The Terminal is a Flow, Not a Room

An axial section of the departure process. Passengers sequentially pass through check-in counters, baggage drop-off, security check, passport control, duty-free commercial area, waiting lounge, and boarding gates, with each segment being one-way and irreversible. The width of the space and ceiling height change with the duration of stay. The overall design is a sorted line. Avoid: depicting the terminal as a large, unordered hall, allowing the process to be arbitrarily reversible, having identical spatial feelings for each segment, placing the commercial area in a primary position before security check.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張出境流程的軸向剖面。旅客依序經過報到櫃檯、行李託運、安檢、證照查驗、免稅商業區、候機廳、登機門,每一段之間是單向不可回頭的。空間的寬窄與天花高度隨著停留時間改變。整體是一條被排序過的線。避免:把航廈畫成一個沒有順序的大廳、讓流程可以任意回頭、各段的空間感完全相同、把商業區放在安檢之前的主要位置。