Designing a building based on demand and occupancy

[cholical]

Hello,

 

I would assume a lot of people have seen my previous posts about me trying to design an airport. I am currently doing well but starting to design the terminal. I know what basic concept and shape it needs to be, but I am having trouble with the dimensions- I know the building needs to be large enough to process a certain amount of passengers but also not too big. I do not know how to make the building with proper dimensions.

 

The terminal which I am designing has one large building with piers that connect to the gates. The main problem is that I cannot predict peak demand or seasonal demand, as well as hourly demand or forecasts since I do not have computer simulation software (I'm in high school). However, I have limited information regarding passenger demand. The airport in its first phase is to handle 5,000,000 passengers. I also found some useful information on the FAA website: (Rules of thumb)

(1) Either peak hour enplaned or deplaned passengers may be assumed to represent approximately

60 to 70 percent of the total peak hour passengers.

(2) Peak month passengers may be approximated as 10 percent of the annual passengers.

(3) Average day-peak month aircraft operations may be estimated as 1.05 times the average daily

activity for the year.

Can I use this information to design the basic dimensions of each part of the terminal to be suitable and spacious enough, or should I go by estimates (which would more than likely be inaccurate)? How do I decide the dimensions?

Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[cholical]

Also by any chance does anyone know the difference and significance of the FAA's taxiway design group (TDG) and airplane design group (ADG) and which one should be used for proper runway/taxiway/taxi lane dimensions? The terms can be found in the main FAA airport engineering manual (5300-13A) but I am not sure if I should be using ADG of TDG. Thanks.

[michel123456]

I am not an expert in airports.

You could find some Architect with experience in that field. But it will get very complicated, an airport terminal is a very complex building and designers are very specialized, not always willing to spread their knowledge. The know-How is a precious thing.

You can find info on the Net about existing airports. I found for Heathrow here.

You can also look for case studies.

I'd suggest not to make your project too detailed, you'll get lost. An implatation plan is already quite complicated. Put the runway (1 or 2), the terminal emplacement, the control tower emplacement, the helicopter pads,the roads, highways trains, the parking areas, the hotel(s), eventually the retail park, etc.

Simply to make a list of functionalities is a difficult task.

 

_airport offices, restaurants for the staff, police departments, fire service buildings, repair departments, stock, refueling, and so many others,shopping mall, hotel, even churches. Get a list first. Take the figures from existing ones.

I found this case study about Athens airport, with very few usuable info.

http://ardent.mit.edu/airports/ASP_current_lectures/ASP%2007/Athens%2007%20v2.pdf

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and these numbers about peak.

http://www.aia.gr/company-and-business/press-and-Media/press-office/press-releases/athens-international-airport-handles-efficiently-the-olympic-departures-peak-of-august-30th-2004

Edited February 16, 2014 by michel123456

[cholical]

Thank you for the advice! The links were useful.