501 SCHUECO INTERNATIONAL.Oslo's airport opened in the autumn of 1998, at Gardermoen in the gently forested landscape of Akershus Akershus (ä`kərs-h  s'), county (1995 pop. 434,544), 1,895 sq mi (4,908 sq km), SE Norway, bordering on the Oslofjord in the south and on Sweden in the east. The capital is Oslo. county, about 45km to the north-east of the city. Its passenger terminal, designed by Aviaplan, a consortium of architects and engineers, is situated between two runways and consists of a large central concourse and two wings (east for international flights, west for domestic traffic) with three lateral lateral /lat·er·al/ (-il)1. denoting a position farther from the median plane or midline of the body or a structure. 2. pertaining to a side. lat·er·al adj. 1. docks for aircraft. The impression of space in the concourse derives from its height, glass walls and pairs of wide span wooden trusses with lighting gantries suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. between them. On north and south of the terminal, glazed glaze n. 1. A thin smooth shiny coating. 2. A thin glassy coating of ice. 3. a. A coating of colored, opaque, or transparent material applied to ceramics before firing. b. walls measuring 165x20m were constructed from Schuco's FW 50 profile system. Both wails have fixed glazing Glazing The application of finely ground glass, or glass-forming materials, or a mixture of both, to a ceramic body and heating (firing) to a temperature where the material or materials melt, forming a coating of glass on the surface of the ware. with custom built mullions and transoms. Horizontal and vertical loads are transmitted through their intersections to V-shaped arms and steel supports built behind the glass walls. Aluminium structures with electrically operated blinds screen the interior from the glare of low sun. Because of the slim width of aluminium profiles and of the inside of steel supports, the big glass walls appear to be lighter and more elegant than would be expected from their dimensions. |
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