Chennai International Airport Competition
Chennai, India
The design for the new Domestic Terminal at Chennai Intl Airport organizes traveler and employee circulation around two lush sustainable gardens forming the basis of a uniquely efficient and innovative plan. The dramatic hovering wing-like roofs fold downward to form the garden’s walls, delivering rain water during the wet season to series of runnels and cistern pools that store water for dry season irrigation. Directly connected to the new terminal, a new parking garage with a sculpturally folding green roof welcomes travelers with as a ‘green gate’ and provides a rich and sustainable foreground to the terminal with regional native plantings.