UNIVERSALLY

ACCESSIBLE
AIRPORTS
INDIA AND ABROAD - Ottawa and Vancouver Airports
- Netaji Subash Chandrabose Airport, Kolkata

Lakshay, Shreya, Panav, Supriya - 4B

Ottawa and Vancouver Airport:-
T ● Location-Canada
● Year Of Completion-2009
● Type -Renovation Project
● Funding-Public
● Architect-Stanis Smith

Airports present a unique design challenge. In

operation 24/7 for 365 days of the year, they are an
important transit gateway with multiple moving
parts, extremely varied users and intense security
responsibilities.

He developed a sequence of memorable and

distinctive spaces creating an appropriate gateway
to the city and country, and resolved sophisticated Picture Credit-Stantec
security, airport, and airline requirements in a
manner that is unobtrusive to passengers and A glowing glass terminal to the right with a control tower to the left
looked upon he standard Canadian Accessibility in purplish dawn light
Codes and deliver universal design quality to their
travelers.
Ottawa Airport Site Plan:-

● Stantec created a new multi-level international and domestic airport terminal

serving six million passengers per year.
● The Ottawa International Airport Terminal is approximately 660,000 square
feet and is located adjacent to an existing terminal. It has been designed to
expand incrementally as passenger volume increases.
● It support passenger wayfinding and incorporate a universal design approach via
lighting, millwork, flooring, and other finishes
● The design ensures that passengers may orient themselves intuitively with minimal
reliance on signage

Vancouver Airport Site Plan:-

● In Vancouver, the multi-level International Airport Terminal was designed to
accommodate eight million passengers per year.
● The building is 1,600,000 square feet [92.90 square meters] with connections
to the adjacent domestic terminal and a multi-level parking structure serving
both terminals.
● The building includes 37 bridged aircraft gates as well as Canadian and US Customs
and Immigration Facilities.
● The terminals’ layout minimizes walking distances, creates an inclusive sense of
welcome, and offers a building that is a unique gateway to the city and region.
● The design ensures that passengers may orient themselves intuitively with minimal
reliance on signage.
Design And User Experience:-
The design of these structures was predicated on the belief that airport terminals should act as ambassadors for the
cities and communities which they serve, therefore significant design emphasis was placed on passenger experience.

Picture Credit -Stantec

A large aboriginal-style natural bark canoe elevated on a concrete pad to a
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comfortable viewing height with a dramatic water feature to the right falling
straight down in a continuous sheet.

Natural light, natural finishes, and a calming color palette create a soothing Two very large First Nation totemic figures carved in
environment that reduce passenger stress. Lighting is directional and—as in wood form a portal greeting visitors to the Vancouver
Ottawa—floor finishes present as few challenges to mobility as possible. International Airport.
“Jade Canoe,” the most famous First Nation
sculptures at Vancouver International Airport.
This very large dark green sculpture of
complex human figures tightly packed in a boat
that is installed in the Vancouver airport
terminal which is set off by skylights above and
a viewing area distinct from the path of travel
and fully accessible.

Picture Credit-Stantec

● Ottawa also boasts an innovative HVAC system. Most conventional

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Ramp with a floor of textured tile and stainless steel ●
hand railings. The ramp opens to a level entry to
food service on the right and continues down to the
Jade Canoe sculpture viewing area below.
terminals air-condition from the ceiling, which results in conditioning
large volumes of air where people are not present.
The Ottawa terminal provides low-velocity distribution through
floor-level grates that only serve the area occupied by passengers.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, West Bengal

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, West Bengal
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ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE STAIRCASE

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 ACCESSIBILITY

Accessible
Reception

Aerobridge

Accessible Toilet

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Deductions
INFERENCES

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Helpdesk Counters

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Reserved Seating

E-cars

Accessible Bus Transfers

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 Aerobridges

Accessible Low Height Counters

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
● https://disabilityaffairs.gov.in/content/upload/uploadfiles/files/20211122%20%28final%29Dictio
nary%20on%20Accessibility%20-%20Airports%20%281%29%281%29.pdf
● https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/airport-turns-disabled-friendly-with-easy-to-read-boar
ds-and-spl-toilets/amp_articleshow/71998953.cms
● https://universaldesigncasestudies.org/transportation/airports/ottawa-and-vancouver-airports
● http://imaic.nic.in/dashboard/airport_view?per_page=50