The architectural redesign of airports in the past few decades has specifically addressed some of the crises described thus far\cite{neufville}. Some projects have targeted fluidity and motion, by reinventing passenger transportation and the arrangement of luggage conveyor belts; some have targeted the intimacy/familiarity component, introducing private lounge areas and providing free wi-fi Internet access; others have targeted solely the functional/mechanical aspect redesigning concourses in light of increased passenger traffic and security. Rarely, however, have these design considerations attempted a reinvention of the airport — rethinking it from scratch. One such attempt is evident in the recently completed Terminal 3 extension of the Beijing Capital International Airport¹. This airport terminal, designed by Norman Foster, and completed in a record five-year period, just in time for Beijing’s 2008 Olympic Games, reflects the need to entirely reinvent airspace by rethinking the airport from scratch\cite{newyorker}.