Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has announced their team’s reaching the midway point for their ongoing Western Sydney International Airport in the Australian metro’s new Parkland City region.
The project will serve as a catalyst for economic development in Parkland City while supplementing Sydney’s existing Kingsford Smith Airport, which is considered one of the world’s oldest. ZHA is working with Australian firm Cox Architecture to deliver the approximately 4,200-acre design.
The new airport will have a total capacity for 10 million annual travelers by the time of its initial opening. Plans are for the operation to ramp up progressively to a capacity of 82 million annually by the time the project is fully completed in the year 2060.
Hopes are for construction to wrap up by 2026. The region’s Aboriginal heritage is said to be a focal point of the design, along with a slate of sustainable design elements, natural light, and an elevation of local flora. This will be ZHA's third major airport design, following the new Beijing Daxing International Airport and the Navi Mumbai International Airport, which is expected to open next year.
Costs are estimated at around $4 billion USD for the new terminal. ZHA also shared on social media that it is incorporating the 1,066-tonne TBM Peggy drilling machine to prepare the site's 1.26-kilometer-long connective rail system. A video overview from this June detailing the construction's progress can be viewed below via the firm's Instagram.
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