The distance of Stansted from the center of London added two
important design considerations.
First, the terminal would have to include a rail transit station with direct service from the city.
This was essential to maintaining reasonable commuting times to Stansted and making it competitive with London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Second, the relatively remote rural location led authorities to appoint Stansted as the designated landing field for hijacked flights.
Antiterrorist Antiterrorist measures heightened the need to incorporate security measures into the terminal scheme by
controlling access and flow between the terminal areas.
Ultimately, all of these restrictions conflicted with Foster’s intention of providing passengers with an easy stroll to the airplane.
Within the Stansted Mountfichet village community (1991 population of 5361 living in 2037 households) there
were other issues to address. Quiet rural neighborhoods and noisy international airports are naturally not a good mix.
Local authorities and the general populace of the sleepy Essex communities around Stansted had opposed
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