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The Most Awesome Airport on Earth is About to Get More Awesome
Multi-modal transport lounge: Jewel’s ‘multi-modal transport lounge’ will offer ticketing and boarding pass and baggage transfer services, as well as early check-in facilities.Opening date set: Singapore airport officials have announced that the new ‘Jewel Changi Airport’ complex will open to travelers on April 17. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the project is the Rain Vortex, pictured. At over 130 feet high, it’s the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.A central hub: Conceived by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie as a new ‘magical garden,’ Jewel Changi Airport is first and foremost a central hub, connecting three of Changi Airport’s current four terminals.Exterior view: Jewel will have a total of 10 stories — five above ground and five below — filled with various attractions, gardens, 280 retail and F&B outlets and a 130-cabin YOTELAIR Singapore Changi Airport hotel.Steel-and-glass doughnut: The steel-and-glass donut complex it set to become a destination in itself.Forest Valley: Jewel’s two centerpieces are Forest Valley, through which passengers will be able to hike, and Rain Vortex, a gigantic cascade of water from the roof.Rain Vortex: The Rain Vortex will be transformed by a light and sound show at night.Canopy Park: The 14,000-square-meter Canopy Park will include gardens, walking trails, playgrounds and restaurants.Canopy Bridge: Suspended 23 meters above ground, the 50-meter, glass-bottomed Canopy Bridge will be the best viewing point for the Rain Vortex show and the Forest Valley.Sky Nets: There will be two different kinds of suspended walking nets — a 250-meter bouncing net and a 50-meter walking net.Discovery Slides: The planned large-scale art piece features four integrated slides and a 6.5-meter-high viewing platform, from which travelers can see the Forest Valley.Mazes: There will be two mazes, both designed by famous maze designer Adrian Fisher — including the largest hedge maze in Singapore.A shopaholic’s dream: More than 200 retailers from local and international brands will set up shop in the Jewel.Al fresco indoor dining: Changi’s new leisure complex will have a wide selection of food and drink outlets, some with patios offering views of the waterfall.Gateway gardens: Four different gateway gardens will feature unique landscape elements. The north, east and west gateway gardens will lead to terminals 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
