PAN-ULTIMATE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (2008)

Gary Farrelly, PAN-ULTIMATE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(2008) mixed media on board, private collection, China.

The plans for Pan-Ultimate International Airport were drawn up by Gary Farrelly in late 2008. The plans were shown as an artwork in Paris later that year. The work proposes remote parking and road traffic linked to the terminal facilities via high speed/ high frequency electric railway lines. The airport would be initially composed of a T shaped terminal directly north of the railway station. The initial terminal would have a capacity to handle 8 million passengers annually. Subsequent extensions would not hinder the operation of the initial terminal building during their construction and could take the capacity up to 40,000,000 annually. The development of the airport would be hinged on the extension of the single super-terminal complex as opposed to additional separate terminal buildings. The colour scheme pervading is envisages as follows: beige, bashed bronze paneling, beauty board, Formica, brown, herring bone and orange. Gary Farrelly has designed over 140 airports as part of his art practice.