I realise this plays in to the high density shopping arcade model, but retail can and should be a pleasant experience. If T2 is to be a glorified shopping arcade (I have no problem with this in principle) there is no reason why it cannot also be light, spacious and inherantly functional as an airport terminal.
It does not have to be gold plated to achieve this.
I agree with this. Marble palaces were never on the agenda, but there is a happy medium between that and a very basic uninspiring building environment that MAN needs to achieve to provide the pleasant airport experience that was promised when the TP was announced. It may well be that the extended T2 will achieve that, but I think one reason for the disappointment on here isn't that the new video depicts a terminal at the bottom of the spectrum between the two extremes but that it appears less attractive than the original model indicated.