Jewel Changi Airport

Jewel Changi Airport
File:Jewel Artist Impression.jpg Artist Impression of Jewel Changi Airport
Location of Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Mixed-use
Location	Changi, Singapore
Address	78 Airport Boulevard, Singapore 819666
Coordinates	1.3644°N 103.9915°E / 1.3644; 103.9915
Construction started	5 December 2014
Completed	April 2019
Opened	17 April 2019 (2019-04-17)
Cost	S$1.7 billion
Owner	Changi Airport Group Devt (CAG)
Technical details
Material	Steel and Glass
Size	3.5 hectares (8.6 acres)
Floor count	10 – 5 above-ground storeys and 5 basement levels (Levels B5 — 5)
Floor area	134,000 square metres (1,440,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Safdie Architects Benoy RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Private Limited
Structural engineer	RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Private Limited
Main contractor	Woh Hup (Private) Limited Obayashi Singapore Private Limited
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Jewel Changi Airport

Jewel Changi Airport (Jewel) is a mixed-use development at Changi Airport in Singapore, scheduled to open in April 2019. It will include gardens and attractions, a hotel, aviation facilities and 300 retail and dining facilities. The complex covers a total gross floor area of 134,000 m, spanning 10 storeys – five storeys above-ground and five basement storeys. Attractions will include the Rain Vortex, the world’s largest indoor waterfall; the Forest Valley, an indoor garden spanning five storeys; and Canopy Park at the topmost level, featuring gardens and leisure facilities.

Conception

The complex was built to improve the competitive position of Changi Airport against rivals such as Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Jewel was first mentioned by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech in 2013. He announced the plan to build Jewel as part of Changi Airport’s long-term plans to double its current capacity and “create many more opportunities for Singapore”.

Built over the former open-air car park in front of Changi Airport Terminal 1, the completion of Jewel in 2019 will see the expansion of Terminal 1’s arrival hall and baggage claim areas by 70%. Terminal 1’s handling capacity will also increase from 21 to 24 million passengers a year.

Design and development

Jewel’s glass-and-steel façade is designed by a consortium of architects, led by Moshe Safdie, who also designed Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, National Gallery of Canada and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The landscape architect is Peter Walker & Partners, who collaborated with Safdie on Marina Bay Sands, and also designed National 9-11 Memorial, Barangaroo Park, among others. Benoy, a global family of designers specialising in architecture, masterplanning and interiors, also played a key role in the consortium. Benoy are the interior designers, retail and aviation facility planners for the new airport destination. Jewel is developed by Jewel Changi Airport Trustee Pte Ltd, a joint venture between Changi Airport Group (CAG), manager of Singapore Changi Airport, and CapitaLand, through its wholly owned shopping mall business, CapitaLand Mall Asia. It has been announced that the construction of Jewel will cost S$1.7 billion.

Jewel is designed to combine a marketplace and an urban park. “The component of the traditional mall is combined with the experience of nature, culture, education and recreation, aiming to provide an uplifting experience. By drawing both visitors and local residents alike, we aim to create a place where the people of Singapore interact with the people of the world,” said Moshe Safdie, the lead architect.

The glass panels of the dome are framed in steel which rests on a complex latticework, evoking the appearance of traditional glass conservatories. At night, the glowing dome will be visible from all surrounding areas.

Key attractions

• Note: Some of these attractions will open in mid-2019.

• Shiseido Forest Valley
  Shiseido Forest Valley
• HSBC Rain Vortex
  HSBC Rain Vortex
• Canopy Park
  Canopy Park
• Manulife Sky Nets
  Manulife Sky Nets
• Canopy Mazes
  Canopy Mazes
• Discovery Slides
  Discovery Slides
• Canopy Bridge
  Canopy Bridge
• Foggy Bowls
  Foggy Bowls

Shiseido Forest Valley

Forest Valley, five storeys tall, will house 3,000 trees and be one of Singapore’s largest indoor collections of plants.

HSBC Rain Vortex

The centrally located Rain Vortex will be the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, standing at 40 metres high. At night, the Rain Vortex will become a stage for a light-and-sound show curated by water feature design firm WET Design.

Canopy Park

At the topmost level of Jewel, the 14,000 sq m Canopy Park will house recreation and leisure attractions.. About half of the total landscaping will be hosted at Canopy Park, including two gardens: Topiary Walk and Petal Garden. The Topiary Walk will feature animal-shaped topiaries at every corner, while the Petal Garden will have seasonal floral displays.

