Impressions from a transit through the iconic building of Terminal 1 at Airport CDG (Charles de Gaule) Paris.
CDG Terminal 1 opened in 1974 and is an iconic building of brutalist architecture. Designed by Paul Andreu, it was built in the image of an octopus. It consists of a circular terminal building which houses key functions such as check-in counters and baggage claim conveyors. Seven satellites with boarding gates are connected to the central building by underground walkways.
Passages between the third, fourth and fifth floors are provided by a tangle of escalators arranged through the centre of the building. These escalators are suspended over the central court. Each escalator is covered with a transparent tube to shelter from all weather conditions. These escalators were often used in film shootings (e.g., The Last Gang of Ariel Zeitoun). The Alan Parsons Project album ‚I Robot‘ features these escalators on its cover.
Photographed 2013 and 2017.