THINK CITY INITIATIVES
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FROM SPACES TO PLACES RUANG BY THINK CITY
Entrance to RUANG By Think City.
Located in a storied downtown building, RUANG By Think City, a new multipurpose space, offers the community an avenue for activities and bonding in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
RUANG By Think City was opened in September 2016 to offer space for community activation and outreach efforts in downtown Kuala Lumpur (KL). The concept fulfills several tenets of Think City’s urban rejuvenation plan for KL: firstly to adapt heritage buildings for new and relevant purposes, secondly to create vibrancy in downtown KL and thirdly to give the community a space for recreation, activities and bonding. There was another reason that sparked the creation of RUANG. “The genesis of RUANG came about when we realised that we needed an outpost in our core area of downtown KL. We were spending a lot of time there without having a place to check in or base ourselves, and it was becoming a challenge,” said Lee Jia Ping, KL Programme Director. “Through our many rounds of grants, we’ve also seen many requests for a space in the area for activities such as workshops, performances and rehearsals, but we were unable to help because there was no such space in the area. “We came to realise that there was a real need for a multi-use space and all these factors led us to embark on a search in downtown KL.”
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