\section{Intimacy/sameness}
Although constantly striving for speed, motion and fluidity, airports also exert an immobilizing force on passengers. As soon as they are done dealing with security, check-in procedures, and `everyday responsibilities', passengers rush into commercial stores to `experience the reality of [their] momentary availability'\cite{auge}. 
Airports seek to convey a sense of familiarity to its passengers by offering the most convenient setting in which to spend their time and their money. Frequent travelers quickly become acquainted with airport's designs, their services, their standardized modus operandi by developing habits and routines. Routine and familiarity, in turn, make travelers feel `at home'\cite{tuan}. Yet, the type of `home' that passengers construct in their interplay with contemporary airports does not emerge from a `struggle'\cite{Berman} in a modern sense [3]. The airport, as a supermodern home, is ultimately aimed at bringing tourism into everyday life. Passengers do not familiarize themselves with the \textit{uniqueness} of airports, developing an intimate relationship with their distinctive spatial, customary and sensorial traits. Rather, they acquaint themselves with the \textit{sameness} of the airport atmosphere: lavatories, restaurants, cafes, Internet points, and news stands \textit{that all look the same}.