Luis Vidal + Architects (LVA)

Speaker Biograghy: Luis Vidal (Architect RIBA-COAM-AIA) studied at Greenwich (UK), specialising in airport design. He is the architect of the new Terminal 2 'The Queen’s Terminal' at Heathrow Airport (opened in June 2014), where he has successfully achieved a sustainable terminal and the first BREEAM Excellent airport in the world, thanks to a design –shortlisted for 2015 Mies van der Rohe Award – that reduces CO2 emissions by 40% while processing 20 million passengers per year. Luis has worked on 24 airport projects; amongst others, he was the Project Director of Madrid Barajas Terminals T4 and T4S, the co-author of the new Warsaw International Terminal, and the new Zaragoza Airport, which was a finalist in the Mies van der Rohe 2009 Awards. He designs airports of the future; fourth-generation (4G) terminals that embrace flexibility, cutting-edge technology, environmental responsibility and efficiency to attract and maximise non-aeronautical revenue, while maximising the passenger experience through designs that add a combinations of values to create a welcoming atmosphere.


Day 1 - 10 March
Session: Energy, Environment & Sustainability

10:40 - 11:10 - 4G terminals and airports for the future – Heathrow’s T2
Synopsis: Luis Vidal, founder of Luis Vidal + Architects, architect of London’s Heathrow Terminal 2 – the first BREEAM Excellent airport in the world – has established a unique perspective on responsible and sustainable designs that applies on all his airport projects. He will develop the main traces of the airports of the future, and analyse the values that his architecture has added to Heathrow’s Terminal 2, Star Alliance’s hub, in order to achieve a sustainable terminal that reduces CO2 emissions by 40% while processing 20 million passengers per year.

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