The inaugural Placemaker Awards ASEAN 2021 (Southeast Asia’s First & Only Placemaking Awards) is the brainchild of Nextdor Property Communications, a placemaking consultancy & Think City, a social purpose organisation focused on urban rejuvenation. Together, Nextdor & Think City conceptualised the idea of developing a platform to showcase the most innovative placemaking projects & to give community building due recognition in the Southeast Asian region.
Placemaker Awards ASEAN 2021 is co-presented by UN-Habitat, Stipo, and the Malaysian Institute of Planners, with the support from Taylor’s University, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), PNB Merdeka Ventures, Citi Foundation, Project for Public Spaces, PlacemakingX, Lendlease, Tempatico, Placemaking Malaysia (a centre under the Malaysian Institute of Planners), Laguna De Bay, Real Estate Housing Developers’ Association(REHDA) Institute, Isocarp, The ASEAN Post, and PR Newswire.
The purpose of these awards is to CELEBRATE THE BETTERMENT OF PLACES IN ASEAN. As the urbanisation rate of Southeast Asian cities continues to rise, placemaking becomes ever more integral to the well-being of their communities. Businesses, corporations, communities, and individuals who are seeking to make the world a better place, one space at a time, can take heart that their efforts will be recognised now.
And with the COVID-19 pandemic creating havoc in many parts of the world, the need to create public space that is safe, inviting, and sustainable has never been more urgent as the world also needs to concurrently tackle things like urban decay, job creation, as well as the negative side of climate change.
Placemaking is way more than just decorating a wall with murals or cleaning up a litter-strewn back lane somewhere. Viewed in totality, placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces that create vibrant spaces offering local stakeholders a sense of well-being, safety, and comfort.
In the spirit of encouraging more local councils, urban planners, non-governmental organisations, community organisations, architects, developers, or just groups of determined individuals seeking to transform their neighbourhoods into something better, PAA 2021 hopes to be that platform for entities within the Southeast Asian region to exchange or share best practices in placemaking.
The regional award is aimed at showcasing the best placemaking projects and inspire aspiring placemakers, besides supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11).
Other than spurring each other on towards better placemaking, the effort to submit one’s effort for regional and global evaluation will raise the profile of participants and help them gain industry-wide recognition. Even if no profits or personal gain are involved, this concerted effort to undertake good placemaking will only lead to better publicly accessible spaces for all.
“We hope that having such an award programme will drive greater competitiveness in the activation of spaces in which communities live, work and play, thereby promote authentic efforts to improve the community through the initiation of projects that add to the public realm,” says Imran Clyde, co-chair of the organising committee for Placemaker Awards ASEAN.
BEST PLACEMAKER Award Categories are:
1. Govt (Public Space)
2. Private (Public Space)
3. NGO/NGI (Public Space)
4. Govt (Private Public Space)
5. Private (Private Public Space)
6. NGO/NGI (Private Public Space)
Depending on the region or country, Open public spaces are generally government-owned, such as parks, waterfronts, public squares, streets, public thoroughfares, and buildings that are generally open and accessible to the public. Privately owned spaces are typically venues that are open for public use, whether a fee is charged or not. Privately owned public spaces include plazas, arcades, small parks, atriums, and shopping centres.
IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline Judging Finalist Announcement Award Ceremony September 21st, 2021 (Tuesday) October 12th, 2021 (Tuesday) October 21st, 2021 (Thursday) November 10th, 2021 (Wednesday)
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You can read the details about the judges panel, evalution criteria and legibility etc on the website: www.placemakerawards.com
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Q. How it have inspired and motivated us at Peacemakers Pakistani to do better and be proud of being part of the placemakers community for its contribution to sustainable development goals?
A. The sustainable development goals (SDG) addresses the global challenges we face including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace and justice. SDG-11 targets to achieve safe, resilient, smart and sustainable cities for its inhabitants. And sustainable cities and development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way we build and manage our urban spaces.
Urban spaces when aim to be the human scale spaces for its users, that’s what lead to long term sustainability with a sense of place with which users can identify with. As we know, there is no one human scale, but by engaging in a placemaking process, we can find the scale that works for every community. Only when the scale of any particular space is defined by its community, then collectively, the outcome of placemaking is a human scale city. This is our personal aim on achieving and contributing to SDG 11 slowly and gradually, InshaAllah.
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