Marseille Airport Extension, French Architecture Development, Competition Winners, Images
Marseille Airport Extension, France
Building Development in Southern France – design by Foster + Partners, Architects
24 Nov 2017
Marseille Airport Building Extension
Design: Foster + Partners
Location: Marseille, France
Foster + Partners wins Marseille Airport extension design competition

The competition winning entry for the new Marseille Airport extension was revealed today at a grand ceremony in the presence of JC Gaudin, Mayor of Marseille; Renaud Muselier, President of the region; Martine Vassal, President of the Departmental Council; JL Chauvin, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and several other dignitaries. The primary gateway to Provence, the project will allow the airport to serve up to 12 million passengers per year (excluding the MP2 terminal), future-proofing the development until 2046.
The design restores the clarity of layout and expression in Fernand Pouillon?s 1960s original, while adding the ?missing piece? to the 1992 extension by Richard Rogers to tie the entire ensemble of buildings together. Phase I of the project will create a new ?Coeur? ? literally, heart in French ? that rationalises arrival and departure sequences within a single building, creating an intuitive progression through the terminal for passengers.

The Coeur is a 22-metre-high glazed hall whose structural expression echoes that of the Pouillon building, with its inverted beam r...