b'TERMINALSBOS 9Massport, airline operators and other BOS tenants. The boomerang shape of Terminal E solves three issues. It acts as an acoustic buffer for the adjacent neighborhood; maximizes aircraft space and safety on the ramp; and reduces solar radiation while maximizing natural lighting with skylights to the north. On the landside, efforts were made to build as close to property lines as possible to maximize usable space. Its not like we come up with the shape and then make the building work, Vidal explains. We start by making it very functional, thinking of the passengers and end usersThe shape eventually evolves.So, too, did the concept of a bold color. Vidal notes that red is a reoccurring theme throughout Bostonfrom its sunsets and brick buildings to leaves on autumn trees, and even the Red Sox While BOS has added and improvedWe had never done a majorMajor League Baseball team. Generally spaces over the years, parts of Terminalmodernization of this terminal, Burdispeaking, red is bold and makes a E date back 50 years. Smaller upgradesexplains. This project gave thenotable statement. Working with experts were made in 2002 and 2019, butopportunity to make a statement, tofrom the Swiss laboratories of Monopol Massport knew the areas surgingmake an impact. Colors, Vidal created an exclusive shade international traffic required the expansionof prismatic paint that shifts color based of Terminal E. Plans for the latestAmbitious Design Endeavour on the available sunlight. The custom expansion were announced in 2017,Seeking a visionary architect to maximizehue used for Terminal E subtly changes though development was slowed by thethat desired impact, Massport issuedfrom dark yellows to oranges to reds to COVID-19 pandemic.a request forburgundies based on season and time.Now online, Terminal E improvementsqualifications to findThis being the international terminal, include: the ideal designits the front gate to Boston for manyFour additional passenger gates; partners. AECOMpassengers; the first image most16 new ticketing counters; was selected asinternational passengers will see, Vidal 35,000 square feet of upgradedthe prime architect,says. Red is very subliminal, but its a holdroom space; teaming with Spainsconnection to the city.renowned Luis Vidal,Dufry duty-free shops; whose eponymousLUIS VIDAL Vidal also had a driving desire toConcessions including Sals Pizza,firm luis vidal + architects designedmake the building legiblehis term for Boston Harbor Distillery, Legal SeaTerminal 2 at London Heathrow (LHR) andarchitecture that is intuitive for guests Foods and Hudson; the new Pittsburgh International Airportto navigate. He contrasts this withSensory room; (PIT) terminal now under construction,some airports strategy of buildingPet relief areas; among others.shopping mall-style facilities whereSpaces for nursing mothers; Designers from the two firms workedaviation purposes are seemingly of 25,000-square-foot Delta Air Linescollaboratively out of the same spacelesser importance in the design. When Sky Club; at AECOMs Boston office, with nearlypassengers know where they are withinConsolidated seven-lane TSA150 staff members participating over thean airport, they are more at ease and checkpoint; course of the project.feel in control of their time rather than stressing over getting lost and missingUpgraded baggage handlingThere was really good team chemistrytheir flights, he says.systems, and; from the beginning, Vidal reports. I ntuitive digital wayfinding andSightseers in Terminal E enjoy its banks signage. The design teams first prioritiesof windows. The roofline slopes along involved meeting the needs of travelers,the southern faade to offer panoramic AirportImprovement.comMarch | April 2024'