The space is split into two sections. Punggol Waterway Park is segmented into 4 distinct areas namely Recreation Zone Heritage Zone Nature Cover and Green Gallery.
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Residential eco-town providing a high-quality living environment amidst a dense green and blue network.
Punggol eco-town history. Beginning in the 1960s Punggol became known as a waterfront location populated mainly by seafood restaurants and watersports facilities thanks to amenities for wakeboarders waterskiing and. An interactive architectural model of Punggol will give you a birds-eye view of the entire town including its 7 signature waterfront districts. In 2010 Punggol was selected for development as Singapores first Eco-Town to enhance the living environment in its estates and encourage residents to do their part for the environment.
Punggol has been selected by HDB to be developed into its first eco-town in Singapore for the tropics. Punggol Eco-Town is Singapores first large-scale experiment to make public housing eco-friendly. The existing My WaterwayPunggol and the Punggol Waterway Park will be enhanced with green spaces expanding towards the north.
As HDBs first Eco-Town Punggol continues to serve as a good platform for the pursuit of green initiatives and sustainable solutions. Today it is also Singapores first Eco Town and HDBs testbed for innovation. Eco Punggol Share EcoPunggol Punggol is Singapores first eco-town.
The entire Punggol town with its housing precincts and the PDD provides a unique environment for innovation to prosper and for companies researchers students and even residents to work together on novel and impactful. This residential project focuses on multiple initiatives for sustainable living through effective energy water and waste management. This article presents the plans for the Punggol Eco-Town and eco-modernisation developed by Singapores Public Housing Authority Housing and Development Boards Building Research Institute as a model for the future development of next generation of eco-friendly homes and sustainable new towns in a dense urban environment setting in Singapore.
Bounding the town to the north and north-east is the Straits of. This builds on existing efforts by the Housing Development Board HDB to develop Punggol as Singapores first eco-town since 2010. Since 1960 its resident population has been progressively resettled from the once pervasive slums and squatter settlements to live in high-rise high-density self-contained public housing new towns.
Its rich heritage and a narrative that is relevant to our future makes Punggols story both compelling and interesting. With the launch of the first 2 housing parcels in smart and green Punggol Point District in August 2018 our plans to develop Punggol into an eco-town are well on their way to being realised. A short stretch of Old Punggol Road has been pedestrianised into a heritage trail within the existing Punggol Waterway Park.
Sustainable living initiatives have been implemented to enable eco-friendly high-rise living such as effective energy water and waste management. Punggol was developed to be the first eco-town in Singapore and the two iconic developments in Punggol would be the Punggol Waterway Park and TreelodgePunggol. An important historic landmark is Old Punggol Road which used to be a key transportation route for farm and fishing goods serving the many farms and kampongs in the area.
Northshore Plaza I and Northshore Plaza II Shops at Northshore Plaza I will open. Learn about the transformation of Punggol from its early days as a fishing village to where it is today. Kelong Bridge The Kelong Bridge captures the idyllic mood of old Punggol and its fishing villages.
If you would like to explore Punggol Waterway in its entirety get on an adventure by embarking on the Explorer Route. The route is approximately 84km and a leisure walk around the full loop takes half a day. With the help of multimedia showcases you can discover the rich history of Punggol and the developments that have defined its distinct Waterfront Town identity.
It houses a supermarket food court restaurants eateries shops childcare centre and enrichment centres. Discover the Eco Trails that will bring you around eco-destinations to explore the many green innovations that support eco-friendly high-rise living. You can also check out the highlights of our past Eco Learning Journeys and explore interesting Heartland Spots via the HDB Map Services.
Punggol alternatively spelled as Ponggol is a planning area and new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region of SingaporeThe town directly borders Sengkang to the south and shares riverine boundaries with the planning area of Seletar to the west and Pasir Ris to the east. Bidadari envisioned to be a tranquil urban oasis is also progressively taking shape with 7 BTO projects launched as of this FY each designed with a garden-like setting. Punggol Eco-town Singapore located 1 north of the equator in Southeast Asia is an island-state with a land area of 714 km and a population of 53 million.
Located in the heart of Northshore District in Punggol Eco-Town Northshore Plaza is the newest mall in Punggol. By the 1990s the city is. As the town continues to develop residents can look forward to new retail amenities more community and recreation facilities enhanced transport connectivity as well as more job opportunities close to home.
This is in line with our Roadmaps second thrust to develop sustainable towns. Once a neighborhood where the last pig farms in Singapore were cleared in the 1980s later speculated on as a site for a landfill Punggol is now characterized as a modern technologically innovative model sustainable town. Punggol was selected as HDBs first Eco-Town in Singapore due to the Punggol Waterway and Coney Island which was used for poultry pig and fish farming.
Kampong Punggol which was situated around the Punggol jetty was believed to have existed over 200 years ago even before the landing of Raffles in 1819. The sustainable features range from practical to highly innovative. Punggol Waterway and TreelodgePunggol are 2 such successful developments.
For more information and photo credits visit the Draft Master. Punggol used to be Singapores wild frontier and full of outdoor excitement. Once a fishing village a Malay kampung Punggol is today a technologically transformed green-living neighbourhood on the east coast of Singapore.
While Punggol has been developed to become one of the most modern estates on the island the area was actually believed to have one of the oldest settlements in Singapore.
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