Zaha Hadid Architects' giant starfish-shaped airport opens in Beijing

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed Beijing Daxing International Airport, a five pronged building that is one of the largest passenger terminals in the world.
Designed by the late Zaha Hadid and current studio principal Patrik Schumacher, the 700,000-square-metre airport to serve Beijing has been designed to be as compact as possible.
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[@danielwhyatt3278]

I have to concede...in every way possible, IT IS A TRULY MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE.

[@newev]

Super

[@zetajolyne3689]

first eureka avatar i find in ytb！

[@cardiovescular9530]

Well said.

[@ghluedmo]

The lighting at night must be spectacular

[@Aaronaa4]

Glad to see it was completed on schedule! Zaha Hadid’s design is phenomenal

[@user-np4jb8qj1f]

One year and three months ahead of schedule

[@nichlashansen8268]

Isn't she dead or something? I'm confused.. don't like all these modern architects anyway.. I'm a mostly classic..

[@ztardif]

@@nichlashansen8268 She is her last building is the opus omnyat. The firm, Zaha Hadid architect, is still running.

[@monet_9857]

-COLOMBIANCHANNEL-TM the Chinese should've invited you being responsible for the project since u think ur keyboard is better than zaha..

[@Ufor332]

@@nichlashansen8268 Construction began before she died so it's one of her last projects.

[@cloudbuilder74]

it was completed within 4 years, 96 football court size.

[@Julz_99]

well airport in berlin started 2006. finished next year maybe. 20 times bigger but ayy

[@ABC-ABC1234]

@@Julz_99 20 TIMES bigger?! LOL keep dreaming! FYI the bullshit in Berlin is still NOT open!! After how many years?!

[@jiayangliu]

A BC lol

[@C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq]

Wait for frankfurt airport terminal 3 to be completed (which is being done on par with schedule )and put a cellotape on every idiot's mouth.

[@fabry77100]

In China there is dictatorship, not democracy, that's why it was built only in four years!

[@patrickbrookings]

Incredible architecture and engineering! It's just sad she didn't live to see it completed.

[@melodrama-lorde8330]

sam clark she died in 2016

[@anishrao2610]

the building feels heavily inspired by a flower! it is the most evident around 1:09. it truly feels you're inside a canopy formed by the petals and the rooftop opening resembles pollen waiting to be pollenated by airplanes almost mimicking the bumblebees. ahhh zaha you really stir up our imagination. wish I could've met you in this lifetime!

[@njhl0nceup0natime72]

What an architectural marvel!

[@christopheranderssen7136]

I would never have though this was designed by Zaha Hadid! Architecturally, the shape and form of the airport looks quite oddly weird. It's in fact totally arbitrary, not quite smooth and organic as expected in her usual designs like Heydar Aliyev Center, Azerbaijan. All in all, it's NOT a typical architecture designed by Zaha Hadid. Probably someone has intentionally altered her original concept. Also, who could forget her originally beautiful Monsoon Restaurant Sapporo in Japan, with her unique concept of fire and ice! The aerial view truly proved the airport design absolutely arbitrary. Some starfish species have more than more than 5 arms, but a starfish commonly has only 5 arms that extend from a circular middle. The 6th arm of this "giant starfish-shaped" airport was intentionally lowered to probably emphasis the passenger entry and to set it apart from the flight arrivals and departures. However, it arbitrarily makes the airport look like a man/woman lying face down with his/her arms and legs stretching out like positional torture, and the distinctively split arm for passenger entry looks like 2 hands (of another person) holding the 'bottom part' of the person being tortured! It's just visually disturbing. Somebody must have intentionally altered Zaha Hadid's architectural concept.

[@shboi8103]

I was surprised that there was actually a mega-project completed on the year they promised it would come out. They're almost _always_ off by a year or so.

[@papabeanny]

this is the era of China now, and it can make everything possible.

[@EugeneAyindolmah]

China has moved past the era of cheap products now, just as Germany and Japan did in the past.

