Airport engineering

Aeroporto da Guiné Equatorial

Bata International Airport — Equatorial Guinea

Bata International Airport — Equatorial Guinea

Located in the African continent, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea is currently one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Bata is its largest city and it was in this context, framed by the territorial development politics of the country, that the project for a new international passenger terminal at Bata Airport was originated – an iconic work of contemporary architecture, inspired by and […]

Aeroporto de Cabinda

Cabinda International Airport — Angola

Cabinda International Airport — Angola

Angola’s socio-economic development has come to reveal the non-existent infrastructures and meagre facilities, many of which obsolete and/or damaged during the years of armed conflict. The existent airport was equipped with prefabricated unwholesome facilities that did not comply with the minimum requirements imposed by the current international aeronautical standards. Each and every structure integrating this new facility (air terminal, hangars, cargo terminal, fire station […]

Novo Aeroporto Internacional de Angola (NAIA)
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New International Airport of Angola (NAIA)

New International Airport of Angola (NAIA)

The New International Airport of Angola (NAIA), located 40 km south-east of Luanda, was designed as an alternative to the Quatro de Fevereiro Airport. It was inserted into the context adjacent to the current general master plan and integrated proximity principles to the programmed new urban facilities, fundamental strategic vectors to the territorial consolidation of this new urban infrastructure. The construction and improvement of […]

Aeródromo do Corvo

Corvo Island Aerodrome, Azores — Portugal

Corvo Island Aerodrome, Azores — Portugal

The project for the air terminal, ground support equipment storage house and fire station aimed to provide a functional, efficient, attractive and contemporary solution that works as a coherent and articulated set.

These new buildings were designed not as separate facilities, but as parts of a whole, in order to solve the preexisting problems, like the inadequacy and lack of articulation between the current infrastructures. […]