The Punggol Master Plan has won an award at the recent Excellence on the Waterfront Awards in the Plan Honour category.
Conferred by the US-based Waterfront Centre, the Excellence on the Waterfront Awards is in recognition of top quality design and development work on waterfronts.
According to the website, the jury felt the Master Plan Punggol is “an important example for emerging nations of the world of how to tackle a complex set of variables in a creative way.”
Under the plan, Punggol will feature seven distinctive waterfront housing districts, each with a unique identity and character.
“The Punggol plan is in some ways unique to Singapore because of its governance system and growth patterns. Nonetheless it provides a model for thoughtful, sustainable development in countries with high population growth in waterfront communities. The jury saw the master plan for Punggol as a big step toward that end which is sure to gain notice in this part of the world,” Waterfront Centre added.
HDB’s CEO Cheong Koon Hean said, “It is a privilege for us to be recognised on the global stage with this award. HDB will continue to apply our knowledge of sustainable urban planning as a guiding principle for other HDB towns.”
The Waterway East and West districts in Punggol will be completed by 2015, and plans to develop Punggol as a sustainable waterfront town continues to be realised over the next five to 10 years, HDB added.
The Waterfront Center is a non-profit educational organisation Washington, DC, and the Excellence on the Waterfront Awards was initiated in 1987.
Image source: HDB
Muneerah Bee, Senior Journalist at PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact her about this or other stories email muneerah@propertyguru.com.sg
Source: PropertyGuru (18 Nov 2014)