Album: Berlin: Tegel Airport TXL
Usually, being at the Berlin’s Airport Tegel TXL – be it right before taking off, or after landing, or when picking up friends – you probably just won’t find the time to have a closer look at all the design details of this 70ies design beauty. That is a bit of a shame, because the Airport Tegel “Otto Lilienthal” is quite an architectural germ and definitely one of the most beautiful buildings of Berlin. And maybe the airport is maybe even one of the Top10 most beautiful airports of all times? At least it is a design classic from the Sixties / Seventies that celebrates the founding principles of ‘good design’ – form and function.
Sadly enough the flooring of the building was renovated replaced some years ago.. so you’ll only find remains of the typical triangle and hexagon shaped patterns on some parts of the outside flooring.
Other design details are of course still there – and probably not as easily replaceable as the flooring. From hexagonal columns, hexagonal pillars and pyramidal shaped ceiling constructions to round edged windows and desks – the variety of cute little angles, pictograms, signs, lamps, colorful information displays and other design details you may discover at the Airport Tegel is virtually infinite. So if you happen to find the necessary amount of free time to stroll around a bit, just do it – and enjoy this Design Classic.
Berlin Tegel Airport TXL
A new desktop wallpaper has been prepared and is available for free download, so to speak: a Finnair plane taking off from Berlin’s Tegel Airport. Wow! What a picture! Right?!
BER Barrier Ribbon
August 2013 – the new BER airport is still a long way from being finished, but things and objects are already appearing here and there that at least remind us that the new airport will probably exist at some point. Here, for example, a barrier tape is being used at Tegel TXL Airport that was apparently originally intended for use at BER Airport.
Signpost / Pictograms at Airport Tegel
The design of Tegel Airport runs through every detail. And so also the signposts and pictograms are in the design of the early seventies. At least the signposts that were originally intended by the architect – such as this central signpost in the area of the shopping area. Here are the various pictograms and what they mean: on the left you’ll find the disabled WC and parking deck P1. Straight ahead are various sanitary facilities – washrooms for men and women, showers, breastfeeding and nappy-changing rooms. Also on the left you’ll find the Terminals 0 to 8 and the cab rank. To the right is parking deck P5, First Aid, ATM and a restaurant. The pictogram with the suitcase probably points to lockers – next to it is the reference to Terminals B and C. And at the bottom right, there is a sign pointing to the Tegel Airport bus stop – and the (i) indicates that there are further information options in this direction.
Above this is a completely different signpost. Here the distance to various other places is shown: 6,387 km to New York, 5899 km to Bangkok – 4,401 km to Quatar.
On the left in the picture the red double-decker, which is actually also a signpost of some type: the airplane far points to the restaurant “Red Baron”, which is behind it. The name should be familiar from the U.S. comic series The Peanuts – and of course from German history books.
Airport Tegel seen from the Runway
View from the runway towards the airport terminal building. I took this photo shortly after landing in Berlin Tegel TXL.
Taxi Stand at Airport Tegel
The Taxi Stand at Airport Tegel on a cold, but beautiful day in November, not too long time after sunrise. In the center of the photo you see the tower of Tegel Airtport – to the right of the tower you can see the main terminal building.
The photo is a HDR I took with my iPhone4 waiting for my plane to Bonn.
Baggage Claim / Baggage Carousel
The baggage reclaim area at Tegel airport shone, like everything else, mainly because of the short distances. If you parked your plane directly at the terminal, you could walk directly on the plane to the baggage carousel. An advantage that sometimes turned out to be a disadvantage – because usually you were at the baggage carousel much faster than your luggage.
Approaching Berlin Tegel Airport by Car
Approaching Tegel Airport by car.