- Jan 10, 2022

SkyResidences@Dawson

Updated: Jan 30, 2022

A new Beginning for Tanglin Halt Residents

SkyResidences@Dawson overseeing Queenstown Stadium

The SkyResidences@Dawson is the latest mega residential project in Queenstown, along Margaret Drive. The previous mega project was SkyVille@Dawson which is just a few blocks away. It consists of 8 residential blocks with sky gardens in the mid-levels of each block. This development is largely catered the to relocation of nearby Tanglin Halt residents as the area will be repossessed by the authorities for redevelopment. In fact there are a few other areas within Queenstown that were built for this purpose, such as Dawson Vista, SkyParc@Dawson, SkyOasis@Dawson and Forfar Heights. So you can imagine the number of residents being affected by this mega project! By the way this development is also known as Dawson Site A.

One of the most important feature of SkyResidences@Dawson is that these sky gardens are linked together by sky bridges and some of them are open roof.

A look at the sky-gardens at the mid-levels.

These sky gardens are linked together with sky bridges.

Just like all the new housing developments in Singapore in recent years, these sky gardens are equipped with fitness facilities and also seating areas for residents to chill out.

An open roof sky garden with fitness facilities.

An open roof seating area with an unobstructed view of the skyline.

Since these sky gardens are located at quite a height compared to neighbouring older estates with roughly less than 20 storeys, it is not hard to get an unobstructed view of the surrounding areas. In the far, you can actually see the container cranes at Pasir Panjang Port.

It is located very close to Queenstown MRT station (the blue building as shown below) with just roughly 5 minutes of slow walk. There is also no lack of public facilities nearby such as Queenstown Stadium and Swimming Complex.

A view from sky garden.

Another view from the sky garden in the Northern direction.

Also within the development at SkyResidences@Dawson, there will be commercial spaces for retail shops and a multi-storey hawker centre (just like Taman Jurong Food Centre) which is pretty rare considering new housing developments do not usually come with hawker centres. The best one can get are probably coffee shops.

This building you see here was previously a market and has been conserved, which will see it being revitalised as a commercial retail building.

The 5-storey building that is behind will be the hawker centre.

This round circular building will house community services.

Located opposite the estate is Queenstown Public Library, which is Singapore's oldest public library after the demolition of Central Lending Library @ Stamford Road.

Besides the sky garden, there will also be a 'gym' at the lower floors with fitness facilities. Just like the skybridges, this floor is also linked between the blocks for easy access. I believe these facilities are housed on a dedicated floor in SkyResidences@Dawson rather than a courtyard are due to land scarcity, and also majority of the residents are old folks which allow them to exercise and mingle around with friends no matter rain or shine.

There is also no lack of seats in the void decks.

These bicycle racks are quite limited since residents in Queenstown rely more on the well developed public transportation rather than bicycle due to its close proximity to town area and not much recreational place in the vicinity for cycling.

Common rubbish and recycling chutes are located near to the lift landings located on every floor.

Nothing fanciful about the letter boxes here which is located close to the lift landings at the void deck.

A common lift landing.

Besides the nearby Queenstown MRT Station, there are 2 bus-stops situated just a few steps away from the estate. The one you see below is along Margaret Drive and another one along Commonwealth Ave. Buses in both bus stops will ply through nearby MRT stations such as Queenstown, Commonwealth and Redhill.

As for car owners, there will be 2 multi-storey carparks available in the estate and both entrance/exit points are along Margaret Drive.

Lastly we will end our post with a look at the roof garden located at the top of the multi-storey carpark. While the garden is too hot to visit during the daytime, I'm sure it will be a pleasant experience during the evenings.