Toronto Pearson International Airport

[ARG1]

I was through Terminal 1 this year and Terminal 3 last year. I much prefer Terminal 3.

I found Terminal 1 to be alot more complicated and sectioned off than Terminal 3 making the whole experience alot less pleasant.

The quality of Terminal 3 highly depends on where you are. If you're doing domestic or international flights, its perfectly adequate and kinda nice.

... The US pre-clearance gates however... oh boy. It is an absolutely claustrophobic mess with pretty much nothing around.

 

[Civdis]

I am happy they are going back to the original. Makes for a cleaner design and I would assume a lot of the infrastructure is in place to implement this design easier.

 

[Dan416]

I am happy they are going back to the original. Makes for a cleaner design and I would assume a lot of the infrastructure is in place to implement this design easier.

The alternative so unaesthetic lol. Hopefully this actually happens!

 

[jje1000]

I am happy they are going back to the original. Makes for a cleaner design and I would assume a lot of the infrastructure is in place to implement this design easier.

Unfortunately it looks like the big arched roof is going away in the new scheme along with the curves of the original design...

But regardless, airports around North America are getting some big investments in their facilities, and choosing anything less ambitious would have diminished the standing of Pearson IMO.

Big Upgrades Coming to Major U.S. Airports

From coast to coast, some of the nation’s largest and busiest airports are undertaking major renovation projects.

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Portland of course is the new standard for airport architecture in the US IMO:

 

[nfitz]

So the whole Pearson Union station and new hub east of Airport Road is dead then by the look of it. Or at least pushed off well into the 2040s or 2050s.

So where is Line 5 going to come in? Hopefully there's a way to integrate it into that new extension.

 

[Amare]

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers:

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It's about damn time some common sense came back to the execs heads over at the GTAA.

 

[goodcitywhenfinished]

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers:

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This is great news. My only gripe is they seem to be abandoning the Safdie concept vaulted arrivals/departures hall. But as long as the floor plan is coherent with the masterplan I am satisfied.

 

[IRT_BMT_IND]

Indeed GTAA held an Industry Forum on 4th December to provide information on their 10-year capital plan. Presentation is here.

The layout of the T1 expansion seems to have returned to new piers

There seems to be some very good design decisions being made here. The rendering appears to have three floors, which likely means the US preclearance area will be on its own floor, which would give a lot of flexibility for gating planes and also means the preclearance area won't feel as walled off from the rest of the airport (the Z pier at FRA with separate Schengen and non-Schengen floors works like this).

Also looks like there will be domestic/international swing gates which YYZ currently lacks and means Air Canada won't have to tow planes to the other side of the airport.

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

So the whole Pearson Union station and new hub east of Airport Road is dead then by the look of it. Or at least pushed off well into the 2040s or 2050s.

So where is Line 5 going to come in? Hopefully there's a way to integrate it into that new extension.

I wouldn't say the that the transit hub is dead per say. Timeline pushed back sure. I think the biggest thing (or at least I hope) is that the passenger processing part of the plan is dropped.

In my dream the transit hub is more multi use. I envision a convention centre/hall, hotel, and offices on top of the transit facilities. Maybe even some parking. Gtaa now owns the airway centre office complex, and the international centre. Integrating these into the transit hub and freeing up that land for additional development is a no brainer for me.