Changchun Airport Terminal 3, China, Jilin Province Transportation Hub, Chinese Architecture, Photography
Changchun Airport Terminal 3 in Jilin Province
7 Feb 2023
Architecture: MAD Architects
Location: Changchun, Jilin Province, China

Changchun Airport Terminal 3, China
MAD Architects reveals winning design for the new terminal of Changchun Airport, as its first large-scale air transportation junction

MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, and in collaboration with China Airport Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd. and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design Co., Ltd. has won an international competition for the design of Changchun ?Longjia? International Airport Terminal 3 in China.

The overall site has a footprint of 177.6-hectare, and a total building area of nearly 270,000 square meters. The terminal will contain 54 aircraft gates and is expected to accommodate 22 million passengers per year after completion, that will become the biggest air transportation junction of Changchun city and entire Jilin Province which is one of the earliest manufacturing industrial metropolises with a population of 23 million. The city is surrounded by rich natural resources like dense forests that are well-known as the most significant in the northeastern of China, as well as the international regional hub in Northeast Asia.
?The future large-scale transportation junction is first of all an important public space in the city. Art, synthesis, diversity, and humanity are all impor...