How To F#€k Up An Airport #4: Never Finished (live!)
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The Hexagonal Part of the Terminal
In 19 65, berlin' architect in the making, min meinhard von gerken won a competition to design tegel together with his colleague, wokwin marg. The original plans that von gerkan drew upa were two hexagonal rings, not one, but only one of coscot built. In the end, the architects wanted to get passengers from their transportation to their planes as quickly as possible. So they placed checkin desks an exit at a maximum of 30 meters from security and departure gates. Now while the hexagonal part of the terminal is indeed a delightful example of utopian airport planning, the majority of teagel is not so ideal. Only a small number
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