Speaker Biograghy: Design, design direction, design leadership and design management are Lee's primary skill sets. These have been applied to the aviation facility prototype to ensure comprehensive project success. With more than 30 years of experience, unique design solutions, design sensitivity, elegant detailing and disciplined organisation are consistent traits of his career. For projects ranging from large-scale to intimate interiors, he maintains a highly integrated value system on behalf of his clients. Personal interest: Lee is also an accomplished offshore sailor, with four Bermuda races and passages across the Pacific and South Atlantic oceans on his sailing resume.


Day 2 - 26 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development - Middle East & Asia

17:00 - 17:25 - Urumqi, China terminal competition: the Silk Road as context
Synopsis: 'Going to the Outside World' conceptually motivated the contextual process of creating an exceptional terminal design for this Xinjiang province transport hub that connects China and Central Asia to the western world. The Urumqi North Terminal 1 design used an analysis of landscape forms, culture and the historical Silk Road trade route between the African and Eurasian continents to inspire a unique design solution. Integrating careful airside and landside planning, incremental development strategies, structural logic, passenger walking distance parameters and clear passenger flow, the result is efficient, cost effective and striking in form and spatial experience.

Audience will learn:

• How regional context informs modern terminal design to create an exceptional solution
• The research process to understand unique characteristics of locale
• Design options analysis, form analysis and the final design solution resulting from a creatively contextual approach
• Incremental development and phasing supporting programme goals and air traffic demand changes
• Passenger experience, regional relevance, passenger flow within a dynamic interior