Kutaisi International Airport by UNStudio has been completed in Georgia. UNStudio‘s design comprises the full airport development, including a revision of the runway, the master plan for the landscape and planned future development thereof, the terminal building, offices, a meteorological station and the air traffic control tower.
© Nakani Mamasakhlisi
Ben van Berkel: “The design for the new airport embraces the traveler by embodying the circumstance of the site. Moments of both leaving and returning are celebrated by the large span, open spaces and high ceiling of the terminal structure – reflecting the ways in which such gestures were employed in the great railway stations of the past.
© Nakani Mamasakhlisi
Project info:
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Architects: Artstudio Project, UNStudio
- Location: David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport, Georgia
- Photographs: VA-render, Nakani Mamasakhlisi
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UNStudio Team: Ben van Berkel with Frans van Vuure, Roman Kristesiashvili and Alexander Kalachev, Melinda Matuz, Christoph Zechmeister, Pietro Scarpa, Derrick Diporedjo and Sabrina Li
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Local Architect: Artstudio Project Ltd, Tbilisi
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Client: United Airports of Georgia LLC
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Airport Consultant: IATA, Montreal, Canada
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Building Surface: 4,500 m2 + 13,000 m2
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Building Volume: 115,200 m3
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Building Site: 16,000m2
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Area: 17500.0 m2
