TRANSIT FACILITY EMBRACING URBAN LIFE: JEWEL CHANGI AIRPORT
Oct 04, 2019
4 minutes
interview Safdie Architects × Lee Sungje
photographed by Tim Hursley (unless otherwise indicated)
materials provided by Safdie Architects
Lee Sungje (Lee): Jewel Changi Airport (Jewel) has established a new paradigm for community-centric airport design. Not only does the airport serve as a transit hub – the primary function of the international flight hub – but also features an indoor garden and a commercial complex used by the travelers and the public. Could you elaborate how you came to invent the prototype for the building?
Safdie Architects (Safdie): The request for proposals outlined the basic functional components—airport operations, restaurants and cafés, retail offerings and an un-defined ‘attraction’. More than any other great
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