Air Traffic Control Case Study

Visual Control Room for Harare International Airport - Zimbabwe

• Floor Area 85m² (Internal)
• Glazing 16.8mm thick annealed laminated glass with 6mm Parsol green, supported in thermally broken aluminium glazing frames
• Floor Circular steel framed podium floor with anti static carpet and perimeter walkway access.
• Ceiling Accoustic ceiling tile system tapered from cab centre up to glazing head.
• Roof Access via retractable ceiling ladder to roof void and marine style hatch to roof deck. Insulated GRP roof panels with eight galvanised steel handrail / antennae mounts.
• Access Via conventional staircase from tower below and also through dwarf wall hatch to external perimeter walkway.
• Sun Shades Six perimeter Solar control film binds electrically operated with remote control plus sixteen inset Lyverscreen electrically operated remote control blinds.
• Sculpture Seven metre high GRP geodesic framed sculpture.

The name Zimbabwe and its variant Dzimbahwe derives from the Shona words dzimba dza mabwe or houses of stone. This term is historically used for chiefs or rulers and refers to the centres where they lived or to the place where they were buried. From the layout of the structures of Great Zimbabwe, we can see that the design was not for fortification or defense, but simply a tribute to the power and authority of the rulers of the time.