Airports look alike all over the world. Schiphol has conformed to the patterns of the airport, but its unique design makes it stand out. The book Megastructure Schiphol looks into the history of the Netherlands’ most famous national airport and its sophisticated appearance.Schiphol has grown in fits and starts as a result of ever-expanding traffic in freight and passengers. The area around Schiphol is constantly evolving, yet there is great consistency in the visual aspect of this airport, which can rightly be called a ‘megastructure’. This is not merely due to the efforts of its designers, who have strived to achieve a spectacular simplicity. Other factors, such as its location in a polder and the local planning culture, have also played a role.In Megastructure Schiphol an analysis of its metamorphoses over the past century demonstrates Schiphol’s unique character and its function as a model for other airports.
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Het boek analyseert de lange termijn ruimtelijk-economische ontwikkeling van de luchthaven Schiphol en Schipholregio vanuit een historisch-institutioneel perspectief (van 1919-heden). Deze lange-termijn metamorfose van de luchthaven regio dient als voorbeeld voor het wereldwijd toenemen van stedelijkheid en de stedelijke ontwikkeling van metropolitane regio’s. De oorsprong en het verloop van de economische en stedelijke ontwikkelingsprocessen wordt bij wijze van onderzoek geïndentificeert en geanalyseerd, waarbij wordt uitgelegd welke collectieve arrangementen, met inachtneming van de omgevingsfactoren en visuele voorstellingen van de stad en diens stedelijkheid, van doorslaggevende invloed op de betreffende metamorfose zijn geweest.
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Visit Zuid-Limburg, Koninklijke Horeca Nederland and Hiswa/Recron have asked Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) to conduct an exploratory research into the possible impacts of aircraft noise on tourism and recreation in the Southern part of Limburg province, Netherlands, in relation to the current and future exploitation of Maastricht Aachen Airport (MAA). Tourism and recreation are key economic sectors in the characteristic landscape of Southern Limburg. Goal of the project is to review the state-of-the-art of knowledge on aircraft noise impacts on tourism and recreation, and to survey potential visitors of the area on their attitudes towards aircraft noise, in order to map the potential impacts on tourism and recreation in Southern Limburg.Clients: Koninklijke Horeca Nederland, Hiswa-Recron, Visit Zuid-Limburg
