SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - TERMINAL 3

2010

The new Passenger Terminal Complex at São Paulo International Airport, in Guarulhos, is composed of two volumetrically distinct but connected sectors: the Passenger Terminal itself (TPS3), with 230,000 m², and the Garage Building, with 150,000 m². The TPS 3 Complex will be interconnected to the existing road network through the expansion of the runway system that currently feeds terminals 1, 2 and cargo terminals, providing, within the project scope area, its adequate dimensioning to meet the estimated demand in the range of 12 to 19 million passengers/year. For the maximum efficiency of the airport system, integration with other means of transport is also being studied, whether subway, rail or even the future HST.

The architecture of the new passenger terminal is based on three fundamental pillars: the design of a singular and monumental character, inherent to the architecture of buildings on a global scale; constructive rationality, as a priority measure to ensure the fulfillment of project goals; and in full functionality to make the transit of 19 million passengers/year rational and efficient.
The roof, a unique morphological element, reflects the horizontality of the site and suggests a topography, altered to house the main function of the building. This deformation of the horizontal surface is directly reflected in three large slightly lowered arches, legible on the scale of the airport, which establish, from this, the rules for the definition of the primary structural system of the roof plane.
The geometry resulting from the roof reinforces the concept of "under one roof" and proposes a structural system that, despite the apparent formal complexity, turned out to be absolutely simple. A series of spatial steel trusses, arranged 15 meters parallel between axes and inserted along a subtle curve that starts at the boarding curb, ensuring the appropriate height and eaves projection, rises gently to the middle of the building and descends again, more abruptly, towards the tip of the finger adjusting, intentionally, its scale.

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LOCATION
Guarulhos, SP – Brasil

AREA 230.000,00 m²

TEAM
Mario Biselli, Artur Katchborian, Paulo José Malucelli, Jefferson Andrade, Luiz Caron, João José Malucelli, Marco Antonio Cals, Gicele Alves, Tais Cristina da Silva, Paulo Roberto dos Santos, Cassia Lopes Moral, Cassio Oba Osanai, Daniel Corsi , Dani Hirano, André Biselli Sauaia, Luciana Engel, Vitor Zanata, Enrico Arrigoni, Fernando Lisboa, Ana Carolina Ferreira Mendes, Debora Rodrigues Pinheiro, Maria Fernanda Vita, Melina Giannoni de Araújo, Ana Carolina Martins, Adriana Godoy, Marcelo Santos Cecchia, Guilherme Filocomo, Caroline Ann Rennhard, Simone Molinari, Neusa Malucelli, Francisco Marquete, Anderson Abe, Maiko Betim, Moises Caio Dores, Marcio Ghinzelli, Gustavo Mazer

COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT
CONSORTIUM MAG
PJJ Malucelli Arquitetura, Biselli + Katchborian Arquitetos – GPA Arquitetura, Andrade Rezende Engenharia

VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Valéria London

LANDSCAPING
Benedito Abbud

INTERIORS
Roberto Negrete

ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT
Anésia Barros Frota, João Gualberto de A. Baring

LIGHTING
Plínio Godoy

STRUCTURE
Andrade Rezende Engenharia

INSTALLATIONS, BUDGETING, INFRASTRUCTURE
PJJ Malucelli Arquitetura

INFRASTRUCTURE
André do Vale Abreu

HYDRAULIC AND SANITARY INSTALLATIONS
Rubens Zeni

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
Dagoberto Bostelmann

ELECTRONIC INSTALLATIONS
Luiz Murta

ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS
Alberto Gatti

RENDERS
CONSORTIUM MAG

AWARDS
1st prize in the national competition for Terminal 3 of São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport;
Invited architects at the Brazilian Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale.

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