In China opened the largest airport in the world

The building of the air harbor was designed by the architectural bureau Zaha Hadid, and has already been able to receive the first passengers on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the formation of the city. PRC.

A new Daxing International Airport opened in Beijing after 5 years of construction. The building in the form of a six-pointed star was built for 450 billion yuan, and became the largest terminal in the world - an area of 700,000 square meters.

The capacity is 45 million people per year. After the opening of the second terminal, the maximum capacity per year will reach 100 million passengers.

The building has six branches, and each of them has a different interior associated with Chinese cultural traditions - silkography, gardening, growing and preparing tea, making porcelain.

The construction of the building uses technologies that reduce energy consumption - natural ventilation and lighting, a system for collecting and using rainwater.

The airport occupies an area of 47 square kilometers, 8 runways. For its construction, 11 settlements were demolished, 24 were moved to another place, 20 thousand people were relocated.

Before the opening of Daxing, the largest international airport was Shoudu, 20 km from the Chinese capital.

Source: iz