b'38 SAN TERMINALSCustom glass panels and diagonal support braces are two signature design elements of the new terminal. just 17 feet above sea level on a peninsula near the Pacific Ocean. EXPERIENCED | TIME-TESTED In fact, its built on reclaimed land formed by filled tidelands of San Diego Bay. Space to expand is extremely limited, with downtown San Diego only three miles away and U.S. Naval Base Coronado also nearby.Even though SAN has only one runway, the project team knew it could not add another.Instead, planners had to find creative ways to optimize the existing real estate when designing and FULLY INTEGRATED HANGAR & DOOR SYSTEMS building a much larger version of Terminal 1. To help manage the mammoth initiatives many moving parts, the Airport Authority developed a programmatic document with its stakeholders for project discussions. Shafer-Payne shares that the Authority spent more than a year researching what TSA, tenant airlines and key internal stakeholders wanted in the new facilities.One of the top requests/suggestions was to showcase the airports expansive coastal and city viewsa job assigned to Gensler, the global architecture and design firm that served HANGAR in a similar capacity for the Terminal 2 expansion. To set clear expectations, the Airport Authority specified that Terminal 1 should &DOOR be in the same expression as Terminal 2 but not a mirror image. 1957 2023 Gensler Principal and Design Director EXPERTS Terence Young embraced the mission. We have the opportunity to really change how a community both sees itself in its buildings and START TO FINISH EXPERTISE how it takes care of everybody, says Young. Single-source for Design, Manufacturing, & On-Site ServicesThey [the Airport Authority] were super-focused on the passenger experience. TERENCE YOUNG 800.274.0144|FULFAB.COMNovember | December 2025AirportImprovement.com'