Singapore’s Changi Is Changing the Idea of What an Airport Can Be
Photo Credit: The Rain Vortex at Jewel. Changi Airport Singapore
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An airport is hardly the place people want to come to and spend hours, but Changi Airport Singapore looks set to change all that when its Jewel project opens next month.
Already the world’s most recognized airport with 590 awards under its belt, Changi Airport Singapore aims to disrupt the airport experience further when its Jewel project opens on April 17 after around five years in the making.
Jewel is Changi’s new landmark, located in front of Terminal 1 and easily accessible to both local public and passengers arriving or departing from the airport. It is not a new terminal but a massive 137,000 square-meter retail, dining, and leisure attraction designed by Moshe Safdie, the architect who also designed the iconic Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
Built at a cost of $1.3 billion (S$1.7 billion), including land, Jewel’s striking dome-shaped glass and steel facade is already a head-turner. Inside, it aims to inspire awe by bringing Singapore’s "City in a Garden" concep
