Sat Oct 01, 2022 3:14 pm
For those of you who are judging the new parts of the facility, or the new LGA terminal, based on online pics, I'd suggest holding judgment until you see it in person. It is true that the facilities are very sterile...in a sense. They don't have a lot of design flurishes that one might expect in a "landmark" sort of terminal. But my impression of both from na in-person perspective, is that they ooze "serenity". The fit in finish is quite high-end. The wide-spread use of white surfaces and natural light, and the near total absence of 3rd party advertising, gives the terminals a calming quality.
As I've walked through the new portions of both LAX and LGA, which are quite similar in many ways, I have been stuck that Delta has seemed to engineer both buildings to de-stress travelers. I think pictures of wide-open spaces like the new T3 concourse may look sterile and uninteresting, but when you put 1,200 people in it, the space will feel a lot less chaotic than many other similar concourses. I also am fairly certain that the concession space designs will contrast significantly with the sterile gatehouses, providing a bit more of the color and "glamour" that seems to be missing in these pics. If you take a look at LGA, that is exactly what is going on.
My honest impression, having been to both facilities in person, is that they have done an great job of building out heavy-use terminals, in very limited space, that feel high-end and "calming" at the same time. That is very difficult to do in the footprint they had to work with. If you don't think you agree, go to T3, then back to T2 and report back. T2 has all the flurishes that T3 lacks, yet feels dark and chaotic. It isn't remotely peaceful or calming. I expect Delta's T2 refresh to aim for some of T3's serenity.
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jetlanta on Sat Oct 01, 2022 3:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
