Terminal 1 of Kansai International Airport, on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, was designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Noriaki Okabe and opened along with the airport on September 4, 1994, as Japan's first airport built to operate around the clock. Its defining feature is an airfoil shaped roof running the length of the terminal, engineered to promote natural air circulation through giant ducts built into the curve of the structure itself. At 1.7 kilometres from end to end, it was, as of 2018, the longest airport terminal building in the world, and travelers move along its length aboard an automated people mover called the Wing Shuttle. Because the artificial island beneath it continues to subside, the terminal's supporting columns were engineered to be adjustable, and the design earned the American Society of Civil Engineers' Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium award in 2001.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountOsaka Bay, Osaka Prefecture, Japan 1 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Transport Terminal (Airport, Ferry, etc.) 2 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Kansai International Airport
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kansai International Airport
WikipediaLead paragraph, first sentence, location clause
It is located on the artificial island of Kankūjima, in the middle of Osaka Bay off the Honshu shore, 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano (north), Sennan (south), and Tajiri (central), in Osaka Prefecture.
Lead paragraph, second sentence, terminal descriptor
Terminal 1, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is the longest airport terminal in the world with a length of 1.7 km (1+1⁄16 mi).
Lead paragraph, second paragraph, first sentence
Kansai opened on 4 September 1994 to relieve overcrowding at Osaka International Airport, also called Itami Airport, which is closer to Osaka.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Terminal 1 of Kansai International Airport, on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, was designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Noriaki Okabe and opened along with the airport on September 4, 1994, as Japan's first airport built to operate around the clock. Its defining feature is an airfoil shaped roof running the length of the terminal, engineered to promote natural air circulation through giant ducts built into the curve of the structure itself. At 1.7 kilometres from end to end, it was, as of 2018, the longest airport terminal building in the world, and travelers move along its length aboard an automated people mover called the Wing Shuttle. Because the artificial island beneath it continues to subside, the terminal's supporting columns were engineered to be adjustable, and the design earned the American Society of Civil Engineers' Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium award in 2001.
Designed By: Renzo Piano, Lead paragraph, second sentence, architect clause
Terminal 1, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is the longest airport terminal in the world with a length of 1.7 km (1+1⁄16 mi).
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Kansai International Airport Terminal 1
- Wikidata Q131761978, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia "Kansai International Airport" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
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