The Jewel, a $1.26 billion development that combines retail, restaurants, entertainment venues, and lush gardens under a vast toroidal glass roof, opened today at Singapore’s Changi Airport. The 1.5-million-square-foot structure aims to transform “the airports principal function as a transit hub into an interactive civic and urban center,” says Moshe Safdie, principal of Safdie Architects, the project’s lead design firm.
Its developers, Changi Airport Group (CAG) and real-estate company CapitaLand, hope the Jewel will entice travelers to choose Singapore as a stop-over destination and also serve as a draw for local residents. The mixed-use complex, which extends five stories above ground and five stories below, connects three of the airport’s current four terminals. In addition to almost 600,000 square feet of retail space, it includes a terraced forest, a hotel, a movie theater, and airport services, such as early check-in counters and passenger lounges.
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