German aerial-taxi company Lilium has unveiled its design guidelines for modular vertiports that could be placed on top of office blocks, car parks or shopping centres.
Lilium, which has developed a five-seater jet-powered electric air taxi, created the design guidelines as part of its plan to launch an all-electric air taxi service in multiple cities around the world by 2025.
The modular and prefabricated structures were designed as a blueprint for developers that want to incorporate a vertiport into upcoming projects or existing buildings.
Lilium has designed an urban vertiport that could be placed on top of a car park
"We have no plans to sell the design to developers," explained head of architecture at Lilium Riko Sibbe. "Instead, we see developers and partners using our design guidelines as a blueprint for developing vertiports specific to their contextual setting," he told Dezeen.
"We intend to begin and complete construction of vertiports ahead of our commercial launch in 2025, so it won't be too long from now!"
The vertiport would consist of a take-off area, parking spots and a terminal building
Lilium aimed to design a simple, functional vertiport that only incorporated the elements vital for running its future aerial taxi service.
The structure would be built from a series of prefabricated modules so that the scale of the vertiport can be adapted to its site and demand for the taxi services. Within cities, they could be built on...