This is an update to our last post on the airport series. The original article on the new Delhi Airport focused on Terminal 3 while the renderings below are of the entire master plan. If you have studied Singapore’s transformation form 3rd world country to first, you know the Singapore gained credibility with foreign investors because the modernized the airport and the roads into the city. While India is obviously a much bigger Country, the modernization of the airports is an absolute must. Today, like it or not, foreigners are put off by the out-dated design and feel of India’s airports.
Indira Gandhi International Airport Commercial Masterplan, by RMJM Architects
The site covers 349 hectares and incorporates the development of five grouped schemes. Group A incorporates retail, entertainment and amusement park, Group B - convention centre, 10 hotels, trademart and golf course, Group C is a logistic hob and Group D consist of corporate and IT offices.
The primary design objective was to produce a dynamic and contemporary landmark business and commerce development that matches the status befitting an international airport, whilst providing a new global commercial hub. Sweeping green boulevards through the design provide long clear vistas to the airport terminal using extensive landscaping to frame the views and the entire site as been designed to adhere to sustainable models of development being followed worldwide
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