Canberra is a new residential town in the northern part of Singapore that is undergoing a rapid transformation, from a sleepy landed housing estate with a shipbuilding factory and a lot of empty plots of land, to the future housing estate that serves residents from Sembawang, Yishun and even Woodlands. It is in this new estate that a new award-winning condominium will unfold, with its 2 to 4 bedroom apartment designs readily available to see in The Watergardens at Canberra floor plan.
The initiation of the township began with the opening of the new Canberra MRT station, which serves commuters travelling northward to Woodlands, westward to Jurong East and southward to the city. It is completed and started operations from November 2019, and it is the first of its kind in Singapore where the train platform is directly connected to an overhead bridge at the same level, for quick movement of commuters in and out of the station. It is the first MRT station in Singapore to be given the Platinum Award for BCA’s Green Mark, Transit Stations Category, because of the integration of landscaping with its functional elements, and the use of environmentally friendly materials in its construct. It is with this same goal that The Watergardens at Canberra Showflat aims to showcase the development’s similar concept in building its 5-storey tower residences.
For all its new developments, the region’s dense and vast nature spots will be retained, like its nature parks, jogging trails and the famous hot springs. This is a common trend nowadays, with new condos like the Dairy Farm Residences near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve also combining modern living within a nature backdrop. This attracts new home owners looking for a home away from the bustling city. In fact a large proportion of city dwellers yearn for some greenery around their homes, instead of facing a concrete jungle which they already are at the office. It is surprising to see that commuters are willing to travel that 15 minutes more to work if they can own an abode close to nature yet not too far from key amenities. It is with these trends that housing developers are hitching on in their latest building and home designs for the modern individual.