Los Angeles International Airport Vertical Circulation Cores

Los Angeles, CA

Details

  • Size: 181,000 square feet 
  • Completion Date: 2024 

Team

  • Architect: AC Martin
  • Contractor: Austin Commercial

Awards

  • Outstanding Airports & Ports Project Award, 2024 ASCE  Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch 

JAMA’s most recent efforts have included structural design of the vertical circulation connections between the airport’s new automated people mover (APM) and terminals at three locations – T5.5, T7, and Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). The firm’s scope includes design of the high-volume circulation features within each connection or core, and modifications and new construction elements at each of the stops, including partial concourse floors and/or new floor levels, modifications to escalators and stairs, and extensions for bridge connectors. 

The 4-story, 115,000 square foot core at T5.5 replaces a portion of the existing ticketing building to accommodate high volume circulation. This building will receive the new APM pedestrian bridge at level 3 and provides multiple escalators, elevators, and stairs for enhanced passenger circulation between the arrivals, ticketing, and departures levels.  

Modifications at the T7 circulation core include new floor area adjacent to the existing level 3 pedestrian bridge to accommodate a new escalator and stair to the ticketing level.  

The new core building at TBIT is a 6-story structure that will receive the 40-ft by 140-ft APM pedestrian bridge at level 4. The 180,000 square foot addition includes office space and provides multiple escalators, elevators, and stairs for enhanced passenger circulation between the arrivals, ticketing, and departures levels.