London architecture studio Softroom has created six lounges for Turkish Airlines inside Istanbul Airport, linked by a ribbon-like parametric wall that's nearly a mile long.

Called the Flow Wall, it runs throughout 19,000 square metres of lounge space in Istanbul Airport, creating what Softroom describes as an "intuitive route that transcends barriers of language and culture".
"Passengers will move effortlessly through zones and the form of [the wall] will relate this experience to the lightness and the dynamism of air travel," explained the studio.

The studio created the wall in just 30 weeks using parametric design ? an algorithm-based process that allows you to test the various outcomes of a design concept within a set of parameters. "We used Rhino CAD software to create the Flow Wall, controlled by grasshopper scripting," explained Oliver Salway, director of Softroom.

"The parametric script was able to quickly customise the smoothing of the wall's curves and the number of light strips, as well as provide a real-time preview of the wall's final form," he told Dezeen.
"We continued to use the script to fluidly develop the design of the wall as it flows through the different spaces and respond to the constraints in both structure and M&E."

The undulating wall is visible upon entrance to the airport, topped by a huge gold-metal Turkish Airlines logo. It guides travellers from the check-in counters, through to the loun...