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StartUpKHLONG

www.startupkhlong.com

a new START for an Urban Public KHLONG

9-4 pm | 12 December 2014 | 140 Hampstead Rd, NW12BX | Room 131/133

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ABSTRACT

StartU.P.KHLONG is born with the idea to reconnect the historic soul of Bangkok - the Khlong - with the near Future.

Called The “Venice of the East,” Bangkok has based its connection, market, transportation, and commerce on the canal system since the middle of the 18th century.

Today, on one hand, the conception of the canals (Khlong) is mainly limited to the transportation and to the touristic sectors (such as floating market and boat tours).

On the other hand, moreover the per se use, the perception that the city and the inhabitants have about the Khlong is mostly negative. Indeed, it is always easy to connect the canals to pollution, diseases, and slums.

With this prevalent attitude, the canals have been detached from the conception of Urban Space. As a consequence, the canal system is just a passive tool that the inhabitants of Bangkok exploit during theirs everyday life.

StartU.P.KHLONG recognizes the Khlong as a real and active Urban Space.

Turning the situation around, seeing the canals as a means to reach the slums and as a space that it is still immune to the fight that exist around the Land’s issues.

With this idea in mind, SUPK provides support for any project that can help to overturn that situation.

The projects are mostly based on equipped boats that can reach the communities closed to the canals in order to connect their reality with the next future.

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OUR SUPPORTERS UCL _ The Bartlett Development Planning Unit School of Architecture

UCL Engineering _ University College London Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Department of Computer Science STEaPP SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICY http://www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases http://www.lshtm.ac.uk

HOUR OF CODE program Code.org速 is a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more schools, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students.

https://code.org http://www.apple.com/retail/code/

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GUESTS REGIONAL ADB Asian Development Bank Based in Manila, the Asian Development Bank is a multilateral finance institution that promotes economic and social progress in the Asia-Pacific region.

http://www.adb.org

NATIONAL The ACCA Program (Asian Coalition for Community Action)

is a three-year program which has set out to transform development options for Asia’s urban poor by supporting a process of community-led change. The program’s activities build on established, successful models of people-led community development and are helping scale them up by repeated replication. Urban poor communities are the key doers in this process, as they tackle problems of land, infrastructure, social and economic development and housing at scale. [http://www.achr.net/activities-de.php?id=1]

The Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI)

is a public organization with a goal to build a strong societal base using the collective power of civil groups and community organizations.”

To support and empower urban and rural community organizations through financial assistance, career development, housing development, and environmental improvement.

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[http://www.codi.or.th/housing/frontpage.html]

Phranakhon Rajabhat University http://www.pnru.ac.th

Wat Makut Kasat High School http://www.makut.ac.th

Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon http://www.rmutp.ac.th

PRIVATE SECTOR Codegent

is an award winning digital design studio based in London, UK and Bangkok, Thailand.

www.codegent.com

Firecreek Web

They develop web sites, web applications, mobile apps and they are passionate about quality of code, web standards, usability and accessibility. They are based in Bangkok in Thailand and are a multi-talented team that are proud of the work they produce.

http://www.firecreekweb.com

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site border river stream canal

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the KHLONG’s system

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KHLONG ‘S POWER

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-historic and cultural role -no traffic = less waste of -different perception of the city in the city contest time -possibility to reach every area of the city

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OUR PRINCIPLES*...

YOUTH

URBAN SPACE

KHLONG

OPEN

FLOURISH

TRADITIONS

F U T U R E

INTERACTION

OPPORTUNITY

JOB PROSPECTIVE

COMMONS PERCEPTION

based on...

COLLABORATION

Working in a common project that allows everyone to prosper.

POTENTIALITY

Existing skills that need to be nurtured and woken up that could benefit more than just the actor that has those skills.

RESPONSIBILITY

Duty to carry out the project and maintain it throughout its life, those actors that seek prosperity from it. The project and its realization should not be understood as a punctual moment but as a process through time.

RENEW-ABILITY

Ability of project to preserve its power and impact by adapting and evolving taking into account socio-spatial changes that may arise in the future.

THRIVING

Butterfly effect, expandability, trigger effect of project itself, replicability.

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ABOUT... ...our StartUP incubator StartUPKHLONG is a social enterprise designed to development the canal ( Khlong ) system as an open | public | common | urban space in order to reconnect the Khlong reality with the modern city and the near global future. ...what we wish Our mission is to give back to the inhabitants the Khlong’s space.

Even though in the past it was the core of the city’s vital system; today, this space is just saw as a highway, a disease source or often the backyards of informal settlements. ...how we intervene we promote and support all the projects that, based on our principle*, can provide: - services for the communities close to the canals - self-development opportunities for the youth - networks and connections with the job market demand - useful space on the canals ...our source=our power a dynamic system of assorted “tools”

Eco-friendly boats

different point of view local youth = different outlook

traffic free Khlong

new system

#1 APP Development

Protoype

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...our first SUPK

#2

#3

LAB for a Clean Khlong

Medical Center for Water disease 9

#1

APP Development

C O D E Y O U R W O R L D C H A N G E Y O U R F U T U R E target

+14

[mainly from the communities]

LEARN TO CODE. CHANGE THE WORLD http://www.apple.com/retail/code/

Luke Hubbard, Co-Founder of codegent

beneficiary

local communities youth

programs

local enterprises

- workshops - speaker series

- seminars - community events

sponsors Code.orgÂŽ

Department of Computer Science STEaPP Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy

local resources

provided resources

APP

10 final products

APP

APP

What are the challenges of running a mobile development company in Bangkok?

I guess the challenge is always finding good designers and developers and keeping them happy. I don’t think thats any different in Bangkok than else where.

Actually I think Bangkok is a great place for us to build the company. Relatively speaking costs are lower thansay London and the ecosystem is growing.

How do you see the web/mobile ecosystem developing in Bangkok?

There has certainly been a lot more going on over the past couple of years.

We are seeing lots of telcos starting accelerators and small startups working out from co-working spaces.

In the short term this leads to more demand for talent, but over time it will mean more experienced people in the ecosystem.

[Building a Mobile Apps Development Company in Bangkok with Luke Hubbard, Co-Founder of codegent, January 22, 2014 http://foundersgrid.com/mobile-apps-bangkok]

#2

target

LAB for a Clean KHLONG

+20

“[...]The Bangkok Administration and Pollution Control Department confirm ‘’ that bacteria contamination in all waterways exceeds the permissible limit by 75 to 400 times, and that Bangkok produces 2.5 million cubic meters ( 89 million cubic feet ) of liquid waste a day but only 1.5 million cubic meters (53 million cubic feet) are treated. [...]”

[mainly from the city]

[Bangkok Canals_Khlongs http://www.thailandsworld.com/ en/bangkok/historical-places-bangkok/bangkok-canals/ index.cfm]

beneficiary local communities

programs

Bangkok

- workshops - scholarships

future generations

- seminars - internships

sponsors Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Pollution Department

Department of Computer Science

#3

target

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Medical center

for Water disease

+20

[local and international]

beneficiary local communities

programs

Bangkok

- workshops - scholarships

future generations

- seminars - internships

sponsors Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Health Department

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

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START U.P. KHLONG

a new START for an Urban Public KHLONG

www.startupkhlong.com

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