[@Zoza15]

As far as architecture design goes and its design language then yes it looks absolutely stunning!.

[@jaclpz]

I love all Zaha Hadid designs, so sad she’s no longer here to make more.

[@Andree89]

because age

[@jaclpz]

Dewa Bodo - her death has nothing to do with her age, she was only 65 when she died of heart attack.

[@dimitristsekeris1821]

Her team is still working.

[@indianajones8958]

Her building were hideous

[@cSedx00022]

@@indianajones8958 What?

[@rodrigo9554]

This reminds me Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi. Amazing piece of architecture

[@shamirpatel3569]

I get where you are coming from as it’s similar in shape.

[@aby0ni]

the radial layout is definitely better than the linear layout, but the best is the satellite layout with underground tunnels and structures connecting the whole building. it parks more planes with a much smaller building footprint.

[@Tom_Hadler]

aby0ni Where is that arrangement used? CdG? (Does it have islands)

[@anderbeau]

Love the design, love the video quality 🤙🏼

[@hxi7141]

It’s not hard for an architecture design to look cool, what’s hard is to make it actually useful, pragmatic while looks cool. Beijing’s new airport has done both

[@takmachak]

Exquisite piece of architecture, great footage and good music choice. Would appreciate getting night shots as well....

[@gintomino4136]

This is an absolutely great architecture! Masterpiece!

[@dailyinsprirations]

It's crazy how she came up with this design! Every detail is so incredible!

[@tomjerry84]

Not "she", it's "them". This design is accomplished by the union many companies, including ZAHA😜

[@Ganesha900]

This colossal sculpture, is architecturally a work of art which, like Gaudi's Spanish Cathedral, over stimulates me!

[@Vera-kh8zj]

stunning. The interior of a beautiful sculpture

[@javierpizzornoquattrochio7801]

Stunning footage 💛

[@denkoxh8610]

Simply out of this world. Amazing architecture

[@WalkingAroundIndonesia]

Amazing.. Zaha Hadid architect.. the great architect 👍🙏

[@keoagilechadibe1852]

The beauty of this structure is amazing!

[@victoriannecastle]

I can imagine Jackie Chan shooting his Rush Hour 4 here

[@EndikaPorter]

She will be missed, she changed this world for the good

[@lightening1296]

Agree. Before her, I didn't know that concrete and metal can float...

[@nsarstafeenee9359]

LighteN Ing are u mocking her?

[@paulweaver2779]

Doubt about it.

[@ksy76]

Epic! This is the opposite of virtual reality, it’s reality simulating a virtual world.

[@MalikDimeji]

I am absolutely speechless. It's simply beautiful

[@edstud1]

It's an amazing building. To think it's in Beijing, even more so!

[@BN-fi9wi]

Another spectacular Wowhaus by the Zaha Hadid Architects. RIP to Zaha Hadid

[@AmbientWalking]

Beautiful. Thanks for this!

[@TheLowLandGardener]

I hope she's still alive to see her masterpiece come to life.

[@satyam1529]

Fantastic beautiful marvellous structure and it's creativity.

[@jedumalagan6632]

Definitely not your typical airport.stunning

[@rolandojr.antonio6855]

Wow, beautiful and very unique airport!

[@Juliocfn]

wow isso que é arquitetura!

[@taraaliyeva1813]

Zaha Hadid a master of her skill. To admire this architectural art is love with passion.

[@snowmann82]

It's completely AMAZING, miss so much Zaha 👼🏼 Congratulations for everybody that make possible this dream!!👩🏽‍🚀

[@iamtg1]

What a beauty. RIP Zaha Hadid

[@bobbowie9350]

How does the interior get cleaned?

[@reynaldalagenio2489]

ZAHA HADID, and now ZHA Continuing the the legacy

[@barbalsalazar8019]

which one is the largest? a . Istanbul Grand Airport b. Beijing New Airport

[@sergioparola1411]

THE MEDUSA !!! AWESOME!!

