Hamburg Airport

With the opening of the Airport Plaza in November 2008, the expansion of the Hamburg airport after the construction of Terminal 2 in 1993 and Terminal 1 in 2005 is completed. By the opening of the new terminal building, the existing direct accesses from the departure levels to the pier are closed and replaced by a main access from the Airport Plaza. Behind the central security control, the actual Plaza is the retail and restaurant space and lounge area at different levels. With the expansion of the Hamburg Airport, the third section is implemented in the architectural competition of 1986 with the first-prize winning design of gmp. The once small-scale appearance of the airport has been replaced with the completion of the Airport Plaza by a large modern terminal complex, the importance of the airport is appropriate as “public” building of the first order for the city of Hamburg.