Changi Airport T2 Expansion, Singapore

Changi Airport Group

Programme Director : Tan Lye Teck

Architects ; Boiffils Architecture and RSP   Lighting : Ph. Almon

Botanical Design : Patrick Blanc

2019 to 2023

  • The Forest Cathedral at Changi T 2, Singapore

    The Forest Cathedral at Changi T 2, Singapore

  • One of the green totem columns at Changi T 2, plant species selection and design by Patrick Blanc

    One of the green totem columns at Changi T 2, plant species selection and design by Patrick Blanc

  • Patrick Blanc in discussion with Yeo Kia Thye and Tan Lye Teck on the inauguration day of the expansion and revamping of Changi T2, 1st Nov. 2023

    Patrick Blanc in discussion with Yeo Kia Thye and Tan Lye Teck on the inauguration day of the expansion and revamping of Changi T2, 1st Nov. 2023

  • Tan Lye Teck, Pascal Heni and Patrick Blanc during a friendly drink at the end of the Changi T2 airport refurbishment and expansion, Singapore, Oct. 2023

    Tan Lye Teck, Pascal Heni and Patrick Blanc during a friendly drink at the end of the Changi T2 airport refurbishment and expansion, Singapore, Oct. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc and Pascal Heni above the Dreamscape Garden in Changi T2 airport, Singapore, 1st Nov. 2023

    Patrick Blanc and Pascal Heni above the Dreamscape Garden in Changi T2 airport, Singapore, 1st Nov. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc and Pascal Heni with Sim Lian Ong, Daniel Foo, Dorothy Lim and Qian Yi Lee at the inauguration of the expansion and refurbishing of Changi T2 airport, 1st November 2023

    Patrick Blanc and Pascal Heni with Sim Lian Ong, Daniel Foo, Dorothy Lim and Qian Yi Lee at the inauguration of the expansion and refurbishing of Changi T2 airport, 1st November 2023

  • Patrick Blanc observing the top areas of the Dreamscape Garden while Philippe Almon is checking the lighting in all the areas, Changi T2 expansion and refurbishing, 1st Nov. 2023

    Patrick Blanc observing the top areas of the Dreamscape Garden while Philippe Almon is checking the lighting in all the areas, Changi T2 expansion and refurbishing, 1st Nov. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc and Henri Boiffils on the inauguration day of the Changi T2 airport expansion, 1st Nov. 2023, twenty years after their collaboration for the green screens at Emporium and Siam Paragon in Bangkok

    Patrick Blanc and Henri Boiffils on the inauguration day of the Changi T2 airport expansion, 1st Nov. 2023, twenty years after their collaboration for the green screens at Emporium and Siam Paragon in Bangkok

  • Patrick Blanc with Lye Teck Tan, Khaja Nazimuddeen, Qian Yi Lee, Daniel Foo, Luke Lee and Dorothy Lim just after checking the work in progress at the new transit garden in Changi T 2, Aug. 2023

    Patrick Blanc with Lye Teck Tan, Khaja Nazimuddeen, Qian Yi Lee, Daniel Foo, Luke Lee and Dorothy Lim just after checking the work in progress at the new transit garden in Changi T 2, Aug. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc checking the growth of his Begonia blancii on the structures of the new transit garden at Changi T 2, Aug. 2023

    Patrick Blanc checking the growth of his Begonia blancii on the structures of the new transit garden at Changi T 2, Aug. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc and Khaja Nazimuddeen, at the head of the Horticulture team at Changi Airports, checking the growth of the plants on the new installations, Aug. 2023

    Patrick Blanc and Khaja Nazimuddeen, at the head of the Horticulture team at Changi Airports, checking the growth of the plants on the new installations, Aug. 2023

  • Baggage Claim Planters at Changi T 2, plant design by Patrick Blanc

    Baggage Claim Planters at Changi T 2, plant design by Patrick Blanc

  • North Duplex  to Jewel rendering, Changi T 2

    North Duplex to Jewel rendering, Changi T 2

  • North Duplex to Jewel, Changi T 2, plant species selection and design by Patrick Blanc

    North Duplex to Jewel, Changi T 2, plant species selection and design by Patrick Blanc

  • Patrick Blanc, 19 years old, during his first field trip in the forests of Malaysia and Thailand, August 1972

    Patrick Blanc, 19 years old, during his first field trip in the forests of Malaysia and Thailand, August 1972

  • First vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc in his parent's home, Suresnes, 1978

    First vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc in his parent's home, Suresnes, 1978

  • Cryptocoryne x timahensis, specimen collected by Patrick Blanc in July 1991, this is the first specimen deposited in the Singapore Herbarium, 10 years before the description naming this new hybrid species

    Cryptocoryne x timahensis, specimen collected by Patrick Blanc in July 1991, this is the first specimen deposited in the Singapore Herbarium, 10 years before the description naming this new hybrid species

  • Patrick Blanc and Cryptocoryne x timahensis, 25 years after he did deposit the first specimens at the Singapore Botanic Gardens Herbarium in 1991, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore , Aug. 2016

    Patrick Blanc and Cryptocoryne x timahensis, 25 years after he did deposit the first specimens at the Singapore Botanic Gardens Herbarium in 1991, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore , Aug. 2016

  • Patrick Blanc observing the dark brown leaves of Barclaya kunstleri, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore, Nov. 2023

    Patrick Blanc observing the dark brown leaves of Barclaya kunstleri, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore, Nov. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc showing the long terminal lobe of the frond of the epiphytic fern Goniophlebium percussum, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore, Nov. 2023

    Patrick Blanc showing the long terminal lobe of the frond of the epiphytic fern Goniophlebium percussum, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore, Nov. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc observing the spiral arrangement of the plagiotropic lateral branches in Lasianthus attenuatus, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore, Aug. 2016

