I Love KL

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Keeping It Local at Kedai KL

Kedai KL, an artisanal marketplace, is the latest hip spot in town that champions local entrepreneurs and artisans by providing them with spaces to showcase their products and services. We speak to the co-founders, Dato’ Sharon Haniffa and Datin Christine Bong to find out the thought process that goes into curating the marketplace, as well as what they plan to achieve with Kedai KL moving forward.Image Source: Kedai KL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 29, 2022•24 min

Designing Cities for the Elderly

According to the World Bank, Malaysia can now be considered an ageing nation, with more than 7 percent of our population belonging in the age group of 65 years old and above. This number is expected to double by 2044, making our society an “aged society” by then. How can we accommodate this segment of the population in the design of our cities? Alice Sabrina Ismail, Director of Architecture at the Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia joins us on the show to...

Sep 22, 2022•32 min

Best Folding Minds

We catch up with Kenneth Ch’ng, founder of Malaysia Origami Association to find out how the origami enthusiasts and his association and academy coped with the pandemic and continued their passion for folding papers during those trying times, and what the scene will be like moving forward. We also ask Kenneth about some of the new trends that he observed in the origami world.Image Source: Kenneth Ch’ng, Malaysia Origami Association See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 08, 2022•33 min

The Evergreen Chin Woo Stadium

In this episode, we look at Chin Woo Stadium, located on Petaling Hill and accompanied by other iconic sporting monuments around the vicinity. While it may not be as well-known as Stadium Merdeka and Stadium Nasional, Chin Woo Stadium continues to serve the community for sporting and cultural events and is very much still relevant, despite its old age. We unpack the story behind the stadium. Image Source: Uwe Aranas / Shutterstock.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 01, 2022•33 min

Liveable Cities Begin With Good Urban Design

Last week, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government launched Indeks Daya Huni Malaysia or Malaysia’s Liveability Index. What makes a city or a place liveable and how does good urban design lay a solid foundation for places to be considered liveable? We speak to Shuhana Shamsuddin, President of Pereka Bandar, who attended the launch of the index, to find out more. Image Source: 123rf.com/profile_sergiodvphoto See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 25, 2022•35 min

Are We Designing Our Cities To Be Walkable?

The recent plan by DBKL to encourage the culture of walking by closing Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman every Sunday has got us wondering about whether our cities are designed to be walkable. The walkability of a city goes beyond just having pedestrian pavements, and involves a lot more other factors. Shuhana Shamsuddin from Pereka Bandar joins us on the show to explain how good urban design is crucial in ensuring walkability for the people living in the city. Image Source: ©abdulrazaklatif/123RF.COM S...

Aug 18, 2022•37 min

Tokosue - Buku & Seni

Tokosue, an indie bookstore, started its life during the pandemic, as a way for its owner, Sue Ahmad to sell her self-published book. It soon grew into a reliable sanctuary for indie book lovers out there to get their books. Not satisfied with that, and feeling the need to fulfil her lifelong dream of owning a real bookstore, its owner, Sue Ahmad opened the brick-and-mortar version of the bookstore in Wisma Central earlier this year. She joins us on the show to share her journey, from self-publi...

Aug 11, 2022•38 min

Are Neighbourhood Malls Still Relevant?

After years serving its neighbourhood, the work to demolish Plaza OUG has finally started to make way for a new development. As people reminisce about the time they spent there and the memories that they have of the place, we look at how malls, especially neighbourhood malls, serve a bigger function to our lives than just for their intended purpose. Image Source: Malaysia Shopping Malls (facebook.com/MYShoppingMalls) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 04, 2022•36 min

History of Housing Design and Development in Malaysia

Have you ever wondered how our residential and housing areas in the city and in the country were conceptualised and designed? How did we arrive at the kind of houses that most of us live in today? From terrace houses to bungalows and low cost apartments to high end condominiums? We unpack all these questions and how our housing developments affect our relationship with each other in this episode of I Love KL.Image Source: 123rf.com/profile_nizamkem See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Jul 29, 2022•33 min

Keepin’ It Raw

Society's thirst for a more sustainable way of living has contributed to the popularity of veganism, but what about other more niche diets and lifestyles, such as raw food diets? We caught up with a proponent of raw food lifestyle, Raw Chef Yin after her last appearance on the show in 2016 to see whether raw food diets have received the same exposure and take up rate as veganism, as well as the new things that she has learned from fellow chefs and practitioners of raw food diet. See omnystudio.c...

Jul 21, 2022•36 min

Malaysia’s National Museum

Our resident heritage conservation expert, Elizabeth Cardosa joins us in this monthly special to talk about Malaysia’s iconic and regal museum, Muzium Negara. But before that, she also shed some light on the old Selangor Museum, built on the spot where Muzium Negara is currently located, and whether the development surrounding Muzium Negara affected the museum's accessibility and visibility. Image Source: lcchew See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 14, 2022•45 min

Pandemie - From Mie to You

As a veteran cartoonist, Ahmad Hilmy Abdullah or Mie took the opportunity to fill the free time he had during the pandemic by documenting how it all went down. The result is a collection of humorous sketches compiled in a book called Pandemie. Mie joins us on the show to share what it was like to sketch and observe society from the comfort of his own home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 07, 2022•28 min

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