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After an early breakfast, we set off on one of our most ambitious outings. Together with our Singaporean friend, who had already guided us through the rainforest, we dived into the absolute technological cutting edge of the city-state today.
1. Changi T5: When science fiction becomes real
At 10 am sharp we entered the exhibition “T5 In the Making” in Terminal 3.
It felt like jumping into a time machine, ten years into the future. The whole area was bathed in cool blue light, which underlined the futuristic atmosphere.
Particularly fascinating was meeting a humanoid robot that waved at us and gave us a warm welcome. I waved back, and it reacted immediately – a moment that felt almost utopian. We learned how the new Terminal 5 plans to tackle the shortage of skilled workers through massive automation:
• AI innovations: From self-driving baggage robots to biometric face scans and AI-controlled wheelchairs, everything will run fully automatically.
• A giant under construction: T5 will not be a simple terminal but a second airport on 1,080 hectares of land, able to handle 50 million additional passengers a year.
2. Singapore Odyssea: A journey through time with digital companions
After the future at the airport, we travelled back into the past at the National Museum. The installation “Singapore Odyssea” is a technical marvel created for the 60th anniversary of independence.
Each of us was given a digital companion that followed us every step of the way – mine was an orange bird, my wife’s a turtle. As we walked down the glass rotunda, these figures of light “followed” us along the walls through 700 years of history. It was a mystical experience: we started in modern Singapore and ended deep in prehistory with the ancient legends of the sea. At the end we released our light creatures at the “Tree of Life”, which triggered a spectacular show.
3. CapitaSpring: The jungle in the financial district
After a quick bite, we visited the CapitaSpring tower, a prime example of “biophilic design”.
• Above the clouds: On the 51st floor we enjoyed a 360-degree panoramic view from the Sky Garden. From up here, the huge ships in the Singapore Strait looked like toys.
• The vertical descent: Especially impressive was the way down from the 20th floor. We walked through the “Green Oasis”, a botanical garden with more than 38,000 plants spread over four floors in the middle of an office tower. Between glass facades and state-of-the-art offices, you walk through a vertical canyon of real jungle.
By the end of the day we were physically exhausted – my wife in particular could hardly take another step. But the impressions of this “odyssey” between high-tech robots and hanging gardens were worth every metre.
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