2024-12-22T00:46:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150361200/gensler-and-moody-nolan-debut-terminal-design-for-columbus-international-airport Josh Niland 2023-08-25T15:28:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/172a8b088c6b9ecad9daa428f3b2a62b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/gensler" target="_blank">Gensler</a> has revealed plans for a new terminal design for John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) in Columbus, Ohio. The project replaces an existing terminal from 1958 and is aimed at enhancing the regional economy of the state&rsquo;s capital in the interest of &ldquo;Connecting Ohio with the World.&rdquo;</p> <p>Columbus-based architects <a href="https://archinect.com/moodynolan" target="_blank">Moody Nolan</a> will join the project as a design partner. The construction is necessary to meet the demands placed on the airport by Columbus&rsquo; expected demographic change, which will see the population of what is now the Midwest&rsquo;s fastest-growing city expand to over 3 million by the year 2050.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5bbc6d2a87a624305026f71d02fbf203.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5bbc6d2a87a624305026f71d02fbf203.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Columbus Regional Airport Authority</figcaption></figure><p>The &lsquo;Y&rsquo; form of the design is meant to mirror the confluence of nearby Olentangy and Scioto River while &ldquo;symbolizing the fluid pathways taken by travelers and the connectivity.&rdquo; Visitors will move from a ground-level entrance lobby through ticketing and security and into the main concourse&rsquo;s retail plaza framed by a central gran...</p>