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A large-scale 2 dimension version of this was built for Terminal 2E and 2F at the Paris CDG airport. It yields the same feeling of airiness and I'm always happy to transit though that one.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=cdg%20terminal%202e

Note that this design requires impeccable material strength characteristics. Otherwise it will collapse, as 2E did in 2004:

https://failures.wikispaces.com/Terminal+2E+at+Charles+de+Ga...




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