The diversity of towns and areas that encompass Singapore’s North-East planning region is a snapshot of Singapore’s urban development journey over the past half-century and more. It covers mature HDB towns like Ang Mo Kio and Bishan to burgeoning new estates like Lentor.
Over the past year or so, long-term development plans across this planning area have been coming to fruition. Singapore’s version of Silicon Valley, the technology hub in the US, is taking root in Punggol. Meanwhile, major infrastructure projects like the Cross Island Line look set to unlock the development potential of previously overlooked estates.
These development plans, supported by an influx of new residential areas, will continue to shape the profile and urban growth story of this thriving region for many more years to come.
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The largest Master Plan project in the North-East Region of Singapore is the ongoing development of the Punggol Digital District (PDD), billed as Singapore’s first business district dedicated to the growth industries of the digital economy.
The development plans for this sprawling 50ha enterprise district were unveiled in 2018, and the PDD was touted as the country’s first integrated smart district built from the ground up.
JTC is the master planner and developer behind this new enterprise hub, which Woha Architects is designing. The PDD has already clinched BCA’s Platinum Award for Green Mark Districts.
The PDD has been carved out of the burgeoning Punggol New Town, which is steadily growing into one of Singapore’s largest HDB residential towns. Close to 200,000 residents live within its 844ha planning area.
In addition to housing growth industries like cybersecurity and digital technology, the PDD promises to be an inclusive and green lifestyle destination for the surrounding residential community.
Some of the community amenities that will be built there include a public community playground and landscaped area, a new market village offering retail and dining options, as well as a 1.3km tree-lined heritage trail connecting Punggol Waterway Park to Punggol Point Park.
Source: Edgeprop
