Structural analysis of the roof's shell of new terminal of the airport of Valencia (VLC)

Abstract

The social and economic current growth of the Valencian Community, and in particular of the city of Valencia, made necessary the presence of an airport adapted to the new reality of the city. A city immersed in a great number of events of world relevance; the America's Cup, the Formula 1 Grand Prix and the continuous touristic attraction of the City of the Arts and the Sciences had to be opened by a 'new entrance' that would match the forthcoming events that it would host in the same manner as the three grand gates of the city wall did in the past, of which only the Quart and Serrano's Torres remain. In this way the New Terminal of the Airport of Valencia becomes a new link to the outside world with its renewed image in accordance with what is waiting behind its doors.