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Gateway to a new era of air travel New airport terminal building in Carlsbad with a Kalzip aluminium envelope An unusual airport terminal has been constructed in the spa town of Carlsbad in the Czech Republic. This stunning building sets new standards in terms of design and materials. In the construction of this ingenious piece of archi tec ture, which is known as the “intermediate aircraft” and is open to many different interpretations, Architect Petr Parolek, chose to use Kalzip aluminium profiled sheets for the entire building envelope. Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) is the most famous spa town in the West Bohemian Spa Triangle and is situated above the River Tepl at its junction with the River Ohre. The hot springs were used as far back in time as the Middle Ages. This sophisticated town has been famous since the 18th Century when it became the meeting-place for emperors, kings and tsars, politicians, statesmen, Russian grand princes, Indian maharajahs and 2 Kalzip GmbH the wealthy international aristocracy. Carlsbad subsequently developed into an architectural gem. The new airport which serves this spa town also embraces this architectural tradition. It features an unusual terminal hall designed by architect Petr Parolek. According to the architect himself, this building resembles a flying submarine and has been completely clad in Kalzip aluminium profiled sheets.
"My idea for the new terminal building was to create a design with different symbolic meanings”, explains Petr Parolek. “It could be a flying projectile, a spaceship or a submarine – simply a means of transport which hovers over Carlsbad.” The unusual shape of the building is formed by the geometry of three regular tubbing segments which were cut in a way which creates a uniform construction principle. Petr Parolek: “It is of course no coincidence, but rather my intention, to utilise the virtually unlimited potential of the Kalzip system to its full advantage to enable implementation of the precise aerodynamic geometry of this building, which has now been achieved. At the beginning of the 1920’s a basic airport was opened in the vicinity of Carls bad. Due to the requirements of the cosmopolitan visitors, the demands on the airport grew rapidly. Following a varied history, which includes the threatened closure of the airport on politically motivated grounds, the decision was taken to reuse the complex following the “Velvet Revolution” in 1989. The status of “international” airport was granted and Carlsbad soon reinstated its former standards of quality. In 2004, ownership of the airport was handed over to the “Region Karlsbad”. It quickly introduced an extensive modernisation programme and an extension to capacity. Work began with the modernisation of those areas which were necessary for flight operations such as runways, guidance systems and air traffic control. In order to meet the travel requirements of the “Schengen Zone”, it was also important to modernise the arrival and departure hall which still dated back to the 1930’s. The young, but nevertheless experienced architect, Petr Pavolek, from Brno, was appointed as the designer. It very soon became clear to those in - volved in the project that, alone in terms of space, the existing buildings simply could not cope with the demands placed on them. For this reason, architect Petr Parolek therefore proposed an extension towards the South in the direction of the pick up/drop off zone and car park. This extension has now been opened. Architect Petr Parolek The primary objective of the extension was to increase capacity, which since its opening in May 2009 has reached a level of 800 passengers per hour. This is the approximate equivalent to checkingin the passengers for four medium-sized aircraft per hour and, with an annual capacity of around half a million passengers, opens up new reserves for future developments. Kalzip GmbH 3
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