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How Bengaluru Airport's new terminal is like a walk in the garden

Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate the 'garden terminal' today

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Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Bengaluru Airport's Terminal 2 today, the region’s busiest airport will join the ranks of Hamad International Airport in Doha and the Changi Airport in Singapore, which boast gardens and lush greens inside their terminals.

"Sustainability and wellness have been critical considerations at each stage of the design process,” said Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the Chicago-headquartered architectural and urban planning firm that has designed Bengaluru airport's new terminal. “The building’s extensive outdoor areas were designed in an effort to maximise wellness prior to the Covid-19 pandemic; today, the wisdom of integrating generous outdoor spaces

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