Flughafen Krakau - Stahlfassadenbau

Airport Kraków - steel construction of façade

Airport Kraków, the second biggest Polish airport is being extended for growing traffic. The actual extension is originally designed by Apa Czech Duliński Wróbel architects. The outstanding building element is the terminal building with its glass façade. Its shape of prism is invented to bring surrounding life to building's wall: reflexing cars and passengers in move making the building its expression.

Detailed design, fabrication and erection of various types of steel structures - in total 4 500 t - were done by the contractor, Zeman HDF. The challenge in realizing the steel structure for the 250 m long and 12.5 m high façade was, to find the balance between its impression of lightness, while big size of sections and hard tolerance requirements coming from glazing. Fabrication and site assembly follows demands of design, to install fully welded, safe, accurate and aesthetic glass sub-construction. In result, an unique building has been succeed to erect. Way to this success is subject of the article.