[@jaseciantar2760]

Zaha, was taken from us way too soon, but she left make with most amazing architecture

[@Alesscamera]

Amazing amazing, I had the chance to visit this airport and my eyes couldnt believe what I was looking! Amazing thanks Zaha

[@paulc3268]

Stunning architecture made in China 😮 kudos and respects to all the people behind this masterpiece

[@andreas.9281]

When the architecture meets poetry! She was the best and she will be it forever.

[@bi11ie]

Absolutely Amazing 💚

[@raaghavgr1990]

I have never seen an airport of this size and luxury before.

[@tevanojs83]

ESTO ME DA ALTAS GANAS DE ESTUDIAR ARQUITECTURAA!!!!

[@klondon6245]

Just outstanding. Goose pimples. What a legacy. Thank you.

[@Tom_Hadler]

Looks like a sci-fi. Quite inspiring. What's the music? Like that too.

[@lalaoubli104]

Stunning!

[@gentrynavat9744]

It’s so beautiful to see that her legacy continues with these unmistakable designs.

[@nicholaswoolfenden5254]

Hadid was exceptional. As is Nouvel. Inspiring indeed

[@baldassarealessi1007]

Thank you

[@JHCaptured]

Anyone who disliked this video probably had their flight canceled

[@user-eh2ur7yb8z]

Anyone who dislikes this video is probably sinophobic. Detestation or jealousy, we never know.

[@lightening1296]

😂

[@hugowang8650]

Interior Castle you noble white people should have an amazing airport like this!

[@user-eh2ur7yb8z]

@@augustinefaithdefender It was designed by a reputable architecture team, but built by who? Are you just a ignorant f**k or just pretending to be ignorant? FYI, I will never casually say a country's building is ugly because it shows bias and narrow mindedness. Don't be a pathetic human being~

[@doremik5494]

They probably think it’s too large for connecting flights 😂

[@birguldeniz9303]

Spektakuläres Gebäude, großartiges Design, sehr starker Entwurf, stimmige Materialwahl. Trotzdem schwingt bei mir etwas Unbehagen mit.

[@gege12765]

The great Zaha Hadid! An architect ahead of her time.

[@Z00000M]

can someone tell me the title of the background music? it's so cool

[@jp-qn4je]

The ONE thing that jumps out after seeing ALL the flowing lines....are the escalator exteriors that maintain the traditional angles reflecting function....why not flow...sweep up...level out and flow? Missed solution!

[@jonathanbowles4890]

what's the music entitled ?

[@therelaxationavenue2690]

Rest In Peace Zaha ❤️

[@SRIINNU]

Zaha Hadid ideal and design was awesome 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@adagio3614]

Good angle and good design as always!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Manishasingh-ee2jf]

Why are you crying idiot

[@ohwhatworld5851]

I love the outside. The inside has it's moments, but is underwhelming for the most part.

[@face-in-the-crowd]

A very talented team x

[@epsospremium6088]

Beautiful hall. The columns look similar to the columns in the Mumbai airport. Similar feel, less art inside. We can expect many Chinese tourists to travel from this airport.

[@2wordU]

What is the music?

[@Growingcoinjar10]

A work of art!

[@etiennen4136]

Is that German airport done yet?

[@wazzock999]

erm, no...

[@cyber_HAF]

It says Beijing in the title

[@christopheranderssen7136]

I would never have though this was designed by Zaha Hadid! Architecturally, the shape and form of the airport looks quite oddly weird. It's in fact totally arbitrary, not quite smooth and organic as expected in her usual designs like Heydar Aliyev Center, Azerbaijan. All in all, it's NOT a typical architecture designed by Zaha Hadid. Probably someone has intentionally altered her original concept. Also, who could forget her originally beautiful Monsoon Restaurant Sapporo in Japan, with her unique concept of fire and ice! The aerial view truly proved the airport design absolutely arbitrary. Some starfish species have more than more than 5 arms, but a starfish commonly has only 5 arms that extend from a circular middle. The 6th arm of this "giant starfish-shaped" airport was intentionally lowered to probably emphasis the passenger entry and to set it apart from the flight arrivals and departures. However, it arbitrarily makes the airport look like a man/woman lying face down with his/her arms and legs stretching out like positional torture, and the distinctively split arm for passenger entry looks like 2 hands (of another person) holding the 'bottom part' of the person being tortured! It's just visually disturbing. Somebody must have intentionally altered Zaha Hadid's architectural concept.

