Jewel Changi Airport

A collaboration of Shiseido and art collective teamLab, the Shiseido Forest Valley (資生堂フォレストバレー, Shiseidō Foresutobarē) is one of Asia's largest indoor gardens, spanning five stories and approximately 22,000 square metres (240,000 sq ft) located in the heart of Jewel Changi Airport. It houses around 3,000 trees and 60,000 shrubs of 120 species that live in high-altitude tropical forests from around the world.[25][26][27]

The Rain Vortex

The Rain Vortex, sponsored as the HSBC Rain Vortex, is the world's largest and tallest indoor waterfall, standing at 40 metres (130 ft) high.[28] Recirculating rain water is pumped to the roof to free fall through a round hole at up to 37,850 liters (8,330 imp gal; 10,000 U.S. gal) per minute to a basement-level pool.[25] An acrylic funnel at the bottom prevents splashing and insulates the sound of the cascade. The toroid-shaped roof has more than 9,000 pieces of glass spanning 200 by 150 meters (660 by 490 ft)[25] with a sloped oculus as the mouth of the waterfall acting as "a continuation of the building...completed in a liquid form."[29] At night, the circular walls of the waterfall becomes a 360-degree stage for a light-and-sound show.[30]

To prevent excess humidity in the Jewel, the waterfall's flow alternates between cascades and trickles that reduce air turbulence. The design process by WET Design engineers included testing a one-fifth-scale model and a full-size partial prototype.[31]

The Changi Airport Skytrain connecting the terminals passes above ground near the waterfall, allowing passengers remaining airside to see the Vortex and Jewel itself.[32]

At the topmost level of Jewel, the 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft) Canopy Park houses recreation and leisure attractions.[33] About half of the total landscaping is hosted at Canopy Park, including two gardens: Topiary Walk and Petal Garden.[34] The Topiary Walk features animal-shaped topiaries at every corner, while the Petal Garden has seasonal floral displays.[35] The park includes a suspension bridge called the Canopy Bridge that is located 23 metres (75 ft) above the ground which offers a panoramic view of the Rain Vortex. At 50 metres (160 ft) long, the Canopy Bridge also has a glass panel flooring at the centre section that offers a view through to level 1 of Jewel.

The park also consists of two mazes, situated at the eastern end of the Jewel called the Hedge Maze and Mirror Maze.[25][36] The Hedge Maze is Singapore's largest with hedge walls standing at 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) high. The maze features gates that can be pushed within that will change the path of the maze. It ends at an elevated watchtower that offers a bird's-eye view of the entire maze. The Mirror Maze is located under the dome with plants branching across the top of the maze. The maze makes use of mirrors and various reflections.[30][37]

• Sky Nets - The Manulife-sponsored Sky Nets, provide children's play facilities, including a Bouncing Net and a Walking Net. The Bouncing Net is 250 metres (820 ft) long, suspended 8 metres above ground at its highest point.[38] A separate 50 metres (160 ft) long Walking Net enables visitors to look down 25 metres (82 ft)s to Jewel's Level 1.[34]
• Discovery Slides - The Discovery Slides feature four integrated slides: two tube slides and two sliding surfaces.[38] The entire structure sits at an incline, 3 metres (9.8 ft) high on one end, and close to 7 metres (23 ft) on the other,[39] and enables visitors to view the Forest Valley and the Rain Vortex.[40] The Discovery Slides were designed by Carve and built by Playpoint in Singapore.[38]
• Foggy Bowls - The Foggy Bowls are four concave bowls with depths of between 30 centimetres (12 in) and 65 centimetres (26 in) for people to jump in while mist is released to create an illusion of playing among clouds.[30]

The Changi Experience Studio is a 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) space with interactive games and displays relating to Changi Airport's history and allows visitors a behind-the-scenes look of how the airport is run.[30]

A hotel within Jewel, with approximately 130 rooms, operated by the international hotel brand, YOTEL, opened on 12 April 2019.[41][42] It is YOTEL's second hotel in Singapore after the 2017 opening of the YOTEL on Orchard Road.[42]

An "integrated multi-modal transport lounge" provides ticketing, boarding pass collection and baggage transfer service in a single location. Early check-in facilities enable passengers to check-in and drop off luggage up to 24 hours ahead of regular check-in times.[41] There are dedicated facilities for fly-cruise and fly-ferry passengers.[41]

Pokémon Centre Singapore

Jewel houses both local and international brands. Anchor tenants include the largest Nike store in Southeast Asia,[43] the first and only Apple Store located inside an airport complex and its second store in Singapore,[44] Marks & Spencer, Muji, Zara, Uniqlo, Singapore's second basement cinema operated by Shaw Theatres with 11 screens including an IMAX theatre with a seating capacity of 828 and Five Spice, a food court by Food Junction with 19 unique stalls and supermarket chain FairPrice Finest.[45] As of 2022, the Five Spice food court has been revamped into a Food Republic food court, as Food Junction was previously acquired by Food Republic.

Jewel also includes the return of American burger chain, A&W Restaurants after a 16-year-hiatus,[46] another American burger chain, Shake Shack, which opens their first store here, Norwegian fast-casual restaurant Pink Fish, Swiss artisanal chocolatier Läderach, Sichuan restaurants Xiao Bin Lou and Yu's Kitchen, Boston-based ice cream parlour chain Emack & Bolio's, British casual eatery Burger & Lobster, Peruvian restaurant TONITO, Japan's Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory and the first permanent Pokémon Center in East Asia outside of Japan.[47][48][49][50][51][52] Most restaurants at the Basement 1 level, which included Pink Fish and Hoshino Coffee, closed down while the new tenant of half of the units in the Basement 1 level, Don Don Donki, started renovations. As of October 2022, Pink Fish has permanently closed down, while Hoshino Coffee has planned for a reopening after the revamp. McDonald's is also opening another outlet at that area, adding on to the Changi Airport T3 outlet.[53]