The Event Plaza, where the food and beverage outlets will be located, will also have an events space big enough for 1,000 people.

Manulife Sky Nets

The Sky Nets provide children's play facilities, including a Bouncing Net and a Walking Net. The Bouncing Net will be 250 metres long, suspended 8 metres above ground at its highest point. A separate 50-metre long Walking Net will enable visitors to look down 25 metres to Jewel’s Level 1. The Sky Nets are the work of designers Thomas Ferwagner from Germany and Cedric Chavaud from France.

Canopy Mazes

Canopy Mazes are designed by Adrian Fisher, founder and chairman of Adrian Fisher Design, who has created over 600 mazes globally. They comprise two mazes, situated at the eastern end of the Jewel complex: Hedge Maze and Mirror Maze. The Hedge Maze will be Singapore’s largest with hedge walls standing at 1.8m high. This maze features gates that can be pushed within that will change the path of the maze. It ends at an elevated watch tower that offers a bird's-eye view of the entire maze. The Mirror Maze will be located under the dome with plants branching across the top of the maze.

Discovery Slides

Designed to be both an art sculpture and a play piece, the Discovery Slides feature four integrated slides: two tube slides and two sliding surfaces. The entire structure will sit at an incline, 3m high on one end, and close to 7m on the other, and will enable visitors to view the Forest Valley and the Rain Vortex. The Discovery Slides are designed by Carve in the Netherlands and built by Playpoint in Singapore.

Canopy Bridge

The Canopy Bridge is suspended 23 metres above ground and will offer a view of the Rain Vortex. At 50 metres long, the Canopy Bridge will also have glass panel flooring in the centre section that offers a view through to level 1 of Jewel.

Foggy Bowls

Designed by The Exploratorium, in San Francisco, the key feature of this attraction is four concave bowls with depths of between 30cm and 65cm, for young children to jump in while mist is released to create an illusion of playing among clouds.

Mirror Maze

The Mirror Maze boasts a unique cover of greenery branching overhead, making use of mirrors and various reflections to create the illusion of endless bowers before you.

Key facilities

YOTELAIR Changi Airport

A 130-room hotel will be based within Jewel and will be operated by international hotel brand, YOTEL.. Planning and development for YOTELAIR was done by Benoy. It opened on 12 April 2019.

Aviation facilities

The complex will also house an ‘integrated multi-modal transport lounge’ which integrates ticketing, boarding pass collection and baggage transfer service within one location. Overall planning and interior design by Benoy. Early check-in facilities will also allow passengers to check-in and drop off luggage ahead of regular check-in times. There will be dedicated facilities for fly-cruise and fly-ferry passengers.

Retail amenities

The retail mall will boast a total of 300 tenants from Basement 2 to Level 5, 30% of which will be dedicated to food and beverage tenants. Again, the planning and interior design for retail mall was done by Benoy, a global family of designers specialising in architecture, masterplanning and interiors. It will house local and international brands, which will also incorporate 11 duplex stores at Level 2. Anchor tenants include the largest Nike store in Southeast Asia, the second Apple Store in Singapore, Marks & Spencer, Muji, Zara, Uniqlo, an 11-screen Shaw Theatres IMAX cinema with an estimated seating capacity of 800, Five Spice, a food court by Food Junction with 19 unique stalls and supermarket chain FairPrice Finest. Making their Singapore debut at the mall include burger chains A&W Restaurants , which closed down it's Singaporean operations in 2003, Shake Shack, Norwegian fast casual restaurant Pink Fish, Swiss artisanal chocolatier Läderach, Sichuan restaurants Xiao Bin Lou and Yu's Kitchen, Boston based ice cream parlour chain Emack & Bolio's, London casual eatery Burger and Lobster, Peruvian restaurant TONITO and the first permanent Pokemon Centre in Asia, outside of Japan. A full list of tenants can be found on Jewel's offcial website for retail and dining.

Access

Jewel is directly connected to Terminal 1 and can be accessed from both Terminal 2 and 3 via air-conditioned pedestrian bridges. Visitors from Terminal 4 can take the free shuttle bus service from terminal 4 to Terminal 2, and enter Jewel via the pedestrian link bridge.

Awards

Jewel Changi Airport was accorded the 2016 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum, an international museum of architecture and design.