Proposed domestic airport at Nevali, Kalyan

Abstract

Airport plays an important role in global transportation. Airports becomes platforms that generates revenue in aviation as well as commercial activities. Over the previous couple of years, there is a major increase in commercial air travel. Introduction of many new airline companies and decrease in the cost of aviation fuels acted as a catalyst to reduce the fairs, which was the reason for the increase in demand for commercial air travel. As there is increase in demand for air travel there are demands for new and efficient airports. Civil aviation industry in India is on a growing every year. By 2026 India is aiming to become the 3rd largest aviation market. India has already become fastest growing domestic travel market in the world, by recording year-to-year growth of 26.6 % (as on January 2017), according to the IATA. Airports becomes a gate way to a country. It represents the place as it is the first thing a person sees after approaching. It is important for the airport to symbolise the place. Along with it, it is equally important for that airport to become user-friendly. Objective of thesis is to take a “human-centric” approach to transport. Human-centric design puts the user directly at the core of the design. Also, to create efficient and resilient transport solutions that are mutually beneficial for both passengers, operators and all the other users in an airport and also to develop a deeper understanding of experience of different categories of users in the building. Apply the outcomes of this research towards developing design principles that can be used to optimize the allocation of spaces from a perspective of a user’s experience.