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Watertown is a sustainable integrated development located in Punggol, Singapore, next to Punggol MRT/LRT station.Designed by RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, the project features a retail and residential component; and is Punggol's first integrated waterfront development, with the Punggol Waterway located right next to the development.
The condominium was designed by Peter Pran and Timothy Johnson with leading design firm NBBJ. The two buildings include a glass facade, sculpted Marina Bay Tower to look like a sail, and configured the complex representative of a huge canyon, reflecting his utilisation of inspirations by the sun, the wind, and the water respectively.
The Kallang River and its tributaries were also canalised to prevent flooding. [3] The Kallang Basin area once formed part of mainland Singapore's southeastern coastline. Its access to the Singapore Straits was only cut off when the Marina Barrage was completed over the Marina Channel in 2008.
The Singapore River was seen as a valley between Fort Canning Hill, to the north side of the river, and Pearl's Hill, to the south side of the river. The roads on either bank of the Singapore River were named River Valley Road — the current River Valley Road and Havelock Road. Both these River Valley roads were present in John Turnbull ...
The main river running through Sembawang, the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) long Sungei Sembawang, flowed along a winding route and ended to the west of Sembawang Shipyard. Its middle section was diverted in the 1920s to provide the land needed for the British Naval Base. During the 1970s, the Northern portions of the river was straightened and canalized.
The condominium will feature Singapore's first floating deck and underwater marine viewing area in a residential development. The 180-metre floating deck will house several swimming pools of different sizes and a private marine viewing area for residents and their visitors to view and appreciate the marine ecology in the historic King's Dock ...
The founder of modern Singapore, Stamford Raffles, could have originally landed on Singapore in the Kallang Riverside Park, instead of the Raffles' Landing Site on the Singapore River. Based on the Cho Clan Archives, Raffles ordered his ship's carpenter, Chow Ah Chi, to lead the way in posting the British East India Company flag on mainland ...
Hougang (IPA: /ˌ(h)aʊˈkɑːŋ/ [a]) is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It is the largest housing estate in Singapore based on land area, and is home to 247,528 residents as of 2018. [5]