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Changi Airport - Terminal 3

Today’s posting is another addition to the theme “World Great Airports”. This time I would like to introduce Singapore’s Changi Airport newest terminal. It is Terminal 3 and was opened to service in January 2008.

The picture shows a view of Terminal 3 main central hall with its unique roof architecture which allows soft natural light into the building while keeping the tropical heat out. The one-of-its-kind roof design has 919 skylights with specially designed reflector panels which automatically adjust themselves to allow an optimal amount of soft and uniform daylight into the terminal building. At night, the skylights glow with artificial lighting delicately concealed below the reflector panels. The overall effect is a soothing ambience at all times of the day.

Another major feature of Terminal 3 is the five-storey high vertical garden, called the “The Green Wall”. Spanning 300 metres across the main building, it can be admired from both the Departure and Arrival Halls. The “Green Wall” is covered with 25 species of climbing plants and is combined with four cascading waterfalls surrounded by tall palm trees and a huge variety of beautiful orchids. In WS you can see one of the water falls which is to the right of the piano in the main posting.


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