Mega and cozy: New terminal at Changi Airport in Singapore
Mega and cozy: New terminal at Changi Airport in Singapore
The Changi International Airport in Singapore has won almost any cost of the aviation industry, including the title of for 2025. Now Singapore is expanding his national airport and has started to build a fifth terminal this week, which is to be opened in the mid -2030s.
official laying of the foundation and investments
The Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong led the official laying of the foundation stone on May 14th. As a city -state with six million inhabitants, Singapore has invested all of his resources in the area of commercial aviation in his only airport. While other airports worldwide have separate terminals for national and international departures, all flights to the Changi International are, which means that passengers can move freely through all public areas of the airport.
The visionary concept of the new terminal
Yam Kum Weng, CEO of the Changi Group, described the planned terminal as "mega and yet cozy" and added that it will "offer a personalized, stress-free and pleasantly surprising airport experience." The T5 project was originally announced in 2013 and was to start in 2020, but the construction was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
health and security in focus
The pandemic not only influenced the time frame of the T5, but also brought additional measures in the new blueprint. This includes a ventilation system that "can be activated during a pandemic". All passengers will use contactless inputs, which is already part of Changi’s strategy, Fully document-free To use biometry.
innovation in terminal design
The ceiling-shaped roof leaves enable air circulation and also offer the option of dividing the terminal into several mini terminals if one has to be sealed quickly to separate passengers or test for diseases. After completion, T5 becomes the main terminal for Singapore Airlines and its low -cost airline Scoot. The two are currently distributed to the other terminals.
Changi as a tourist attraction
A reason for the numerous awards from Changi Airport is the variety of activities and attractions that are there. There are several gardens - among other things with butterflies, cacti, water lilies, sunflowers and orchids - as well as play areas for children, a huge slide, a roof pool and a cinema. The latest offer is Changi Jewel , a 10-story luxury shopping area, the heart of which is the largest indoor waterfall in the world. This was completed in 2019 and is also accessible to visitors who do not travel.
efficiency and user experience combine
"Efficiency and experience do not mutually exclude each other," said Trent Tesch, chief designer of the project at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), one of the companies that work on the new terminal design. "Too often airports are designed as purely efficient machines for movements - efficient, but impersonal, whereby passengers are reduced to mere numbers in the system. Instead, T5 was designed as a living microstadt, which is clearly Singapore - lush, multi -layered and deeply human."
sustainability and future capacities
The location of Singapore near the equator ensures a tropical climate with high temperatures, heavy rainfall and high humidity. T5 was designed with this climate in mind. There will be a large solar power plant on the roof that not only supplies the airport with energy - according to KPF, it will generate enough energy to supply around 20,000 four -room apartments a year. More than 68 million passengers passed Changi last year and made him the most fourth air hinge in the world. From Singapore, travelers can fly directly to 170 cities.
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