Top Bottom, Bottom Top – A Think City Perspective on influencing policy PART I – INTRODUCTION OF THINK CITY Social Purpose Organisation OWNED & FUNDED

3 4 Think City is a Think & Do Tank towards Community-Led Urban Regeneration. We help local governments translate policy into practice. Vision: To make cities more people friendly by catalysing change in the ways cities are planned, developed, and celebrated. Historic City George Town Secondary City 2009 Butterworth 2014

Capital City East 2015

Border City Johor Bahru 2016

Kuching

Offices Projects/Advisory Think Big Act Small 8 www.thinkcity.com.my Pillars Of Delivery

Local Government & Government Bodies

PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE GRANTS PARTNERSHIPS Public Grants Corporations & Programme global experts

9 10 11 12 13 14 PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES Penang State Strategy 2030

16 Some of Our Partners Key Statistics

1:3 RM 300Mil 726 Co-Investment Ratio In Co-Investment Total Projects 2009 - 2018

RM Mil 90 RMRM 600600MilMil Total Funding TotalTotal Economic Economic Value Value PART II – THE GEORGE TOWN TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME Late 1900s

Source: Penang Monthly 20 George Town World Heritage Site GEORGE TOWN 2008

About Project George Town in Decline REBRANDING OF GEORGE TOWN: Hub & Home Heritage Culture Cuisine

COLONIAL SHOPHOUSES NYONYA WEDDING STREET FOOD picture: labDNA 2015 Key Drivers

2 5 Grants Programme: Seven Terraces, George Town Before After Seven Terraces, George Town 28 After

Public Realm Work The Rejuvenation of Armenian Park, George Town Penang

Before

ARMENIAN PARK PENANG The Rejuvenation of Armenian Park, George Town Penang Stakeholder Engagement

ARMENIAN PARK PENANG

Working with communities and local council. Regular face-to-face engagement ensure people are involved from the start –especially with the traders. After www.thinkcity.com.my Activating the space with music ISSUES tackled.. Residents’ view on the quality of the park

92% 82% 82% 67%

2% 7% 2% 7%

cleanliness walkability Reductionof safety noise level

before after Park Usage

Residents’ use of the park

54% 33% 19% 22% 9% 9% 11% 15%

talk with friends exercise people watch sit and relax

before

after Grants Programme: Hock Teik Shophouses – Façade Restoration Results in George Town After 7 Years 2009 - 2014 > 200 Projects Worth RM17 Million

RM74 RM138 mil mil RM17 RM2.25 600 mil

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01 02 03 Total 04 estimated Total grants Related Additional economic Total direct distributed project spend per output and indirect expenditure RM1 grant stimulated jobs fund The result after 7 years of working with communities and local govt PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENT PLAN

1.2km

0.85km

Ferry Terminal

UNESCO World Heritage Boundary China Street Ghaut Streetscape Upgrade – Before China Street Ghaut Streetscape Upgrade – After (3) China Street Ghaut Streetscape Upgrade – Before (2) China Street Ghaut Streetscape Upgrade – After (2) Koh Seang Tat Fountain - 4th July 1883

Source: Penang State Library 44 Fountain Garden – Before BEFORE AFTER (90% completed)

BEFORE AFTER (90% completed)

46 Fountain Garden – Before (4) Fountain Garden – After (4) Fountain Garden - After PART III – KUALA LUMPUR – HOW WE ADVOCATE AND INFLUENCE CHANGE

www.thinkcity.com.my From George Town to Kuala Lumpur

Historic City George Town Secondary City 2009 Butterworth 2014

Capital City Klang Kuala Lumpur 2015

Border City Johor Bahru 2016

Kuching

Offices Projects/Advisory 1850s 52 Source: Arkib Negara HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

1850s 1880s 1900s-1920s 1940s 1950s – 1990s 2000s - current Early Settlers and A Township Is Tin Town To War era Merdeka and Towards a World Struggles Born Capital City Modernisation Class City

• Malay tin mining • Frank Swettenham laid • KL became the capital of • Japanese occupation • Merdeka was declared • KLCC and KL Sentral settlement established out plans for British the Federated Malay • Japanese surrender took in 1957 opened at ‘Sungai Lumpoor’ buildings to be States place in the Victoria • Few national buildings • PNB 118 project • Rectangle town centre established on the west • A.B Hubback was Institute Hall in 1945 were erected embarked emerges around Old bank appointed to oversee • Kuala Lumpur seceded • Taman Tugu project Market by Chinese tin • Klang to KL railway line multiple government from and embarked miners opened buildings became Federal • River of Life project • Yap Ah Loy became the Territory embarked Kapitan • Commercial towers • MRT SBKL line started booming operating

53 2018 54 NEW CENTRALITY AND HOLLOWING OUT Kl’s Population Change 1978

2010

55 Source: Downtown Kuala Lumpur Baseline Study; DBKL, Think City,

Geografia (2015) 56 MULTICAUSAL AND INTER-RELATED FACTORS

Decline no of visitors Outflux of local population

Increase in migrants and Loss of traditional homelessness businesses

Lack of retail diversity + no Negative perceptions of night time economy safety Spaces between Buildings

