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The Housing Board has unveiled four developments billed as the new generation of neighbourhood centres. Centres of They connect residents’ homes to public transport, provide a range of facilities and serve as community spaces. These centres feature sheltered plazas where residents can mingle, and green spaces for exercise and play, attraction as well as shops, restaurants, foodcourts, supermarkets, and childcare and enrichment centres.

NORTHSHORE PLAZA () Smart fans and lighting Meeting places Northshore Plaza Energy-ef cient smart lighting The sheltered open-air Punggol Expected completion: 2020 LRT system Gross oor area: 19,500 sq m adjusts according to human traf c, community plaza can

while smart fans also take into host events or serve as Y Northshore Plaza provides a sheltered, A PUNGGOL account wind speed and temperature. a gathering space. W ROAD shop-lined walk from Samudera LRT station L On the second oor, O to the seafront, as well as a park and G Punggol smaller “community G N meeting spaces for residents. U station pods” provide other P

spaces where residents

can meet and relax.

Linked to homes Link bridges connect Northshore Plaza to GRAPHICS: G. CHANDRADAS Transport links neighbouring HDB blocks. An elevated walkway connects Northshore Plaza with Samudera LRT station.

Smart carpark In the underground carpark which is shared with the neighbouring HDB blocks, a smart carpark management system monitors parking demand. It can make Waterfront promenade Green space unused season parking The sheltered neighbourhood Alongside the main building spaces temporarily centre leads right up to Punggol is a park with tness stations, available to visitors. Promenade on the seafront. a playground, and a dragony pond.

OASIS TERRACES (PUNGGOL) Oasis Terraces BUANGKOK SQUARE () CANBERRA PLAZA (SEMBAWANG) D OA Buangkok R Expected completion: 2018 Punggol Expected completion: 2018 Buangkok Expected completion: 2019 G Square AN YISHUN Gross oor area: 27,400 sq m station Gross oor area: 7,900 sq m station Gross oor area: 11,000 sq m W PUNGGOL DRIVE A B AVENUE 8 PUNGGOL CENTRAL M CANBERRA Located next to Oasis LRT station, this The neighbouring HDB project’s multi-storey Elevated linkways take residents straight from E (FUTURE S LINK air-conditioned neighbourhood centre carpark is located on the upper oors of Canberra MRT station, through shops and gardens, ROAD) PUNGGOL FIELD boasts a series of terraced multi-coloured Buangkok Square, above shops, restaurants and BUANGKOK GREEN BUANGKOK and onwards into their homes. The three-storey

gardens leading down to Punggol Waterway. enrichment centres for children. The sheltered DRIVE building includes a water playground and a Canberra

Besides commercial and social facilities, community plaza ows straight into the adjacent childcare centre that opens onto a landscaped

Punggol East

YIO CHU KANG Plaza

Canberra

it will house one of ’s largest neighbourhood park, allowing residents to stroll green space, with play facilities for younger

LRT system

ROAD

station (U/C) polyclinics, Punggol Polyclinic. seamlessly from shops to gardens. residents and tness stations for older ones.

GRAPHICS: G. CHANDRADAS

Source: HOUSING BOARD ARTIST’S IMPRESSIONS: HDB ST GRAPHICS