Guarulhos Airport
The Governador André Franco Montoro airport is the main and busiest airport in all Latin America, being about 25 km from the centre of São Paulo. The airport already had 2 terminals (TPS1 and TPS2) and the design presented here was the solution for the third passenger terminal at Guarulhos airport. The proposal involved building a terminal with the capacity for 32 aircraft. The terminal comfort level was to be C, a calculation carried out in accordance with IATA criteria. In developing the architectural solution, we took into account the requirements for building these types of infrastructures and the airfield’s constraints. The goals for the design were mainly based on optimising the infrastructure, including the prospect for private use and operation.
Functionally speaking, the terminal was to have 6 levels. Level -1 comprised a storage area for deliveries and loading and technical areas and a storage area for commercial operations. Level 0 was meant for disembarking, containing, within its main surface area, the spaces for luggage return. Level 1 was to house the mezzanine area for disembarking, where connections with international flights were to be made and domestic boarding was to take place. There was to be a food court in the central nucleus on this floor. Level 2 was reserved for boarding, where passport control was to be carried out. The main premise of the approach to this floor was to create an attractive and diverse area. The shopping areas in this sector, as well as on the other levels, were to have a restricted flow area. On Level 3 was to be the mezzanine area for boarding, with respective support areas for Check-in and X-Ray control. The greater concentration of shopping spaces was to be on this level. Preference was given to spacious and amenable areas. On Level 4 was the Airport Operations Centre (AOC).