Singapore Changi airport: The shape of water

By Ike Ijeh2019-09-02T05:00:00

Source: Timothy Hursley

Ike Ijeh looks at the challenges of constructing the world鈥檚 tallest indoor waterfall

Singapore Changi airport has been voted the best airport in the world for seven consecutive years by certified aviation rankings body Skytrax. But now there is a new attraction for Changi鈥檚 65 million annual passengers to savour: the world鈥檚 tallest indoor waterfall.

The 40m-tall waterfall cascades through a seven-storey atrium from an opening in the roof of the Jewel, a new 拢1bn retail, leisure and entertainment complex designed by US- and Asia-based Safdie Architects, with Buro Happold as engineer. Built on a former car park on the landside half of the airport, the 135,700m虏 destination is linked to three of the airport鈥檚 passenger terminals and contains shops, restaurants, a hotel and covered gardens within an internal, terraced forest setting.

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