Jewel Changi Airport

Singapore, Singapore, Asia Pacific

Completed · Transport · Airport Retail And Transit Hub · Tropical · 2019

A 135,700 sqm toroidal glass-and-steel dome integrating the world's tallest indoor waterfall (40m Rain Vortex) with a functional storm-water harvesting system that collects rainwater for the waterfall and irrigation, reducing potable water demand. The structure uses a space-frame roof of 9,000 unique steel nodes fabricated with digital tolerancing.

Innovation highlights

• integrated rainwater harvesting feeding 40m indoor waterfall
• 9,000 unique digitally-fabricated steel space-frame nodes
• biophilic vertical forest at transit scale
• passive evaporative cooling via indoor waterfall reducing HVAC load

Client / Developer

Changi Airport Group

Architect

Safdie Architects

Engineer

Arup

Type

Airport Retail and Transit Hub

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