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US-based Rafael Viñoly Architects has unveiled plans to build an international terminal at Florence Airport in Italy, which will be topped by a 7.7-hectare vineyard.
The airport terminal covers an area of 50,000 square meters and is expected to handle more than 5.9 million passengers per year.
Details about the design have not yet been released, but the terminal’s key feature will be a large pitched roof lined with skylights and 38 rows of usable vineyards.
According to Rafael Viñoly Architects, this is a nod to Florence’s reputation as Tuscany, “the heart of Italy’s famous wine country.”
“Unique to the new terminal will be a 19-acre (7.7 hectare) vineyard that gently slopes upward to embrace the sky-lit airport terminal,” said the studio.
“Vineyards will be planted by the region’s leading vintners and the wine will be produced and aged in purpose-built cellars under the terminal’s roof.”
Inside the terminal, it will feature a large plaza-like space at its center, flanked by arrivals and departures areas.
This central space will be connected to transport, parking and retail spaces open to passengers and locals, and hopes to streamline circulation through the terminal.
Other key elements of the proposal include realigning the existing runway at Florence Airport (formerly Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci) by 90 degrees. The move will move the runway away from the surrounding hills and lengthen it to better accommodate modern aircraft.
The studio said the scheme would also improve the airport’s links with the city and wider region through “multimodal transport options including a new light rail system”.
Rafael Viñoly Architects was founded in 1983 by the late architect Rafael Viñoly. The construction of the airport terminal will be carried out in two phases. The first phase is expected to be completed in 2026 and the second phase in 2035.
The studio’s other recent projects include the supertall skyscraper 432 Park Avenue in New York City and the proposal for the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington.
Other terminal designs recently unveiled by Dezeen include Foster + Partners’ “canopy” roof for Techo International Airport and MAD’s feather-like structure for Changchun Airport in China.
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