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THE DESIGN OF THE MASTERPLAN, TERMINAL, AND CONCOURSE SHOULD BE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF MODULARITY, LIGHTNESS OF MATERIALS, EFFICIENT HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, INTELLIGENT LAYOUT AND CIRCULATION PATTERNS DERIVED FROM A DATA-DRIVEN SCIENTIFIC APPROACH, RESILIENCY, EXCEPTIONAL ENERGY PERFORMANCE, AND EASE OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
An airport cannot be planned with a short-term or even mid-term goal in mind. It is important to think long-term. The site in Santa Lucía is large enough to accommodate such long-term goals through significant growth over a period of more than 30 years.
The vision for the airport is achieved through fusing architectural and engineering principles to form a new experience that is true to its functionality and easily adaptable to future interventions. The buildings will have a positive impact on the environment through the use of less of everything to create timeless beauty. Architecture, landscape, structure and energy work in unison to create a building that is advanced, forward looking, functional, contextual, efficient and high performing. A minimal attitude in the selection of materials and conscious design of all building systems ensures an efficient use of resources and a positive attitude towards the environment. The idea is not to add but to subtract and yet achieve a higher standard.
The design has been arrived at with a local building and architectural tradition in mind. Over the course of the design process, the question of the span of the roof structure arose. A long-span structure was rejected in favor of a short-span structure that was more appropriate to the time and budgetary constraints. It is conceived as a series of modular units and kit of parts that will make it possible to build a large building with very simple economical means quickly.
An airport cannot be planned with a short-term or even mid-term goal in mind. It is important to think long-term. The site in Santa Lucía is large enough to accommodate such long-term goals through significant growth over a period of more than 30 years.
The vision for the airport is achieved through fusing architectural and engineering principles to form a new experience that is true to its functionality and easily adaptable to future interventions. The buildings will have a positive impact on the environment through the use of less of everything to create timeless beauty. Architecture, landscape, structure and energy work in unison to create a building that is advanced, forward looking, functional, contextual, efficient and high performing. A minimal attitude in the selection of materials and conscious design of all building systems ensures an efficient use of resources and a positive attitude towards the environment. The idea is not to add but to subtract and yet achieve a higher standard.
The design has been arrived at with a local building and architectural tradition in mind. Over the course of the design process, the question of the span of the roof structure arose. A long-span structure was rejected in favor of a short-span structure that was more appropriate to the time and budgetary constraints. It is conceived as a series of modular units and kit of parts that will make it possible to build a large building with very simple economical means quickly.
The established budget and schedule call for design and constructive intelligence to generate a simple but innovative concept based on the implementation of prefabricated and modular systems to guarantee their quality, execution, and adaptability to future growth. With an initial phase of 20MDP that can be expanded into future stages that allow it to reach a capacity of 80MDP and up to 120MDP if necessary. AIFA in this sense is an ideal and strategic option to maximize the potential of this initiative.
AIFA will be a building for EVERYONE. It will be transparent, democratic, open, connected, intuitive and simple. It will be a place where the cultural and social diversity of Mexico converge while also being a place where the safety of ALL its users is guaranteed.
AIFA will be the creation of a multidisciplinary team of Mexicans committed to a single mission: to provide Mexico with a scalable airport system that not only meets growing demand, but will be an example of the beauty of functionality and become the "Airport System that Will Move Mexico."
