Yurts in the airport of Kazakhstan

Communiqué de presse en français ICI

A futuristic project has been started by ADPi at the international airport of Almaty, Kazakhstan.

A combination of glass and wood, the uniqueness of ADPi's project, is to propose a building in the shape of three yurts, traditional tents used by nomadic people in central Asia. This layout will facilitate future expansion of the terminal capacities, by adding other "yurts" to the existing ones. The new terminal will absorb the important increase in traffic recorded by the airport (23% growth in 2006), for a traffic slightly over 2 million passengers. The works should end in less than two years.

With 32,000 m² the building can handle, at the beginning, 1,500 passengers per hour and 2 million passengers per year. ADPi will carry out studies to eventually reach a final capacity of 6 million passengers per year.

ADPi was created in 2000 as a subsidiary of Aeroports de Paris.It provides design, architecture, engineering and project management services. Aeroports de Paris builds, develops and manages airports including Paris-Orly, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Le Bourget.

Aeroports de Paris is the 2nd European airport group in terms of airport turnover and the 1st European airport group in terms of cargo and mail. Aeroports de Paris accomodates nearly 460 airlines, mainly the major actors of air transport.