As the new century begins, and air travel has become ever more stressful, airport design teams have been attempting to use light and space to minimize the disruptions that travelers experience. Architect Koos Bosma calls it a "journey to the light." Though airports continue to use all
the airport designs change of the past century to some extent,
designers strive to create modern environments emotionally and symbolically pleasing to the traveler while also meeting institutional requirements for safety and security.