Speaker Biograghy: Cristiano is Associate Director at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). His professional focus includes design and development of building infrastructure, geometric and constructability resolution, client development, project governance, cost control and construction supervision. Cristiano has spearheaded ZHA’s entrance into the aviation market since 2010. He is the Project Director for the Beijing New Airport passenger terminal, and has led terminal and aviation infrastructure project bids in China, Mexico, Turkey and the USA, establishing valuable interdisciplinary partnerships within the industry as a result. Cristiano previously worked for Frank O. Gehry in Los Angeles and was also a co-founder of Gehry Technologies, where he established interdisciplinary research with Boeing. Cristiano trained as both an architect and computer scientist, and has practised and taught architecture in Europe, Asia and the USA. He received degrees from the Architectural Association and Imperial College in London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.


Day 1 - 15 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development

12:10 - 12:35 - Beijing New Airport: global interdisciplinary collaboration for large terminal design
Synopsis: This presentation will showcase the Beijing New Airport project as an example of seamless global collaboration between allied professions in the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) and the aviation-specific domains (terminal functionality, transport, costing, operations and resilience). The project has achieved a high-quality terminal on a very large scale, which implements an innovative design vision in response to the many stakeholders, including the Government agencies in China, the airlines and the airport operator itself. The successful interaction between many parties involved in the project is testament to the overall team's ability to cross cultural and technical boundaries.

Audience will learn:

• Terminal
• Design
• Global
• Collaboration
• China