Location: Heathrow, London (circa. 2017)
Design Brief: Walkway Balustrades, Internal Glass Partitioning, and Stair Structure Design
CAD System: AutoCad Advance Steel
There are few places where your work will be viewed by tens of thousands on a day to day basis. Heathrow airport is one of those places. It was my absolute pleasure to be involved with this project.
During the revitalisation of T3 I was tasked with the production drawings for the Stair Structure and Glass Balustrade Systems. As well as the various support structures throughout the project. We were to incorporate the original 2-D parts details as utilised in T2 into the new details, so that the continuity of design would flow from one terminal to the next.
Whilst the part details would remain, there was still a lot of design required around the interfaces of existing elements such as the hanging supports for the retail sector which needed to fit around existing HVAC and main structure. The new stair structures and balustrades which needed to interface with the new escalators. Not to mention the glass partitions and monitor displays that were fitted to cambered beams, requiring adaptive mounts.
Overall this was a challenging project with a rewarding outcome.
