AUS East Concourse Expansion
Austin Bergstrom International Airport is determined to keep pace with the extreme growth in population and business activity in Austin.
Following on the heels of the Terminal East Infill project which increased passenger check-in capability and international passenger processing, AUS immediately started work on the East Terminal Expansion project. This addition to the existing terminal will increase passenger capacity by 37% and gate capacity from 24 to 33 gates.
Universally, airport terminals are changing with wider concourses and more attention to passenger comfort and engagement. In general, the experience of travel is enhanced by entering a great and elegant room with a soaring ceiling and an active concourse. At AUS, this elegant room is defined by structure, with precast concrete columns that establish a rectangular grid and extend to support a complex roof structure culminating 55 feet above the concourse below. The roof is delineated by sinuous pipe trusses with crisscrossed web members spanning across the concourse to the columns. The truss chords further extend through the curtain wall to support a generous cantilevered roof.
Location
Austin, TX
Size
175,000 s.f.
Architect
Gensler
