TWA Flight Center, Queens, New York
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moelsla
N 40° 38.747 W 073° 46.691
18T E 603306 N 4500154
The TWA Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen and Associates between 1959 and 1962. It would operate as an air terminal until 2001. In 2015, work began to create the TWA Hotel by renovating the disused head house and adding two adjacent buildings
Waymark Code: WM18RKV
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2023
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It has a prominent wing-shape thin shell roof supported by four "Y" shaped piers. An open three-level space with tall windows offered views of departing and arriving flights.
(source - Wikipedia)
The head house of the TWA Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen and his associates, is a pioneering example of thin-shell construction, consisting of a reinforced concrete shell roof supported at the corners. The design incorporates elements of the Futurist, Neo-futurist, Googie and Fantastic architectural styles. It is located at the middle of a curve in one of JFK Airport's service roads, in front of the elevated AirTrain JFK people mover. The key collaborators from the Saarinen office included Kevin Roche, Cesar Pelli, Norman Pettula, and Edward Saad. Warren Platner was largely responsible for the interiors. To engineer the roof, Saarinen collaborated with Charles S. Whitney and Boyd G. Anderson of the firm Ammann & Whitney. The general contractor was Grove Shepherd Wilson & Kruge. Arup was the structural engineer; Jaros, Baum & Bolles provided MEP engineering; and Langan was the civil engineer on the project.
Type of Structure: Building
Upswept Roof / Folded Plate Roof(s): yes
Large Dome(s): yes
Large Sheet Glass Window(s): yes
Boomerang and/or Arrow Shape(s): no
Amoebae Shape(s): no
If I knew, I'd be an architect: yes
Physical Address:
Terminal 5, John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York City, New York United States
11430
Web Address or URL: [Web Link]
Atomic Model(s): Not Listed
Starburst(s): Not Listed
Exposed Steel Beam(s): Not Listed
Flying Saucer/Rocket Shape(s): Not Listed
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