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KAL Operations Center, Kimpo International Airport

Design/Completion 1991/1995 Seoul, South Korea Korean Air Lines 1,300,000 square feet Steel truss

The multi-purpose building combines hangar operations with facilities for airline employces, including cxecutive suites, a healthcare center, fłight crew lounges, and support Staff areas. Primary programmatic elemcnts are the wide-body aircraft hangar (295 feet x 590 feet elear span space) and the annex building, which wraps around the hangar in a U-shaped configuration. Each level of the facility serves a specific function, with employees froin upper and lower levels meeting at a common floor designed for centralized events.

Innovative structural and design Solutions requircd by the project include the development of a new structural roof framing system. The double-arch Steel truss roof is supported principally on three box columns, separated by an expansion joint from the annex building. However, three major columns are connectcd to the annex building at several levels. This system employs standard building and roofing materials in an cntirely new way.

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