The Rise of the Aerotropolis: AIRPORTS ARE NO LONGER SIMPLY places where airplanes land and passengers and cargo transit. [...]
Schiphol is but one example of how major airports are beginning to drive business siting and urban development in the 21st century, much as highways did in the 20th, railroads in the 19th, and seaports in the 18th. As aviation-oriented businesses cluster at and near major airports, a new urban entity is emerging: the Aerotropolis. Similar in shape to the traditional metropolis of a central city and its commuter-heavy suburbs, the Aerotropolis consists of an airport city core and an outlying area of businesses stretching fifteen miles along transportation corridors.
At the New JetBlue Terminal, Passengers May Pirouette to Gate 3: Last year his firm was hired to design the "interior experience" (arrival, departure, retail space) of the new JetBlue Airways terminal being built at Kennedy International Airport. And in what may be a first for architectural collaboration, Mr. Rockwell hired a choreographer ? his Broadway colleague Jerry Mitchell ? to help him.
The two men thought a lot about which public spaces in New York were well "choreographed" ? that is, which shaped people's movement successfully ? and which were not.
