'...a building in which the architecture itself would express the drama and specialness and excitement of travel... a place of movement and transition... The shapes were deliberately chosen in order to emphasize an upward-soaring quality of line. We wanted an uplift.'
Eero Saarinen
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
TWA Terminal, John F. Kennedy Airport, New York
The TWA terminal was designed by Eero Saarinen as a symbol of flight. The expressive curves of the design create attractive, spacious halls and a rare degree of exhilaration for an airport terminal. Modelling these complex curves will be difficult task but will be worth it for such an amazing building. Although the building appears to be made of sculptural concrete, the structure is in fact braced within the concrete by an invisible web of reinforcing steel.
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