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SUMMARY
CITY FACTS
• Location: Southern China’s
Guangdong Province in Pearl
River Delta region
• Proximity: Hong Kong
• Population: Approximately
15 million
• Urbanization: One of the
fastest-growing cities in the
world
• Highrises: 26 buildings at over
200 meters tall, including the
Kingkey 100 (the ninth-tallest
building in the world
FAST FACTS
Shenzhen Bao’an International
Airport Terminal 3
• Completed: 2013
• Size: 450,000 square meters
• Floors: 4 above +
2 underground
• Flow: 45 million passengers
per year
• Building owner:
Shenzhen Airport Co., Ltd.
• Developer:
Shenzhen Airport Co., Ltd.
• Architect: Beijing Institute of
Architectural Design, FUKSAS
• Contractor: China State
Construction Engineering
Corporation
KONE SOLUTIONS
• 131 KONE MonoSpace®
elevators
• 8 KONE TranSys™
freight elevators
• 10 KONE TravelMaster™
autowalks
W
hen viewed from the skies,
Shenzhen airport’s new
terminal resembles a giant
aircraft with wings and a
tailplane. Sprawling over
an area of 450,000 square meters, Terminal
3 handles up to 45 million air passengers
annually and is touted to be the fourth-largest
airport in China after Beijing, Shanghai and
Guangzhou.
With 63 boarding gates, 192 check-in
desks, extensive retail space and a plan
that accommodates all kinds of aircraft, the
terminal is expected to handle approximately
14,000 passengers per hour during peak
traffic. It calls for focused attention on the
capacity and flexibility of the airport’s traffic
flow configuration. That is where KONE
steps in.
PEOPLE FLOW PLANNING
After careful analysis and design, KONE
experts provided a complete tailored solution
to minimize passenger walking distance,
comprising elevators, inclined autowalks
and heavy-load freight elevators. With teams
working around the clock, mobilization of all
possible resources enabled KONE to complete
the installation and certification of 75 KONE
MonoSpace® elevators in a short span of
two months. A couple of months prior to the
official opening, Shenzhen Airport organized
three drills with 7,000 passengers to test the
efficiency of the traffic flow plan, system and
equipment. It had KONE technicians standing
by on site and was executed smoothly.
“KONE equipment performed seamlessly
in the drills, guaranteeing smooth people
flow and receiving high recognition from
our client,” says
Shang Ruilin
, KONE Project
Manager. Shenzhen Airport Co. Ltd. also
praised KONE for its outstanding service and
resourcefulness in overcoming difficulties
to ensure the airport was completed as
scheduled.
DESIGN IN MIND
KONE excelled not only in people flow
planning, but also in providing technology
that matched the terminal’s green aspirations.
Every KONE system utilizes variable frequency
technology to reduce unnecessary energy
consumption in this busy transit hub.
Terminal 3’s innovative design integrates
nature and technology to make the best of
both worlds and presents an environment-
friendly and sustainable structure. Its
distinctive honeycomb skin displays
case
case
Shaped like a manta ray – a fish that breathes and changes its own shape
– Terminal 3 of Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport makes an iconic
architectural statement.
The flying fish of Shenzhen
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SISSI TANG BEIBEI
EDITED
ASHA GOPALKRISHNAN
ILLUSTR ATION
KONE
The terminal is expected
to handle approximately
14,000 passengers per
hour during peak traffic.
thousands of hexagonal skylights that
regulate heat from the sun and allow natural
light to enter the terminal, creating a playful
dialogue with glass elevators. The cathedral-
like concourse, designed by acclaimed Italian
architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas,
creates a sense of space with roofs as high
as 80 meters and white “trees” that serve as
efficient air conditioning vents. All aspects
of the terminal’s plan prioritize high-level
eco-performance, and KONE elevators’
technology is among the most sophisticated.
KONE’s space-saving, machine-room-less
design and energy-efficient KONE EcoDisc®
motors contributes to a cleaner environment.
It is the use of such sustainable elements
that makes the architecture of Shenzhen
airport’s Terminal 3 even more incredible. /
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