Terminal Two, Cologne/Bonn Airport: Cologne, Germany

摘要

In the late 1960s, the German Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) allowed investment in infrastructure projects like the airport in Cologne/Bonn, which served both the important western city of Cologne and the the government center at Bonn. A reinforced-con-crete terminal (known as Terminal One), designed by Paul Schneider-Esleben, replaced the old airstrip in 1970. Terraced and bunkerlike from the outside, Terminal One revealed an elegant structural system within; it was a "drive-in" airport, with two star-shaped concourses stretching out to meet the planes. It set the standard for German airport design for nearly two decades.