Hasta la vista!, a photo from Madrid, Madrid

Photographer's Note

Time for the last picture from my jaunt to Madrid, Segovia and Avila in early March. So, very fitting that it comes from Madrid Airport, officially known as Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. This was taken in Terminal 4.

Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela, Richard Rogers and Luis Vidal, (winning team of the 2006 Stirling Prize) and TPS Engineers, (winning team of the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures) was built by Ferrovial and inaugurated on 5 February 2006.

Terminal 4 is one of the world's largest airport terminals in terms of area, with 760,000 square meters (8,180,572 square feet) in separate landside and airside structures. It consists of a main building, T4 (470,000 m²) and a satellite building, T4S (290,000 m²), which are approximately 2.5 km apart.

The new Terminal 4 is designed to give passengers a stress-free start to their journey. This is managed through careful use of illumination, with glass panes instead of walls and numerous skylights which allow natural light into the structure. With this new addition, Barajas is designed to handle 70 million passengers annually.

(Source: Wikipedia)

All being well, I shall be passing through Terminal 4 again in a few months time. So it's, 'Hasta la vista' rather than 'Adios'.

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emka (158204) 2019-05-19 23:45

Hello Stephen,

I know this airport very well. A nice composition with great depth. Interesting sharp of the roof, eye-catching green elements. I love airports, tomorrow I will visit one :).
Kind regards MAlgo

jemaflor (147270) 2019-05-19 23:50

Salut Stephen,
Intéressante architecture contemporaine pour ce hall, bon effet de perspective et bon contraste de teintes avec ces structures au vert lumineux.

ifege (48217) 2019-05-20 0:03

Hi Stephen
Good architecture with the green catching the eye. Good capture of the movement that you get in all airports.
cheers
Ian

Royaldevon (85932) 2019-05-20 0:25

Hello Stephen,

This is a bright, modern structure.
I particularly like the roof and its green supporting structures.
It was a tough photograph, compositionally but you have found an excellent point from which to take the shot. The tall, metal support is strongly placed and, in association with the similarly coloured glass wall, acts like a funnel into the scene.

Have a good day,
Bev :-)

pajaran (116041) 2019-05-20 0:34

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra perspektiva i kontrast, lepe boje, dobro uhvacen trenutak.
Lep enterijer.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela.
Paja.

Good day.
A nice view and a moment, interesting and good text ...
Beautifully shown, good perspective and contrast, beautiful colors, well-caught moment.
Nice interior.
I wish you a nice and successful day, all the best in the new week that started.

Nicou (193806) 2019-05-20 1:02

Hello

superbe image et compo quel intérieur de cet hall d'aéroport quel plafond et ces différentes structures modernes avec ces vert ce virtage quei laisse entrer la lumière le personne le rendu au sol splendide.
Bravoe t amitié
Nicou

abmdsudi (95869) 2019-05-20 1:16

Hi Stephen
Ultra modern interior like this is only common scene nowadays, works well with this treatment dramatised by human element. Nice grab.
Best regards

Fis2 (170919) 2019-05-20 1:21

Witaj Stephen!
Interesting interior, ceiling is impressive.
A very interesting construction.
Nice scene from daily life.
Good morning.

holmertz (102834) 2019-05-20 2:39

Hello Stephen,
There are lots of architectural details that enabled you to create a very good depth. The well spread out people also did their best to assist you. Especially the young woman pulling her bag along is well placed in the foreground. I have really started to dislike airports, especially the very large ones, but this one doesn't look too bad. I think those green details and the curving ceiling may have something to do with that.
Regards,
Gert

pierrefonds (114584) 2019-05-20 4:40

Hi Stephen,

You have captured well the movement of the passengers. The point of view is showing the details of the modern design of Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas airport. The surrounding light us bringing out the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Sergiom (117241) 2019-05-20 6:32

Bonjour Stephen,

Il y a beaucoup de choses à voir dans les aéroports. Souvent l'architecture est intéressante et c'est le cas au terminal 4 et aussi les gens, pressés ou non et inquiets ou non.

Amicalement

Serge

rychem (72187) 2019-05-20 8:15

A very nice photo of this large terminal, in your photo we can see how long the hall is, a very nice perspective and a lively scene at the airport
regards Ryszard

everlasting (19680) 2019-05-20 10:28

good idea to include much of the stunning architecture, and the people seem to be taking good positions in the frame for you

Silvio1953 (221771) 2019-05-20 10:42

Ciao Stephen, great view of fantastic airport, lovely composition with a lot of people, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

COSTANTINO (116644) 2019-05-20 12:56

Hello dear Stephen and have a nice time
and a happy new day
interesting airport
this is a bright modern structure
welldone
regards
costantino

PiotrF (54850) 2019-05-20 12:57

Hello Stephen
A very nice interior shot.
An interesting capture of this place.
Photo with excellent light and nice colours.
Nice presentation.
Regards
Piotr

photographer_sg (6059) 2019-05-20 23:50

Hello Stephen
Very well composed picture of the airport with the lady in front walking briskly possibly to catch her flight. Very attractive details of the roof. Excellent depth and well managed exposure.
Thanks for sharing and have a nice day.
Satya

alvaraalto (42804) 2019-05-21 1:13

Hello Stephen
Your photo gives a beautiful impression of this terminal of the Madrid airport.
Funny the modern starting point to instruct the architects to design a space that promotes a stress-free start to the journey.
The choice for the fresh green is therefore certainly explained.
Excellent picture
Have a nice day, groet Rob

macjake (98456) 2019-05-21 11:50

Hi Stephen
Isn't it funny how airports have become such important architectural wonders. They really weren't that way a couple decades ago - now when they're built its a competition to see which is the most modern, most creative, most beautiful, while still being functional. Another fine example of that here with the ceiling being creative. cheers
Craig

claudeD (47754) 2019-05-22 7:47

Hello Stephen,

very fine and interesting interior architecture of Madrid Airport. Very well animated scenery whit many passengers on their way to the right gate. Very good idea to visit Spain again .. .. Hasta la vista. Tfs.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

carlo62 (81265) 2019-05-23 0:31

Ciao Stephen
salutare una città o un luogo che abbiamo visitato non fa piacere, ma portiamo via con noi qualcosa in più, arricchendo la nostra cultura.
Saluti
Carlo

ikeharel (113483) 2019-05-24 2:57

Airports as RR-stations always have a dynamic rythm, as you managed to show here, Stephen.
Looks as a modern terminal, iron and glassed structues, but people make the best attraction on such a scene.
Good afternoon,
Ike

jmdias (115312) 2019-05-27 12:20

stephen

I used this airport many decades ago, when I found a famous brazilian soccer player. nice details of the structure.

take care

jorge

mcmtanyel (68679) 2019-06-03 20:36

Hello Stephen,
I like the repeating patterns of green. At airports, it is passport control and security that cause me stress, so unless they have done something special to them in this terminal, it would not be stress free for me, regardless of its architecture.
Regards,
MT