Retrofitted in Retrospect
Tatler Malaysia|November 2022
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it—or in the case of our increasingly hostile cityscape, maybe it’s time we look at what we already have instead of building something new without forethought
Koyyi Chin
Retrofitted in Retrospect

Tatler The Scene 56 While Malaysia is no stranger to floods, traffic congestion and construction sites, the devastating floods of December 2021 as well as the worsening traffic conditions recently have raised the question of whether urban landscapes like the whole of Klang Valley, or even a metropolitan city like Kuala Lumpur, were at all liveable for its people.

Swathes of forests cut down to make way for concrete and steel, livelihoods in older streets impacted by high-rises, rising water levels and an increased number of areas impacted by the torrential downpours over the past year-this is what our current and future generations have to contend with, and will have to live with years down the line.

But does it have to be that way? Coinciding with this month's theme on power and purpose, Tatler sits down with a collective of like-minded individuals who have based themselves in the unlikely corners of downtown Kuala Lumpur; small, thriving spaces surrounded by towering buildings and rapid developments-but at the same time, are built on structures that are decades of years old and looking better than ever.

A CITY FOR CARS

For Adela Askandar and Farah Azizan of award-winning design studio Studio Bikin, it was clear that despite the developments in the greater Klang Valley, urban cities like Kuala Lumpur and Damansara were still hostile to its people.

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