Can Moshe Safdie and Associates Project Jewel turn Singapore’s Changi Airport into a genuine tourist attraction?

Project Jewel by Moshe Safdie

In Singapore, contemporary architecture often comes with a healthy portion of greens, as the recently completed indoor and outdoor leisure development, Gardens by the Bay, shows.

Now, one of Canada’s most well-known architectural exports, Moshe Safdie, is adding to that with a biodome. However, while the Gardens by the Bay are literally on the waterfront, the Israeli-born architect’s efforts centre on Changi Airport.

76-year-old Safdie, who made his name with his Habitat 67, a model community and housing development in Montreal, has designed Project Jewel. It’s a five-floor glass-and-steel retail and entertainment attraction, with garden foliage restricted to the top floor. Up here, the ceiling will dip in the centre, like a doughnut, and a waterfall will be directed through the hole in the roof. The dome will be accessed from the terminals via glazed walkways....Continue Reading

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