Haj Terminal, King Abdul Aziz International Airport
General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Mast-supported membrane structure |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Airport terminal building |
Location
| Location: |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 21° 41' 54.18" N 39° 8' 12.16" E |
| Coordinates: | 21° 41' 59.78" N 39° 8' 28.77" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 45.75 m | |
| membrane covered area | 440 000 m² | |
| site area | ca. 830 000 m² | |
| building area | 550 000 m² |
Materials
| membrane |
PTFE-coated glass-fiber fabric
|
|---|
Participants
Client
Architecture
- Fazlur Khan (architect)
- Gordon Wildermuth (architect)
- Roy Allen (architect)
- Gordon Bunshaft (architect)
Structural engineering
- Geiger Berger Associates
- schlaich bergermann partner
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Jörg Schlaich (structural engineer)
- Horst Berger (structural engineer)
- Fazlur Khan (structural engineer)
General contractor
Steel construction
Membrane supplier
(role unknown)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 82.
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 151-152.
- (2001): Art of the Skyscraper. The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International Publications, New York (USA), pp. 136-149.
- (1996): Building for Air Travel. Architecture and Design for Commercial Aviation. The Art Institute of Chicago, Prestel, Munich (Germany), pp. 146.
- (1996): Engineering A New Architecture. Academy Editions, London (United Kingdom), pp. 14.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000033 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
29/04/2021
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