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4. Jewel Changi Airport
SINGAPORE
Singaporeans have a tradition of spending time in their city-state's
airport even when not traveling. The airport's newest addition, Jewel
Changi, serves as a place for locals and international travelers alike
to hang out. It contains a large indoor forest, a park at the fifth level,
the world's tallest indoor waterfall, and extensive gardens along with
restaurants, shops, a hotel, walking trails, and other publicly accessible
gathering spaces. The result of an international competition that was
won by Moshe Safdie and the local office of Safdie Architects with local
developer CapitaLand, the glass-enclosed doughnut-shaped building
has a rooftop oculus that collects rainwater from the region's frequent
thunderstorms and repurposes it for a waterfall, helping cool the interior.
Opened in 2019, Jewel Changi links directly to the Terminal 1 and
Changi Bus Terminal, with pedestrian bridges extending to Terminals 2
and 3. The local RSP Architects Planners & Engineers served as executive
architect; Buro Happold, headquartered in Bath, United Kingdom,
provided facade engineering and structural engineering for the geometrically
complex glass-and-steel dome; and PWP Landscape Architecture
of Berkeley, California, designed the landscape, choosing plants from
subtropical zones around the globe.
5. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport North Terminal
KENNER, LOUISIANA
In 2016, New Orleans's airport broke its own record for passenger
volume, surpassing pre-Hurricane Katrina numbers as travelers
returned to the recovering city. But the existing terminal, which
dated to the 1950s, was aging and inefficient. In 2019, the city
replaced it with the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
Airport North Terminal. Based on an initial concept by Pelli Clarke
Pelli, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, and developed
and completed by a joint venture of LEO A DALY's Washington, D.C.,
design studio and the New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices of
Atkins, the new facility references the city's Crescent City nickname
with its crescent-shaped form.
Designed for storm resistance, the long-span spherical roof can
handle heavy rainfall, and the curving glazed curtain walls can
withstand hurricane-force winds. Sunshades shield the interior
from direct sun in summer months. The three-story central atrium
includes a " jazz garden " for live performances. The 35-gate terminal
comprises three concourses, one of which was added to the project
nine months into construction to keep up with rapidly increasing
passenger growth.
6. Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2
LAPU-LAPU CITY, PHILIPPINES
With its islands, beaches, and resorts, the province of Cebu is a popular
tourist destination as well as the second-largest metropolitan area in the
Philippines. To convey a resort-like feel that calls to mind ocean waves,
the new Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2 has an undulating
timber roof made of glulam arches. The arches span 100 feet (30 m),
reducing the number of structural columns to give the interior a sense of
openness.
Like indigenous Filipino houses, the roof has a steep pitch and low
eaves to control solar heat gain and glare. The structure is lightweight
enough to withstand earthquakes, yet braced firmly against the region's
frequent typhoons. The exposed glulam timbers convey warmth, as do
rattan furniture and check-in counters featuring handwoven lattices. Skylights
let in plentiful natural light. Designed by the Hong Kong office of
Integrated Design Associates and built in a public/private partnership by
the local consortium GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation, the terminal
opened in 2018.
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URBAN LAND SUMMER 20 21
SAFDIE ARCHITECTS, BURO HAPPOLD, SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT
STEVE LEE
STEVE LEE
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