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Makurdi Airport Terminal Building
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1.1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE PROJECT
The airpot terminal is a building at
an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and
the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from the aircraft.
Within the terminal, passengers purchase tickets, transfer their
luggage, and go through security. The buildings that provide access to
the airplanes (via gates) are typically called concoures. However, the
terms terminals and concourses are used interchangably, depending on the
configuration of the airport.
Smaller airports have one terminal
while larger airports have several terminals and/or concourses. At small
airports, the single terminal building typically serves all of the
functions of a terminal and a concourse. Some larger airports have one
terminal that is connected to multiple concourses via walkways,
sky-bridges, or underground tunnels (such as Denver International
Airport). Some larger airports have more than one terminal, each with
one or more concourses (such as New York‟s John F. Kennedy Airport).
Still other larger airports have multiple terminals each of which
incorporate the functions of a concourse (such as Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport).
According to Frommers, most airport terminals
are built in a plain style, with the concrete boxes of the 1960s and
‟70s generally gave way to glass boxes in the ‟90s and ‟00s, with the
best terminals making a vague stab at incorporating ideas of light and
air. However, some, such as
Baghdad International Airport, are
monumental in stature, while others are considered architectural
masterpieces, such as Terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris
or Terminal 5 at New York‟s John F. Kennedy Airport. A few are designed
to reflect the culture of a particular area, some examples being the
terminal at Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico, which is
designed in the Pueblo Revival Style popularized by architect John Gaw
Meem, as well as the one at Bahiasde Huatulco International Airport in
Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico, which features some palapas that are
interconnected to form the airport terminal building.
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