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摘要

When London-based Foster + Partners set out to design an expansion of Jordan s Queen Alia International Airport-located 35 km from the capital, Amman-it considered very carefully how best to capture the unique local culture. The extension's striking tessellated roof canopy-a rippling pattern of shallow concrete domes framed by delicate X beams-is clad in black, a reference to the dark bedouin tents of the region. The colors are influenced by the local landscape, and the tree-filled courtyards that separate the two new departure piers draw on the vernacular of Arabic architecture.