London’s Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. It has two runways and both of them operate at 98% of their capacity which essentially means that the airport is already being utilized to its maximum. To tackle a bump in air traffic in the near future, London will inevitably need a new airport or expansion of the current one.
This is where the idea of an architectural firm, Gensler, comes in. The company has proposed the idea of a floating London airport right in the middle of Thames Estuary. Naturally, the project is (very!) highly ambitious and carries an estimated price tag of $80 billion. The structure of this proposed airport would be firmly entrenched into the seabed rather than linking it up with any land. (more…)
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