No_4_December_1962 — Page 80

Floors in public areas and offices are of vinyl plastic tiles. The bag. gage room, customs hall, ramps and air-conditioning plant 100ms floored in quarry tile.

are

Wall finishes in the interior are generally of gypsum plaster except for columns and areas in the pub- lic space which are subject to heavy wear. Here mosaic tiles have been used. Some walls, as in the en- trances to the office block and loh. bies in the office block, have been lined with plywood or teak board- ing in strips.

All the double windows are in galvanized steel and are painted. Aluminium framing is used for ex- trance doors and for partitions and shop fronts.

These aluminium ex-

L

trusions are also used for the air- line cubicles, counters and baggage weighing counters, for telephone booths and some railings. Tops to counters and facing panels are in laminated plastic.

For flexibility, interior partitions. with the exception of the corridor partitions, in the office block are all removable and interchangeable.

n

Basic planning for the building is a two-level system designed to se- gregate departing passengers the first floor level from arriving passengers at ground floor level. To this basic plan for traffic handling is added an office block for adminis tration and for the air line operat ing companies and a control tower

to deal with the arrival and depar ture of the airplanes.

Departing passengers and friends coming by vehicle approach the de partures concourse up a ramp road and enter at first floor level. Pedes- trians can walk up external stair cases to the elevated road level and enter at first floor level or they can to ground floor level and move up the internal staircases con necting the arrival and departure

enter

concourses.

On the first floor passengers goj straight to baggage weighing coun ters, opposite the entrance, where baggage is weighed and ticketed. Baggage is placed after weighing on hand trolleys which are then stored until they go down on a special conveyor to the baggage room be low.

These baggage counters are not allocated permanently to air line companies but are occupied as re- quired. Signs above the counters, each of which has its own automa tic weighing machine, are inter- changeable and an air line can oc cupy up to ten counters when larger aircraft are departing. Communica tion between the counters and the air line offices on the floors above in the office block is by loud-speak- ing telephone set in the side of the booth.

The whole of the departures coun course on each side of the baggage weighing area is given over to air line company cubicles. Hanging from the ceiling is a calendar clock. showing the month, day, date and time.

Passengers and

friends move from this concourse to a large wait ing area which contains shops, post office and cable facilities, a buffet and (opening off) the airport res taurant overlooking the airport it

◄ Control tower showing office entrance on the ground floor. The control tower itself is on the top floor, beneath that, with blacked-out windows, is the ap proach centrol centre from which aircraft can be talked down in thick weather. Beneath that again is the meteorological office. The other floors are given over to airport administration.

50

Page 80Page 81