T2, also called the “Terminal in a Backyard,” was inaugurated on Nov. 11, 2022, and started home operations Jan. 15, 2023. The terminal combines sustainable supplies, Indian design, gardens and a 250,000 sq. ft. panorama plaza simply outdoors the terminal. The plans assist take up carbon emissions.
 

Designed and developed as a Terminal in a Backyard, T2 provides passengers an expertise to discover the distinctive flora sourced from a number of ecological habitats in India.

Embraced in engineered bamboo, the terminal’s interiors provide a recent but traditional ambiance.

The terminal additionally includes a spacious indoor backyard with rammed-earth partitions and waterfalls, in addition to hanging planted bells, including to the terminal’s distinctive aesthetic.
 

Strolling by the terminal gives a way of awe with over 6 Lakh crops providing a backyard atmosphere. These crops are nourished by a totally automated irrigation system. T2’s design is impressed by the native space’s lush gardens and panorama design.
 

T2’s design additionally options parts like bamboo, hanging planted bells and waterfalls.
 

The terminal options 60 an artwork assortment from 43 artists celebrating India’s cultural heritage. Pictured, animated digital paintings by Tanya Mehta. Paryavarana (atmosphere) or “That Which Encircles Us” is an animated digital paintings that brings collectively the elements of Ritu (seasons) and Prakruti (nature) as described within the Atharva Veda. Each historical muses encourage pleasure, love, disgust, terror and marvel, and are the final word muses of artwork and the Naurasa.
 

Artworks are at strategic places round T2 and function beacons in a traveler’s journey, permitting passengers to pause, replicate and revel in. Pictured: Pictures on backlit glass by Ganesh Shankar. 

“After a couple of journeys to the forest, I zeroed in on making a picture of a bamboo forest. It was a tremendous feeling to stroll below the cover of bamboo timber and I wished passengers travelling by BLR Airport to benefit from the peace and serenity I skilled,” says photographer Ganesh H. Shankar. Whereas the picture holds up the great thing about bamboo, it additionally enhances the attractive interiors of T2.
 

The brand new 255,000 sq m (250,000 sq. ft.) terminal is designed and constructed on 4 key pillars and displays Bengaluru’s wealthy tradition, historical past, its nature because the backyard metropolis and know-how hub of India. Unfold over 4 ranges, the terminal is constructed for seamless departures and simple arrivals which are facilitated on completely different flooring.

In Part 1, T2 is designed to accommodate 25 million passengers every year (MPPA), aligning with its imaginative and prescient of mixing performance with aesthetic enchantment.
 

Terminal 2 has gates that may deal with one widebody or two narrowbody plane, for each worldwide and home flights.