CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga – The new Passenger Terminal Building of Clark International Airport here is the first hybrid Public-Private Partnership project implemented under the Duterte administration.
The airport’s design was inspired by the local cultural identity and the surrounding beautiful contours of the mountain. The airport terminal’s distinct silhouette echoes the undulating Zambales mountain ranges and majestic Mt. Arayat.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade reminisced on how they worked for the blueprint of the new PTB when anyone seems to doubt.
“When we said we will use wood, many doubted, when we said, when we stand in the lobby we want to see Arayat and Zambales and green areas that surround, nobody believes. Today when they see the wood, they must believe, when they walk there and see Arayat and Zambales on the side and the mountains passing through the mirrors, they should believe,” he said.
BUDJI+ROYAL Architecture+Designs, one of the tapped designers of Megawide-GMR to collaborate in the design of the infrastructure, noted the entire project is to capture and translate the Filipino spirit, introducing to the world our distinct and progressive identity that will make Filipinos proud.
“Vernacular elements are amplified, like the frames of the parols or Christmas lanterns (evident in the ceiling), and the capiz windows that are interpreted as skylights that generously invite the sunlight in.” said Royal Pineda, Principal Architect and CEO of BUDJI+ROYAL Architecture+Design
Lahar was also used in the construction of the PTB.
“An ode to the Filipinos’ resiliency during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, lahar is used as the new
architectural fiber” said Pineda.
The PTB is expected to be operational in six month.
“Let’s make this operational, at the latest, January of next year” he said. “I remember you have a deadline with me and that deadline is July 30 of this year. So we’ll be late by August, September, October, November, December- 5 months. I am not inclined to make any extensions after that,” Tugade furthered.
The cost for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) of the Clark International Airport New Terminal Building amounted to P10.295 billion, while works for the fit-out costs around P6 billion.