Terminal 1A at Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai, India, recently underwent a renovation that included
two varieties of domestic granite from Pokarna Limited of Secunderabad, India.
Formerly known as Sahar International Airport,
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) is the airport of Mumbai
(Bombay) in India. As part of a long-range plan to expand and upgrade the
airport facilities within India,
CSIA has undergone a number of renovations over the past few years. Among them,
CSIA’s Terminal 1A underwent a transformation that features domestic granite
from Pokarna Limited of Secunderabad, India.
Pokarna’s Ivory Fantasy granite was supplied in a
polished finish as both 2-foot, 1-inch x 3-foot panels and random-sized panels,
both with a thickness of 2 cm.
Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport covers an area of 1,450 acres
and is located in the Mumbai suburbs of Santa
Cruz and Sahar. The airport is India’s biggest
International and domestic hub. The owner of the airport is GVK, Airports
Authority of India, while the operator is Mumbai International Airport
Limited (MIAL). Architects for the arrivals area were Design Cell of
Mumbai and Taiyo Membrane India,
while the architects for the departures area were Hafeez Contractor and Taiyo
Membrane India.
“The aim of the design was to create a welcoming, open and vibrant entry point
to the airport,” according to a statement from Taiyo Membrane
India.
“As part of the Indian government’s initiative of modernizing and restructuring
airport infrastructure, the architect was commissioned to give a long overdue
facelift and space addition to the Delhi and Mumbai airport terminals,” stated
Hafeez Contractor. “Between them, Delhi
and Mumbai account for a large quantum of the local air traffic, but the
facilities were rundown and undersized.”
In all, Pokarana limited supplied approximately
135,000 square feet of granite for the project, including Ivory Fantasy as well
as Marin Brown.
Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport consists of two
terminals: Terminal 1, the domestic terminal and Terminal 2, the international
terminal. These two terminals share common airside facilities but are separated
physically, with the airport authorities providing shuttle services between the
two terminals for connecting passengers.
Terminal
1 is further divided into Terminal 1A and Terminal 1B, with Terminal 1A serving
Air India,
Alliance Air, Kingfisher Airlines and Go-Air. In this facility, Pokarna Limited
provided two distinctive granite varieties in random-sized slabs as well as
tiles. “One of the most demanding tasks in architecture is to give new form to
what already exists. In this particular case, the objective was not only to
renovate and expand existing buildings, but also creating a new image,” stated
Hafeez Contractor. “The motivation for the projects was derived from the poetic
seduction of airplanes with their aura of speed and dynamism. Appropriately,
the architect endeavored to give a forceful character to the form by using
strong sinuous lines.”
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has won
numerous awards, including “Best Airport in India” and “Best Airport in
Public-Private Partnership”.
Pokarna’s Ivory Fantasy granite was supplied in a
polished finish as both 2-foot, 1-inch x 3-foot panels and random-sized panels,
both with a thickness of 2 cm. Pokarna also supplied Marin Brown in both
polished and honed finishes, and the material was cut into random sizes with a
2-cm thickness. In all, Pokarna supplied approximately 135,000 square feet
(12,500 square meters) of stone for the project.
Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport
has won numerous awards, including “Best
Airport in India”
and “Best Airport in Public-Private Partnership.”