[@hxi7141]

Christopher Anderssen its all for practical purpose, look it up

[@trumpdonald3799]

No

[@AnishBhola]

every single scene can be an excellent wallpaper

[@saimaaqil6075]

Beautiful....👍

[@phil4502]

A legacy left by one of the greatest architects of this time. RIP Zaha Hadid 😢

[@hellohi3778]

Stunning. To say the least.

[@ideas8163]

Beautiful ❤️ I liked

[@gingerteddy618]

Beautiful

[@MARILYNANDERSON88]

Like being inside beautiful flowers.

[@sblue3964]

Marvellous projects like this make me feel proud to be human being

[@ebieyair2099]

Amazing Zaha Hadid 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@robinhood5529]

Boi, heating and cooling that things must be expensive.

[@b29ak2007]

GUESSING USING MY ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE: I think you woud be surprised Comparitivelty its design will make it easy to cool especially, tall spaces, all the panelling being segmented, means they can easily manage to cool it especially with the high level glass and windows. Zaha loved moving roof windows and it will also be part of he fire compliance Heating again is another challenge. But given how many people will be in the space it will only be a late night early morning issue

[@no1ycxie]

I learned from the news that the glass are special one that can let light in and keep 30% heat out.

[@Mike-bt3ki]

It’s a smart building supposed to be environmentally friendly

[@MickSimmering]

The amount of glass used, especially in the roof, would severly increase the cooling expenses during the summer. add in the huge amount of travelling people every day which also produce a lot of heat and you have a cooling nightmare. Then again this is clearly a prestige project and the amount of light does really add to the spacious feel of the relatively low building (in relation to its width). Zaha hadid (rest in peace) was known for her prestigious architecture not for sustainable architecture.

[@xyblur]

You worry too much. No matter how expensive it is, we can afford it...

[@Hussien3Maki]

zaha hadid from iraq ❤ all love from Baghdad ❤ 🇮🇶

[@lightening1296]

Beijing airport: please aliens, for the last time this is NOT your base on the earth. Go to Area 51, spells A R E A…

[@Vera-kh8zj]

lol

[@mistersam01]

Beijing's new Daxing International Airport is the largest airport in the world. This is Daxing City.

[@Nanokillaz]

@@unauthorizeduser7596 The terminal building (Beijing Daxing) is the largest single-structure airport terminal in the world, with an area of more than 1,000,000 m2 (11,000,000 sq ft).

[@manchumuq]

There is no such a city called Daxing, Daxing is a district of Beijing.

[@Weltaz]

C'est maintenant une des 7 merveilles du monde !

[@monckeywrench4823]

Astonishing, Breakthru inDesign..a true inspiration..Zaha Hadid.

[@Zorotv.X]

May Allah bless her 💓

[@stevanlemeccis]

Parece una ciudad extraterrestre. Les juro que pensé q era una animación computarizada. Que locura.

[@hackeem7]

Airport itself looks like a luxury aircraft business class

[@samuelperez9816]

What a work of art

[@Dev1nci]

Parts seem a bit dark, perhaps there are lights that will turn on once it is fully operational. It is amazing though.

[@hamydunn9183]

The lights are supposed to be individually climate-controlled.

[@aloysdsilva9176]

I suppose this video is a CG

[@user-zj2ft9no5n]

Such a huge building can only be completed in time by China.

[@marcovitali2055]

Sembra una figata mostruosa.. spero di avere l'occasione di vederla dal vivo

[@zandrakoon4651]

Inspiring, Spectacular & Stunning Masterpiece ! This is Functional Art ! Love it :) !

