Project Description
Astin Aviation is the gateway to Aggieland and designed to enhance visitor experience, facilitate military and corporate operations, and create a futuristic vision of the rapidly growing Bryan-College Station area. The new General Aviation Terminal and Hangar is part of a series of collaborations we have worked on with the Astin Partners and Texas A&M University/Systems.
The building pays tribute to Easterwood airport history while also introducing modern features. The 8,700 square foot General Aviation Terminal features a large reception space, corporate and military flight-planning areas, fully equipped conference rooms, a pilot’s lounge as well as a dedicated military lounge, facilities for leisure and dining, and flight operations and customer services areas. In addition, there is corporate office space available that can double as a post-hazard response and rescue operations base.
The Terminal building consists of two operational wards flanking a three-dimensional v-shaped glass mass which houses the lobby and transition space. The clearstory glass structure soars into the sky, framing views of the land side at one end and the air side at the other. This forms a dramatic and welcoming interior space, warmed by materials such as quarter sawn white oak and solid surface at the reception and hospitality counters and complimented by elegant modern leather furniture.
A 40,000sf storage hangar, located adjacent to the terminal, can accommodate multiple privately owned aircraft. Use of 3 different metal panel profiles on its exterior face visually reduces the scale of the building from a distance and provides a second level of detail when viewed close-up. The use of metal panels above the cut limestone façade at the exterior of the operational wards visually ties the terminal building to the hangar as well.