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Project: Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru – Terminal 2
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Architect: SOM
Completion Year: 2023
Size Building Gross Area: 380,000 square meters
Gates: 28
Sustainability Certifications: LEED BD+C NC [New Construction] Gold, BD+C, Gold. IGBC N/A [IGBC] NC [New Construction] Platinum, N/A [IGBC], Platinum
Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall

''טרמינל בגן'' החדש של משרד האדריכלות SOM מקבל את פני הנוסעים בנמל התעופה הבינלאומי קמפגוודה- מסוף LEED פלטינום החדש, המאושר מראש, מבטא מחדש את חווית הנסיעה עם עיצוב בהשראת מורשת 'עיר הגנים' של בנגלורו, הודו. Bangalore International Airport Limited [BIAL] ו-Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [SOM] הודיעו כי טרמינל 2 החדש בנמל התעופה הבינלאומי קמפגוודה בנגלורו [BLR] מקבל את פני הנוסעים הבינלאומיים.


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall

Inspired by the city of Bengaluru’s reputation as “the garden city,” Terminal 2 is a serene multimodal transit hub that radically reimagines the airport experience. The 255,000-square-meter terminal, which increases the airport’s annual passenger capacity by 25 million, is a striking civic gateway that emphasizes Bengaluru’s rich culture and natural landscape. The new construction marks a transformative moment for one of India’s largest cities and establishes BLR Airport as one of the world’s premier airports.  

In the front of Terminal 2, a 123,000-square-meter multimodal transit hub will serve as the nexus for the entire airport and a connector between BLR Airport and the city of Bengaluru. This upcoming T-shaped, two level space simplifies access to public transit and acts as an outdoor retail, event, and entertainment area for locals and travelers alike. From this transit hub, through the terminal entrance, and extending to the gates, passengers experience a series of spaces tied together by lush landscaping, both interior and exterior, overhead and sunken. The design establishes a new vision for sustainable growth, serving as an opportunity to revitalize Bengaluru’s sense of place. Terminal 2 serves as a new civic square for the city of Bengaluru, a gateway to BLR Airport’s international destinations, and a calming oasis within the bustle of an international airport.


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall

Conceived as a “terminal in a garden,” SOM’s design, in collaboration with landscape architects Grant Associates and designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla [AJSK], connects travelers to nature. The main terminal block, which houses check-in, immigration, security, retail, arrivals, and baggage claim, is separated from Terminal 2’s gates by a multilevel “forest belt,” a 90-meter-wide swath of lushly planted landscape, marked by indigenous flora, meandering paths, and multistory pavilions clad in bamboo. For arriving and departing passengers alike, the network of bridges and outdoor pathways creates an immersive and calming experience, juxtaposing the activity of an international airport. Throughout the terminal, a variety of hanging plantings and skylights complete the space with rich, sensory detail. The finishes emulate the textured local landscape with bamboo materials and custom furnishings clad in locally sourced ivory brown granite, umbered red bricks, and traditionally woven rattan. The garden design reminds travelers of the rich landscape scenery of the verdant city, transforming the traveler experience into a multi-sensory one.

The terminal’s structural system and rectilinear form is designed to be efficient and sustainable, even allowing flexibility to accommodate changes over time, to support the continued growth of air travel in Bengaluru. T2 has been recognized as the largest terminal in the world to have been pre-certified as a LEED Platinum building by US Green Building Council [USGBC], prior to commencing operations. The terminal has also received the Indian Green Building Council [IGBC] Platinum certification for its sustainable architecture and design. In addition to the visible extensive outdoor areas, the terminal implements numerous sophisticated sustainable innovations, enabling the terminal to run entirely on renewable energy. The abundant vegetation uses water that is harvested on site and the indoor waterfalls cool the interior environment.

Right from the inception, the engineering was focused on reduced embodied carbon and designing a structure that maximizes the use of the material sourced and fabricated locally, making it a beacon of the government’s ‘Make in India’ policy, said SOM Structural Engineering Principal Preetam Biswas.

Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall

Developed in collaboration with landscape architects Grant Associates and designers Abu Jani/Sandeep Khosla, SOM’s “terminal in a garden” connects travelers to nature.  From the transit hub, through the terminal entrance, and extending to the gates, passengers move through a sequence of spaces marked by distinctive garden elements, including green walls and hanging gardens. The ceiling, made of layers of cross-laid engineered bamboo, filters light much like a garden pavilion. The finishes throughout Terminal 2 make skillful use of locally sourced materials including ivory brown granite, umber red bricks, and traditionally woven rattan. Between the gate concourses and the terminal building is the “forest belt”–a 90-meter-wide swath of lushly planted landscape. To reach the gates, passengers cross covered, open-air bridges, which provide a dramatic experience of immersion in the landscape. Footpaths within the forest belt provide access to dining concessions and other amenities. 


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall


Photos: Ar. Ekansh Goel © Studio Recall