The Ilan And Asaf Ramon International Airport
THE ILAN AND ASAF RAMON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners, Moshe Zur Architects
CATEGORY
Airport
PROJECT AREA
2019
AREA
92000.0 m2
LOCATION
Timna, Israel
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Gadish-Baran Partnership
ROADS AND RUNWAYS
Peter Leibovich Engineers LTD.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Tema
SECURITY
Sdema Group LTD.
BIDS AND ASSESMENT
Gimzu Nihulit LTD.
SEALING
Bitelman Architects LTD.
SIGNAGE
Misholy Lash Designers
ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION
Landman Aluminum LTD.
SITE AREA
505.4 ha
LIGHTING
Lighting Design Collective
DESIGN MANAGER
Amir Mann
PHOTOGRAPHS
Hufton + Crow
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Assa Aharoni Consulting Engineers
ELEVATORS
Consulting Engineers LTD., S. Lustig
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Ben Avraham S. Engineering LTD.
KITCHENS AND CATERING
Dror Food Service Consultant LTD.
ARCHITECTS / DESIGN AND PLANNING MANAGEMENT
Moshe Zur Architects, Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners
DESIGN LEADERS
Asaf Mann, Liran Benami, Shemaya Serfaty
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Noam Zevulun
FURNITURE DESIGN
Maya Mann, Ori Cohen
WATER, SEWAGE, HYDROLOGY & DRAINAGE ENGINEERING
Lavi - Natif Consulting Engineers LTD.
ARCHITECTS / DESIGN AND PLANNING MANAGEMENT
Moshe Zur Architects, Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Ron Havatzelet
SANITARY PLANNING
Sanit Consulting Engineers Ltd
PLANNING MANAGEMENT
Groisman Engineering LTD. Construction Management
STRUCTURAL PROTECTION
K.A.M.N Structural Protection Company LTD.
CONNECTION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
Peleg – Advanced Travel Solutions
BAGGAGE HANDLING
Case Technologies engineering and consulting
COMMUNICATION AND TELEPROCESSING
Dong Systems LTD.
ELECTRICITY
D. Bar-Akiva Consulting Engineers LTD
FIRE SAFETY
S. Netantel Engineers & Consultants LTD.
AIR CONDITIONING
HRVAC Consulting Engineering Co. Ltd
AVIATION CONSULTANT
Arup, Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Assa Aharoni Consulting Engineers
PROJECT ARCHITECTS
Yacob Tirosh, Slavik Chokler, Kobi Ezra, Yair Shmueli
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Dagesh Engineering Traffic & Road Design LTD.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Ben Avraham S. Engineering LTD.
CLIENT
Israel Airports Authority (IAA), Deputy Director General of Engineering & Planning Division, Rafi Elbaz, Yaacov Ganot
PARTNER ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Amir Mann, Moshe Zur, Ami Shinar, Orna Zur, Noam Zevulun, Ori Gat, Shemaya Serfaty, Asaf Mann
MANUFACTURERS
Vitra, Aluminum Construction Group, Brand Ind. Group / Hagiva Y.H. LTD., GreenSky, Gualini S.p.A., Inovate, Luce Lighting, Wolfman Industries
DESIGN TEAM
Mann Shinar, Barak Levy, Ofir Zak, Eitan Aviram, Martin Neiman, Neta Sverdlov, Efrat Hakerem, Ohad Gilo, Michal Weinshtock, Oded Narkis, Hadar Rothschild Antman, Tomme Omer, Kfir Galatia Azulay (Moshe Zur) Tal Goldenberg, Uri Shakory, Jonathan Cohen, Keren Joseph, Daniel Kaszab, Rami Hod, Stas Yaakovsky, Avi Matyas, Erez Shani, Hilki Amrani, Dan Perry
Text description provided by architect.
The Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport was designed by Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners in partnership with Moshe Zur Architects.
The Airport, servicing the Red Sea resort city of Eilat and surrounding region, was commissioned by the Israel Airport Authority (IAA) and was handled from A to Z by the architects in their role as Design Managers. Located in Timna, it is Israel's first civil airport built from scratch ("greenfield").
The Airport features a 45,000 sqm Passenger Terminal Building, a 3,600 m. long Runway and Taxiway, alongside 40 Aprons, allowing for domestic and international traffic. The two Support Structures to the north and south of the Terminal measure a combined 36,210 sqm with a 45 m. high Air Control Tower.
The architects developed a unique and minimal design language influenced by the futuristic world of aviation and its seemingly timeless natural desert surrounding.
The decision of the IAA to appoint the architects as design managers responsible for budget, program, and planning schedule, allowed for the architects to implement the design across the entire airport - from the various buildings to each individual check-in counter, unifying the airport under one unique holistic design.
The mushroom-like rock formations found in Israel's National Timna Park served as inspiration for the initial geometry of the Passenger Terminal Building as a self-shading volume. Just as the rocks are shaped by the "natural movements" of wind and water, the Terminal's opaque volume was carved by the "natural movements" of the passenger traffic.
Glass curtain walls were inserted, surrounding patios that introduce the natural desert landscaping into the building.
These serve as light wells allowing natural light into the depths of the Terminal, instead of the commonly used skylights, impossible within such climate conditions.
The Terminal's envelope consists of a steel and concrete skeleton structure, cladded to the exterior with insulating aluminum triangular panels, continuous from wall to roof that create one single mass. Towards the interior, the building's volume is hollowed out and the envelope is cladded in a contrasting bamboo-wood, uniting the ceiling and walls over one continuous space.
The Terminal building's minimalist interior scheme is based on a tightly organized high-ceilinged hall with low-level furniture and pavilions acting as dividers. Its entire infrastructure is hidden on a lower level.
This allows for the roof to be free of any technical equipment as a fifth façade viewed from the airplane window, and for all passenger processes to be efficiently on one single level.
The landscape design development drew inspiration from the existing river delta fan created by the mountain flooding into the desert valley. Thus, the delicately winding paths of the parking lot and the landscape development follow the shape of the natural spill from the streams.
In addition, local plant seeds were harvested and preserved at the site, grown and incubated in greenhouses during the years of construction, and finally returned to their original location, to serve as the desert vegetation lining the airport's landscape.