If you’ve been to Woodlands MRT, you’d notice the construction of a towering set of blocks right across the station. Rising up to thirty-two floors at its highest, these blocks form a dramatic outline against the Woodlands skyline. You’re looking at UrbanVille @ Woodlands, the latest Build-to-Order (BTO) project to be completed in the Woodlands area. The gap between the towering Blocks 908B and 909C has been designed to create a visual corridor from Woodlands Civic Centre all the way to Admiralty Park. To cap off this visual spectacle, a skybridge on the twenty-fourth floor connects the two tallest towers. This “urban window” perfectly frames urban living—harmony of human design with nature.
UrbanVille is the first of two Build-to-Order (BTO) projects in the Woodlands Central area—Woodlands’ main commercial and business hub. As a landmark development, this bold architectural statement is meant to anchor the design of the area. A proposed pedestrian mall and plaza will run along the visual corridor formed by UrbanVille, creating a central artery of activity along the
stunning “urban window”.
A Window into Woodlands
The first of its kind in the North, the skybridge at UrbanVille is open to anyone who wants a bird’s-eye view of Woodlands. See for yourself that Woodlands has everything—truly living up to its status as a regional hub. Looking North, you would be able to see the entire Republic Polytechnic campus and Admiralty Park, the largest park in the North. If you’re eagle-eyed, you might even be able to see Woodlands Waterfront. For fun-loving families, the 26 different slides in Admiralty Park are definitely worth a visit; you could even cap off a day of fun by watching the sun set over the waters at Woodlands Waterfront.
If that’s not enough nature for you, there is Fu Shan Garden to the east of UrbanVille and Woodlands Town Park East—home of the award-winning Woodlands Botanical Garden—to the west. If you look South from the skybridge, you would see Causeway Point, and Woodlands Civic Centre behind it. The jewel on Woodlands Civic Centre’s crown is its four-storey regional library, complete with a makerspace, activity rooms, and even a cafe.
Everything You Need
Woodlands has always been known as a border town, the final frontier before reaching our neighbours up North. With the upcoming RTS, it might be even easier to think of Woodlands as merely a gateway, not a hub. But if you choose to alight at Woodlands MRT station and take a look around, you’ll soon discover what Woodlands residents already know—there’s so much to do and see in Woodlands. Don’t just pass through, pass your time in Woodlands!