[@b29ak2007]

you just described the queen ZAHA cos that is what she was known for

[@christopheranderssen7136]

I would never have though this was designed by Zaha Hadid! Architecturally, the shape and form of the airport looks quite oddly weird. It's in fact totally arbitrary, not quite smooth and organic as expected in her usual designs like Heydar Aliyev Center, Azerbaijan. All in all, it's NOT a typical architecture designed by Zaha Hadid. Probably someone has intentionally altered her original concept. Also, who could forget her originally beautiful Monsoon Restaurant Sapporo in Japan, with her unique concept of fire and ice! The aerial view truly proved the airport design absolutely arbitrary. Some starfish species have more than more than 5 arms, but a starfish commonly has only 5 arms that extend from a circular middle. The 6th arm of this "giant starfish-shaped" airport was intentionally lowered to probably emphasis the passenger entry and to set it apart from the flight arrivals and departures. However, it arbitrarily makes the airport look like a man/woman lying face down with his/her arms and legs stretching out like positional torture, and the distinctively split arm for passenger entry looks like 2 hands (of another person) holding the 'bottom part' of the person being tortured! It's just visually disturbing. Somebody must have intentionally altered Zaha Hadid's architectural concept.

[@b29ak2007]

@@christopheranderssen7136 I done wanna disagree with your great assessment This is the closest thing to a normal building zaha (guess her company ain't her company anymor) has designed that is so important You can see that they are elements that are totally her and then I would figure that the budget became very restrictive on the interior applications of the concepts. Given that everything that would normally be done in uniform material with uniform curves that in this design seem to be staggered, that was a dead Giveaway But if we are to compare this Airport to other airports in the world it's a lot of Visual intriguing moments that r individually arbitrary but the way they are put together is probably what makes it unique And that you said even the starfish is almost arbitrary but it was part of the design mentality I believe she and others were having a fun time including the design for the space Airport. So there's a little bit of a story that is missing with its sister, with whom it would they then have a link to

[@christopheranderssen7136]

Kenny simbayi We all knew that Zaha Hadid passed away in 2016, and this building has just completed this year 2019. This airport design is obviously totally out of her uniquely beautiful design style. Once people attach her name to this terribly arbitrary design, they will forever damage her great reputation and unique talent, which is totally unfair for her. Is this terrible design the end of her career as a well known talented architect? I firmly believe that somebody must have intentionally altered her original design.

[@b29ak2007]

@@christopheranderssen7136 firstly best comments convo in a while Secondly definitely is a shame That's why the best is to not put your name or have a renaming death clause if they gonna pull back on things But China were infamous for ruining her designs through interference before she passed away. So it's a shame. I remember the renders of the interior were more curvy and it's a shame the realization has been lost You can see glimmers of it in the things that's are structural and white Like the space frame holding the window, and the bridge, and her walkways all the people level stuff seems to still have her stuff, so I am guessing that's where the budget shifted the focus

[@sharadpandey6072]

Where are those people who say made in China???

[@jamesultron854]

Probably in China rn

[@Rema-4919ab]

Morts de jalousie et d'envie ...

[@tpchung2820]

There are differences between 'designed' and 'made'. Yes it's made in China by Chinese used Chinese steels, Chinese engineers, Chinese machines etc. Please don't be such jealous moron just because India is a SH1TH0LE.

[@jamesultron854]

@@Rema-4919ab jpppp 🤣

[@josemurillo4692]

Grande Zaha Hadid!!!!!!

[@rankinglin2640]

Nice Job！

[@bootjay]

A true masterpiece! Marvel of engineering!

[@bispo5671]

This Zaha Hadids GENIUS DESIGN!!!!! STOP PUT ENGINEERING IN THE FRONT. Without her vision this will be just another boring building.

[@user-gh4yk4vq5j]

zahah hadid from Iraq Love Zaha and Iraq and all humanity from Saudi Arabia Riyadh

[@petersim7198]

Impressive!!

[@michaeleli3891]

I hope they didn’t use the same steel as the San Francisco trans bay terminal