LAX’s concourse project to incorporate brise soleil for energy efficiency

by arslan_ahmed | August 1, 2023 12:13 pm

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Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX’s) project, Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) South, will feature brise soleil—a solar shading feature on the concourse’s facade—which will help it achieve passive cooling and energy conservation.

The airport’s authority, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), has been dedicated to delivering a superior design for the concourse. Architecturally, the concourse creates a place that celebrates and pays homage to the city of Los Angeles, with elements of the design strongly influenced by notable modernist homes. The project’s exterior brise soleil system is one aspect of the design, which will also frame sightlines of the surrounding L.A. landscape. Inside MSC South, passenger comfort and well-being will be of utmost importance, with the interior feeling more like a domestic space than a traditional airport concourse.

MSC South is an extension of the West Gates at the Tom Bradley International Terminal and will add approximately 13,936 m² (150,000 sf) and eight gates for narrowbody aircrafts. Utilizing an offsite construction method, MSC South will be built in nine segments, roughly 2.4 km (1.5 mi) away from the project site, and then carefully delivered and assembled in place. LAWA hopes the method will serve to be innovative and adaptive, saving public funds and time with a high degree of building control and supervision.

The passive cooling and energy conservation will help the project achieve its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver accreditation goal.

At a ceremony attended by members of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC), LAWA executives and staff and members of the design and construction team, the newest addition to LAX’s multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program broke ground today.

“Drawing inspiration from California modernism, the design for LAX’s MSC South captures a feeling of ease, simple but functional design, and timeless beauty,” says Matt Ducharme, principal and West Coast design leader at Woods Bagot. “A great example of this is realized in the concourse’s exterior brise soleil system that links to the building’s interior ceiling, creating a strong sense of place and indoor-to-outdoor connection for guests.”

The following are the collaborators on the project:

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Design architect, Woods Bagot Los Angeles; associate architect, Raw International; general contractor and construction manager, W.E. O’Neil Construction; structural engineer, Buro Happold; civil engineer, Mott MacDonald/MA Engineering; mechanical and plumbing engineer, Syska Hennessy Group; electrical engineer, PBS Engineering; geotechnical engineer, Diaz Yourman & Associates; sustainability consultant, Buro Happold; baggage handling, passenger boarding bridges, and fueling, Swanson Rink; IT, communications, and security, TLC Engineering Solutions; wayfinding, Selbert Perkins Design; lighting design and acoustics, Buro Happold; site investigations and surveying, Pfeiler & Associates Engineers, Inc; vertical transportation, Syska Hennessy Group; code compliance, Jensen Hughes; and fire protection: Schwab Engineering.

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