Kempegowda International Airport, India

Architecture studio SOM has designed a terminal for the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, India, that draws on the city's heritage and landscape. Designed as a "terminal in a garden", the plant-filled project aims to propose a calming alternative to the bustle of a typical international airport. The terminal increases the airport's annual capacity by 25 million passengers, with the structural system also designed to enable future alterations as needed.

The 255,000-square-metre terminal is fronted by a transit hub that will serve as a key connection point, while also accommodating outdoor retail, event and entertainment space. Visitors navigate the terminal through a sequence of spaces connected by bridges and pathways, interspersed by water features and stepped gardens. The "forest belt", a 90-meter-wide landscaped stretch, provides distinction between the main block – housing check-in and security – and the terminal's gates.

Inside, the studio adorned the terminal's engineered bamboo structure with hanging plants and greenery, creating bright and airy interiors lit by roof openings. Complementing the terminal's bamboo structure, bespoke furnishings clad with locally sourced granite, red bricks and traditionally woven rattan were used throughout the interior. According to the studio, the implementation of sustainable strategies enables the terminal to run solely on renewable energy.

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