Punggol Waterway Landscape Masterplan Design Competition

Under the Punggol vision "A Waterfront Town of the 21st Century", the new waterway runs along the East-West Corridor of Punggol Town and links up the Reservoirs at Sungei Punggol and Sungei Serangoon to form an enlarged water body thereby bringing water closer to people.

The proposed Waterway will meander through the town and create a delightful waterfront environment for all. There will be promenades on both sides of the Waterway where residents can go for a leisurely stroll or bicycle ride. In addition, the Waterway will allow more opportunities for water-based recreational activities and sports, right next to the homes.


Competition Details

The design competition will incorporate the water-based sports and leisure activities with the following:

- Landscape design for the 4.2km waterway and two tributaries (1.3km)
- A 10m wide promenade on both sides of the waterway
- Town Park

It will also include the integration and connectivity of pedestrian bridges, water features, common greens and facilities to the overall landscape masterplan of the waterway.

The aims to draw fresh, innovative and new ideas on the landscaping of the Waterway, the landscape Masterplan Design Competition (details for requirement) was launched on 17 May 08 during the "Shaping My Punggol" Exhibition. The submission had closed on 16 September 2008.


Source: Remaking Our Heartlands website

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23 May 2008 (Friday)

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Government to spend S$30m on Punggol Waterfront Town

Channel NewsAsia - Thursday, May 22

SINGAPORE : The government will spend about S$30 million to develop key features of the new Punggol Waterfront Town.

Most of that amount — S$25 million — will go towards the man—made Punggol Waterway, which will be constructed next year.

The waterway will be the focal point of activities, according to plans by the Housing and Development Board (HDB).

Professional planners have been invited to submit designs and concepts to develop the areas along the waterway.

Punggol residents have a lot to look forward to. They will soon have plenty of activities that are centred around a new 4.2—kilometre waterway.

The waterway will connect Sungei Serangoon and Sungei Punggol. It will snake through various areas, including the proposed Town Centre — bringing water and water activities closer to residents.

Dr Johnny Wong, Deputy Director, Building Technology Department, HDB, said: "We are hoping that it will promote activities like canoeing, some passive walking along the waterways, and even alfresco dining. So we are quite excited about this project."

Architects, engineers and landscape planners have been invited to enter the Punggol Waterway Landscape Masterplan Design Competition. Interested groups were brought to the sites of some of the developments — including the waterway — on Wednesday.

The waterway will be built mostly on vacant land, so that there will be minimal disruption to the surrounding areas.

Mabel Goh, Director, Design Link Architects, said: "We have done quite a fair bit of public housing and it's not new to us. The exciting thing is to redesign public housing with spaces, balconies overlooking the waterways and even private space to integrate with the waterways..."

Leonard Ng, Landscape Architect, Atelier Dreiseitl Asia, said: "It has to be considered in the urban context. We have to relate it to the buildings around it, to the open spaces, the parks around, and how the edge of the river can connect the people and engage the people.

"And so the challenge would be how to carry that out while still being mindful about the safety and security aspects."

The winner of the competition will be announced in November and stands to win S$300,000 and will work with the HDB to develop the Punggol area.

Punggol Town will have 96,000 housing units eventually, with 60 percent allocated for public housing and the rest for private housing.

The residential areas will also house eco—friendly features and be a showcase for green technology. — CNA/ms

"Shaping My Punggol" Exhibition (17-18 May)

Dear Resident,

Following PM's NDR speech 2007 and the successful exhibition and public consultation of "Remaking Our Heartland" plans for Punggol in Sep 07, HDB will be holding an exhibition to inform you on the progress of the plans exhibited and to engage you further in shaping the Punggol plans.

Exhibition Details

2. We would like to invite you to visit this exciting exhibition "Shaping My Punggol" and be updated on the plans for Punggol. The details are shown in the following :

Date/Time :
17 May 08 (Sat) - 12 pm to 9 pm
18 May 08 (Sun) - 10 am to 9 pm

Venue :
Open Field Next to Punggol Plaza

3. In conjunction with this event, HDB is organizing three competitions i.e. Colouring Contest (on-the-spot registration), the Children's Art Competition and Model Making Competition on 17 May 08. The competitions are organized to create awareness and engage residents on their ideas of the Punggol Town and the proposed Waterway. Attractive prizes will be given away and HDB will also be displaying some of the commendable art entries during the exhibition. Pre-registration for the competitions will be closed on 15 May 08(Thurs). Forms can be submitted to either the Punggol 21 Committee Club or the HDB Sengkang Branch Office.

Call for Ideas Exercise

4. The Call for Ideas Exercise will also be launched at the exhibition. This is an islandwide exercise to invite residents to submit ideas for the future developments on both sides of the proposed waterway based on the theme "Green Living by the Waters".

5. We would like to strongly encourage you to contribute your ideas through our "Remaking Our Heartland" webpage at www.hdb.gov.sg from 17 May 08.

6. We look forward to you visiting the exhibition!

Sengkang Branch Office
Housing & Development Board