terminals at kansas city international airport

Occasionally in the blue terrazzo an inset marble, mosaic and brass round medallions occurs or an image shape outlined in brass strip and in-filled with an alternative color of terrazzo.Nearly five months have passed since the opening of the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport, and visitors still seem dazzled as they browse in shops and admire the art in the airy shopping nodes, with the aromas of barbecue and Brazilian dishes drifting from the many restaurants situated around the two concourses.

Wind and water currents, magnetism are suggested by the brass plus and minus inlays that will stir the blue volume and give evidence to the invisible animation of flow, the pull of gravity and the dream of release. The fine green lines are like the longitudinal lines on a map or chart, or like the web of lines from the flight control radar screen. Fine brilliant green lines criss-cross and segment the floor thus creating a volume of depth that is spatial beneath one’s feet. The rich ultramarine blue band of terrazzo is contained within a narrow black and white border, suggesting the mapping and measure of space. The area adjacent to this blue band is a simple, gray terrazzo with random brass plus and minus symbols only. The viewer hereby becomes the aerial viewer, the eyes of the bird.

The floors of the three terminals represent inverted, continuous bands of sky. This new terrazzo floor is a collection of overlapping systems created by brass plus and minus symbols, suggesting the infinite depth of space and images which create a sense of groundlessness, of suspense, of flight, of freedom. Polarities is inspired by the phenomena of flight, by dramatic shifts of perspective, and by the mapping of air, of sky and land.

Terminals at kansas city international airport