Baltimore
Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore
recently underwent a substantial upgrade to the HVAC system in its
Concourse D. As part of the project, a decades-old ceiling was removed.
“Airport management desired a new ceiling and lighting system in the
central corridors that would help create the illusion of higher ceilings
and really stand out,” says Jennifer Hensel, design associate at JMT
Architecture in Hunt Valley, Md. “They wanted it to be unique and
dynamic while imparting a sense of movement.”
To meet the design
objective, Hensel chose Calla Shapes for DesignFlex, a ceiling system
that provides the opportunity to mix and match different shapes, sizes,
colors and materials to create a signature ceiling. Three different
panel shapes were used in the corridor ceiling: 45-degree left
parallelograms, 45-degree right parallelograms and 45-degree triangles.