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For most people, airports are a means to an end, an obligatory way station that gets them to where they want or need to go. But Beijing’s new Daxing International Airport was designed to be more than that.
“This airport is the biggest single, walkable terminal building in the world,” says Patrik Schumacher, who leads Zaha Hadid Architects, the global firm based in London tasked with designing the airport, which opened in September. “Its distinctive character is its long span roof structure which sculpts the space, draws in natural light and orients passengers to their gates.”
Conde Nast Traveler’s review praised how “the innovative starfish design means you never have to walk more than 10 minutes (1,970 feet, to be exact) from the core to the furthest gate in each wing.”
