Airport Plaza

Where Edinburgh meets the world

Edinburgh Airport has become the international Gateway to Edinburgh and Scotland. An incremental transformation and modernization to accommodate expansive growth has seen the airport change from a regional hub to an international hotspot including direct flights to and from the USA and Canada. The growth of the airport is directly linked to the success of Edinburgh as a political, financial and above all, cultural centre, increasingly operating on the world stage. The recently completed tramline is yet another milestone to accommodate the transport integration between the airport and its capital city. The newly proposed Airport East Plaza, linking the arrival and departure hall with the tram terminus is an extremely strategic project. Airports are increasingly becoming multi-purpose civic places in their own right and we welcome the idea of a new plaza to give expression to bringing ‘Edinburgh to the Airport’. Most importantly the airport’s slogan ‘where Edinburgh meets the world’ should find its innovative manifestation and creative expression at the newly created East Plaza. A large sculpture EDINBURGH welcomes arriving and departing visitors and allows creative interaction and a photo shot opportunity

The idea of the world is expressed in utilizing the ‘Mercator Projection’ as an iconic pattern for both plaza and canopy structure. The Mercator projection is a cylindrical projection technique to represent the world globe as 2-dimensional map.