See Mexico's Futuristic Norman Foster Design for New International Airport Reuters
go to original September 4, 2014

The competiton winning design for the new international airport at Mexico City by Foster + Partners, FR-EE (Fernando Romero Enterprise) and NACO (Netherlands Airport Consultants). (Foster + Partners )

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government has unveiled the winning design for a new, futuristic, spider-shaped airport for the capital that will ease delays and boost capacity at a cost of 120 billion pesos ($9.17 billion) in public and private funding.

British architect Norman Foster and Fernando Romero, a son-in-law of Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, showcased their winning, airy design in the form of an X with arching spans at the presidential palace.

The new six-runway project will be built next to the Benito Juarez International Airport on the eastern flank of Mexico City, where the government already owns land.

"This airport is the first of its kind in the world," Foster said. "It doesn't have a conventional roof. It doesn't have vertical walls. It doesn't have columns in the normal sense."

He cited challenges that include frequent earthquakes and the fact that the capital lies on a lake bed.

Telecoms and Transport Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said he expected construction to start in mid-2015.

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