LARISSA INTERNATIONAL STATE AIRPORT (LRS) - Construction of Terminal

Department of Planning and Regional Development, School of Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos

Project idea

In recent years there has been a need to establish a new airport. The lion's share of all the placements is held with a rough estimate by the citizens of Larissa who believe that their city needs a political airport and even directly. The city of Larissa is considered one of the most important and fastest-growing urban and commercial centers in the country, as well as a hub for communications and transport. The town of Larissa has airport facilities that belong to the air force, which was the first landing of a Greek aircraft under the name "Daedalus" on September 29, 1912. In the past, this airport operated civilian flights in cooperation with Olympic Airways. However, its operation as a political airport was interrupted by its lack of facilities and reduced traffic.

Project description

The building of the terminal promotes the architecture of the crowd, it is the meeting place of people of different nationalities, ages, and destinations. Due to the stringency of the routes, the movements inside are continuous and fast causing stress to people. Its design should therefore be aimed at reassuring them and creating a sense of security. The most successful approach to this goal is to try to integrate nature within it. The city of Larissa is a large town that extends to the largest lowland area of Greece, the Thessalian plain. Innumerable areas of fields surround it creating a set of random rectangular patterns in colors of green and brown. The entire urban fabric is connected to the surrounding crops of the villages creating a "smooth morphological continuity" with minimal elevation differences in the form of "lofts". Known over the years for her intense involvement in rural life and grain production. My inspiration, then, was the main source of life, occupation, and economy of the city, the plain, and specifically the cereals.

Technical information

In the New International Airport of Larissa, there is the possibility of movement and arrival in the city through fixed-wing aircraft, airplanes. The flights that will be performed are reported within the framework of Greece, as well as certain flights will be performed in specific foreign countries that belong or not to the European Union.

Its exact location is described in the northeastern part of the city, near the borders of the existing military airport, but without interfering inside it, at a distance of about 300 m. With coordinates 39 39'33 '' N, 22 28'59 '' E. and altitude 65 m.

The whole of the New International Airport of Larissa consists of:

- The new runways
- The aircraft parking spaces for refueling, luggage loading, boarding, and
disembarking of citizens
- The parking spaces of the aircraft for their non-operating time
- The parking spaces of aircraft for loading and unloading of goods
- The terminal building.