Linate Motus Aerii
Reimagining Airports
Y. Oudijk Castañeda (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
H. Smidihen – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
B. Groothuijse – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
M.R. Grech – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
This report tries to lay out the base to redefine airport terminals as a civic and urban space rather than an isolated infrastructure element next to a city. By using an exercise of designing a new airport in place of Milan’s Linate Airport, it explores the possibilities of a new airport typology in which commercial and social functions are relocated to a publicly accessible landside space, transforming the airport from a closed, transactional environment into an open urban destination. Inspired by the Milanese piazzas, the landslide becomes a place of gathering for both travelers and residents, erasing the existing boundaries between airport infrastructure and Milan. The research also investigates how the development of electric aircraft, and its decrease in noise pollution, enables closer urban integration. The project is based on the principles of cultural integration, inclusivity, and spatial efficiency.