Hung-Hsien Lin, Director, Civil Aeronautics Administration, MOTC, Taiwan

Speaker Biograghy: Hung-Hsien has a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University. His specialities include geotechnical engineering and construction management. Since 1995 he has been working as a civil servant. He received his Professional Engineer licence in 1997. In 2011 he was promoted to be the Deputy Director of the Aerodrome Division and supervise the Terminal 1 renovation project of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. This project was designed by Japanese architect Norihiko Dan. The concept was to bring natural light into the interior space and add an area of 13,000m2 that would upgrade the overall service standards and increase the passenger volume from 12 million to 15 million. The precise positioning of steel curved roof trusses on the existing pretensioned pylons and the least impact to smooth terminal operation were the biggest challenges. Due to Hung-Hsien's hard work, the T1 renovation project completed on schedule in 2013.


Day 2 - 21 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development - Middle East & Asia

16:40 - 17:05 - Innovative terminal solution in a confined land area
Synopsis: In 2004, CAA Taiwan relocated Taichung Airport (RMQ) from Taichung City centre to the current Ching-Chuan-Kang (CCK) Air Force Base, which is the largest one in Taiwan. The cross-strait and international passenger volume has increased dramatically since 2009, and the airport’s international terminal is situated in a very tight land pocket in the southwestern corner of the base. It is a great challenge to renovate the existing terminal in a very constrained site in order to accommodate the rapid growth. On top of that, with the economic and political situation factors in mind, it is extremely important to provide a flexible design solution.

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