    Patrick Blanc observing the spiral arrangement of the plagiotropic lateral branches in Lasianthus attenuatus, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore, Aug. 2016

  • Patrick Blanc and Rhaphidophora korthalsii at Bukit Timah, Singapore, March 2019

    Patrick Blanc and Rhaphidophora korthalsii at Bukit Timah, Singapore, March 2019

  • Patrick Blanc among the leaves of Licuala ferruginea, Mac Ritchie, Singapore, March 2019

    Patrick Blanc among the leaves of Licuala ferruginea, Mac Ritchie, Singapore, March 2019

  • Patrick Blanc at the base of a vertical overshaded perhumid karst covered by a population of Paraboea vulpina, Ipoh, Malaysia, April 2023

    Patrick Blanc at the base of a vertical overshaded perhumid karst covered by a population of Paraboea vulpina, Ipoh, Malaysia, April 2023

  • Patrick Blanc behind a rock covered by Impatiens verticillata, a rheophytic species, Munnar, Kerala, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc behind a rock covered by Impatiens verticillata, a rheophytic species, Munnar, Kerala, India, Jan. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc observing a dense flowering population of Ranunculus fluitans in the Loire river, Blois, France, May 2022

    Patrick Blanc observing a dense flowering population of Ranunculus fluitans in the Loire river, Blois, France, May 2022

  • Patrick Blanc and Anthurium esmeraldense, Mashpi FR, Pichincha, Ecuador, Aug. 2021

    Patrick Blanc and Anthurium esmeraldense, Mashpi FR, Pichincha, Ecuador, Aug. 2021

  • Patrick Blanc in a forest stream, close to a Piper and under an epiphytic Bromeliaceae, Mashpi FR, Pichincha, Ecuador, Aug. 2021

    Patrick Blanc in a forest stream, close to a Piper and under an epiphytic Bromeliaceae, Mashpi FR, Pichincha, Ecuador, Aug. 2021

  • Patrick Blanc and a big clump of Zamioculcas zamiifolia anchored in a rock fissure in forest understory, Kimboza FR, Uluguru, Tanzania, Jan.2021

    Patrick Blanc and a big clump of Zamioculcas zamiifolia anchored in a rock fissure in forest understory, Kimboza FR, Uluguru, Tanzania, Jan.2021

  • Patrick Blanc on a vertical bank covered by Begonia nelumbonifolia, Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Jan. 2020

    Patrick Blanc on a vertical bank covered by Begonia nelumbonifolia, Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Jan. 2020

  • Patrick Blanc observing the flowers distributed along the leafless vertical stem of the monocaulous Hoffmannia cauliflora, Mirador Rey Tepepul, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Dec. 2019

    Patrick Blanc observing the flowers distributed along the leafless vertical stem of the monocaulous Hoffmannia cauliflora, Mirador Rey Tepepul, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Dec. 2019

  • Patrick Blanc among the Alocasia robusta leaves, Sepilok FR, Sabah, Borneo, July 2022

    Patrick Blanc among the Alocasia robusta leaves, Sepilok FR, Sabah, Borneo, July 2022

  • Patrick Blanc under the roof of an old tongkonan Toraja house, covered  by mosses and ferns thanks to the heavy rainfall all the year round, Lemo, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019

    Patrick Blanc under the roof of an old tongkonan Toraja house, covered by mosses and ferns thanks to the heavy rainfall all the year round, Lemo, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019

  • Patrick Blanc under a fountain topped by a huge clump of Colocasia esculenta, a suggestion for the outdoor patios at Changi Airport, Singapore

    Patrick Blanc under a fountain topped by a huge clump of Colocasia esculenta, a suggestion for the outdoor patios at Changi Airport, Singapore

  • Rhododendron formosanum branches covered by mosses, Cilan forest, Taiwan June 2007, an inspiration from Nature for the new  green structures at Changi T 2

    Rhododendron formosanum branches covered by mosses, Cilan forest, Taiwan June 2007, an inspiration from Nature for the new green structures at Changi T 2

  • Pyrrosia lanceolata along branches of a coastal tree, Ruaniu, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands by Patrick Blanc, an inspiration for the hanging blades at Gourmet Garden in Changi T 2

    Pyrrosia lanceolata along branches of a coastal tree, Ruaniu, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands by Patrick Blanc, an inspiration for the hanging blades at Gourmet Garden in Changi T 2

  • Selenicereus testudo, a cactus tightly appressed to tree branches, Guatemala, photo by Patrick Blanc, an inspiration from Nature for the new hanging structures at Changi T 2

    Selenicereus testudo, a cactus tightly appressed to tree branches, Guatemala, photo by Patrick Blanc, an inspiration from Nature for the new hanging structures at Changi T 2

  • Plafond Végétal by Patrick Blanc for his exhibition at EDF Electra, Paris, Nov. 2006, an inspiration for the new hanging green structures at Changi T 2

    Plafond Végétal by Patrick Blanc for his exhibition at EDF Electra, Paris, Nov. 2006, an inspiration for the new hanging green structures at Changi T 2

  • Patrick Blanc under his Rain Forest Chandelier at EmQuartier, Bangkok, Aug.2015, an inspiration for the new green creations at Changi T 2

    Patrick Blanc under his Rain Forest Chandelier at EmQuartier, Bangkok, Aug.2015, an inspiration for the new green creations at Changi T 2

  • The Jungle Dragon Dance by Patrick Blanc at C Future City, Shenzhen, China, an inspiration for the new green structures at Changi T 2

    The Jungle Dragon Dance by Patrick Blanc at C Future City, Shenzhen, China, an inspiration for the new green structures at Changi T 2

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