Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future

Architects are already designing the next generation of airports, and they just might make you like traveling again.

Transit Hubs and Air Taxis

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

Vertiport concept [Image: Luis Vidal + Architects]

Airports as cities

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

Kempegowda International Airport in Bangaluru [Photo: Ar. Ekansh Goel/© Studio Recall/courtesy SOM]

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

Kempegowda International Airport in Bangaluru [Photo: Ar. Ekansh Goel/© Studio Recall/courtesy SOM]

Faster check-in and baggage drops

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

JFK Terminal 1 [Image: Tomorrow Inc./courtesy Gensler]

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

JFK Terminal 1 [Image: Tomorrow Inc./courtesy Gensler]

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

[Photo: Ar. Ekansh Goel/© Studio Recall/courtesy SOM]

Easy Security Screening

Architecture and green space

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

Pittsburgh International Airport [Image: Luis Vidal + Architects]

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

Pittsburgh International Airport [Image: Luis Vidal + Architects]

Sustainability as an amenity

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

[Photo: Ar. Ekansh Goel/© Studio Recall/courtesy SOM]

Better Airplanes

Air taxis, indoor forests, and other strange sights you’ll find in the airports of the future | DeviceDaily.com

Vertiport concept [Image: Luis Vidal + Architects]

 

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