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AIRPORT

Heathrow - Terminals 2, 3 and 5

Serving 30 million passengers a year, Heathrow Terminal 5

is the busiest of all BAA’s terminals. Terminal 5 is intended

to reinforce Heathrow’s position as Europe’s principal

intercontinental hub.

The client, British Airports Authority (BAA) and the major

tenant, British Airways, required a new terminal building and

satellite on a site covering some 250 hectares -a complex

capable of handling up to 36 million passengers a year.

With over 50 WC facilities throughout the terminal, all

needing to meet strict design, accessibility and durability

criteria, a new approach to the washroom specification

was required. T5’s accessibility strategy demanded that

all washroom facilities should not only meet but surpass

the current Part M Regulations and Design Disabilities

Act. Unfortunately there was no product in the market

place that met the requirements. Not willing to accept the

usual approach adopted of “tacking on” an unsightly and

unhygienic back box to the rear of a standard WC pan, BAA

Design approached VitrA U.K. Ltd. in order to meet the 750

mm projection.

Matrix WC pan and VitrA Customized

Production Washbasin

Location

UK | London

Architect | Interior Designer

Richard Rogers (RRP)

Contractor

Mansells

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