Nothing earth-shatttering to report here. I just noticed this while flicking through some images of a project by HOK. This is the plan for the recently completed terminal at Indianopolis Aiport. It’s built in the “midfield” area of the present airport, between the two main runways, but goes a long way further than simply linking them. The heart of the terminal building is a central gathering point whose circular shape is deliberately intended to recall the shape of the City’s central public space, Monument Circle, which strikes me as incongruously civic for a transport function. Airports are about the here and now and the immediate future.

It’s even grandiosely called the civic plaza and is even supposed to provide public event space and enable visitors to sample the character of Indianapolis and the region. It’s topped off with a 61m diameter skylight.  The total area of the new terminal is 111,000 square metres. It’s got 40 gates, 10,000 light fixtures and its building from 11,000 tons of stell. It’s got 10 moving walk ways, 23 Elevators and 10 Esclators and 40 departure/arrival gates.  The Indianapolis Airport cost $1.1 billion to build. Perhaps HOK are right and one day this will be an urban centre which needs a monumental heart.