosure possible to accommodate internal change and an increase in capacity. mexico has really seized the initiative in investing in its national airport, understanding its social and economic importance and planning for the future. there will be nothing else like it in the world.’ – lord norman foster.

designed to be the world’s most sustainable airport, the compact single terminal uses less materials and energy than a cluster of buildings. the design ensures short walking distances and few level changes, it is easy to navigate, and passengers will not have to use internal trains or underground tunnels – it is a celebration of space and light. flexible in operation, its design anticipates the predicted increase in passenger numbers to 2028 and beyond, and its development will be the catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding area.

with spans in excess of 100 metres, three times the span of a conventional airport, it has a monumental scale inspired by mexican architecture and symbolism. the maximum span internally is 170 metres. the lightweight glass and steel structure and soaring vaulted roof are designed for mexico city’s challenging soil conditions.

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