Airports shouldn’t just move people ... they should Move people. Most terminals are engineered for efficiency. But people don’t remember efficiency, they remember how a place made them feel.
I like the terminals that are made with lots of wood - the old SeaTac terminal, the new one at Vancouver Int'l. Feels warm, human, esp w/ local First Nations art like totems, canoes, and mask carvings. Every other terminal is cold glass and steel, like a stretched out shopping mall w/ limited stock & overinflated prices. There's also little sense of history with terminals, they usually become too small as passengers increase. Terminals are timeless, and not in the good sense. They are a travel purgatory, where one waits to be called.
I like the terminals that are made with lots of wood - the old SeaTac terminal, the new one at Vancouver Int'l. Feels warm, human, esp w/ local First Nations art like totems, canoes, and mask carvings. Every other terminal is cold glass and steel, like a stretched out shopping mall w/ limited stock & overinflated prices. There's also little sense of history with terminals, they usually become too small as passengers increase. Terminals are timeless, and not in the good sense. They are a travel purgatory, where one waits to be called.