Source: Downtown Kuala Lumpur Baseline Study; DBKL, Think City, Geografia (2015)z

58 TCKL Strategy -2015-2018 To revitalise KL, a 3 pronged approach:

ENERGISE: Focused urban regeneration efforts through capacity building and technical input for the local authority to manage cultural assets, increase public realm improvement efforts and activate spaces in a meaningful way

CONNECT: Enhanced physical connections with more pedestrian friendly amenities, and greening efforts to enhance public access to green/open spaces

CREATE: World-class facilities enhanced with creative entrepreneurs’ networks and capacity-building to highlight the city’s identity

By building on existing cultural facilities, improving the public realm and implementing a space activation programme; all this with the ultimate aim of catalysing Downtown KL as a Creative and Cultural district. 59 Pillars Of Delivery

Building Long Term Partnership Local Govt & Govt Bodies

PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE GRANTS PARTNERSHIPS Public Grants Programme Crowdsourcing for Quick Corporations & mobilisation global experts

60 Old Paradigm- Top Down

The Politician

The NGO

The Civil Servant

The Community

61 Pic Sources: Cliparts.co, Arthouse online New Paradigm – Top Bottom, Bottom Top

The Honest Broker Enable Empower + Facilitate Mentor

62 Pic Sources: Cliparts.co, Arthouse online New Paradigm – Top Bottom, Bottom Top

Case Study: Seksan and Kebun Kebun Dep. Mayor leads community engagement for Urban Farm Community rejects farm. 3 DBKL & Seksan stops project

4 TC encourages 2 Grantee to seek 5 alternatives 1 New site identified. Community engagement begins. Residents want assurance of safety. Fence installed. No further objections Kebun Kebun Bangsar (KKB) is 63 Photo by Instastalker.com born New Paradigm – Kebun Kebun Bangsar 2016

64 Cliparts.co New Paradigm – Kebun Kebun Bangsar 2016

65 Cliparts.co New Paradigm - Kebun Kebun Kerinchi

Partnership Programme with Kebun Kebun Bangsar, DBKL, MP’s office & Think City

66 KL LANEWAYS The Value of Laneways in Downtown KL

Places of affordable food and respite 68 The Value of Laneways in Downtown KL

Intangible Heritage

69 Laneways in Downtown KL

70 UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF LANEWAYS Think City’s unique city-making

1 approach Research and explore the issues to understand the DISCOVERY context of the problem from the users’ perspective

2 Brainstorm and innovate potential ideas with IDEATION Continuous various stakeholders to solve the problem reiteration, feedback, 3 Develop a working prototype or conduct a pilot to codification, & PROTOTYPE / PILOT test and demonstrate the solution’s effectiveness community engagement 4 Implement the full solution IMPLEMENTATION

5 Replicate and roll-out the solution across Think REPLICATION City’s network

www.thinkcity.com.my 72 73 Source: Think City, Kuala Lumpur team (2018) METHODOLOGY

74 75 LORONG BANDAR 13 – BEFORE OCT 2017

76 LANEWAY IMPROVEMENT 1 DISCOVERY 2 IDEATION 3 PROTOTYPE / PILOT

77 LANEWAY IMPROVEMENT – JUNE 2018

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DISCOVERY

2 IDEATION

3 PROTOTYPE / PILOT

4 IMPLEMENTATION

www.thinkcity.com.my 4 IMPLEMENTATION LANEWAY IMPROVEMENT – NOV 2018

79 LORONG YAP AH LOY – NOV 2018

5 REPLICATION

80 5 REPLICATION

81 NEXT STEPS

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ARTS ON THE MOVE Visual and Performing Arts Over 140 live acts and 8 visual art displays in 2016-2018 @ Masjid Jamek LRT All artists were paid

84 Why the Tunnel is Important Art Channel The Art Tunnel at Masjid Jamek LRT station has a multi-prong function:

1. To showcase visual arts by the best Malaysian artist 2. As an advocacy platform for NGOs or communities 3. As the final output in an Arts in education programme 4. To bring together communities

#Arts On The Move KL– A Collaboration with RapidKL Live Doodling Artist: Sanuri Zulkifli

85 WUF9 URBAN VILLAGE

WUF( WUF9 Urban Village site REPOPULATING THE CITY CENTRE

DBKL & THINK CITY DEMONSTRATION: WUF 09 – COMMUNAL LIVING SHOWCASE FEBRUARY 2018

www.thinkcity.com.my WUF9 Legacy

89 DAERAH KREATIF DAN KEBUDAYAAN KUALA LUMPUR PELAN INDUK STRATEGI Developed by: With the support of:

National Heritage Board City Hall of Kuala Lumpur The KLCCD SMP policy environment

92 KLCCD’S VISION

VISION Inclusive, authentic, and viable creative and cultural places that knit together the historic fabric to enhance visitor appeal and liveability.

Government Office circa 1906, now known as Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad (Source: Moore) 93 KLCCD GENERAL STRATEGIES

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Enhancing the creative and cultural ecosystem Improving the state of conservation Improving the public realm

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Improving accessibility and connectivity Repopulating the area Developing a governance framework and regulatory mechanisms BUILDING A CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM

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