The International Airport of Marrakech Menara, Morocco serves international flights from and to Europe as well as domestic flights. It is located 6 km southwest of downtown city center and 7km of the Djemaa el-Fna.
The Airport give a contemporary and modern picture in the architecture of the airport of Marrakech Menara while reserving the Moroccan tradition, Develop a friendly and safe functional space, Implement a new modernity using traditional and today’s materials and techniques.
The spaces incorporated in the project include cafes, a small souk where local crafts are sold, two terminals, parking for 800 vehicles and services which include a medical centre and a chapel.
One of the terminals serves the international flights while the other serves the domestic flights.
Vollwert Group has done the lighting automation of the terminals with emphasis on Passenger Comfort, Energy Savings and over all beauty of the lighting system in mind. The Building was developed as an extension that presents a space where the light comes in filtered by the arabesques that cover the windows and enriches the visual contact between the inside and the outside, a structure that's reminiscent of typical wire mesh combined with some modern touches, giving the new terminal a particular brightness.