Royal Jet Airport The design of the new Royal Jet terminal at Abu Dhabi International airport rethinks the function of an airport. From the flowering garden to the arching form of the roofs, the design builds on local traditions of architecture and landscape to provide an experience more like that of a hotel than that of an airport. Prevailing northwesterly winds are filtered by trees and cooled by the ornamental lake at the north side of the main entry. Computational fluid dynamics have been employed to analyze the air movement over the airport building and surrounding areas and to generate the aerodynamic form of the roof and cooling towers. The decentralized plan locates a private departure lounge, conceived of as a majilis, adjacent to each aircraft parking position. Evaporative c

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