C R E A T I V E C I T Y

ENTRY 5

CREATIVE CITY is a concept develop by Charles Landry in the 1980s and this concept give new view in planning perspective as described  in his book The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

that is the overview of what is CREATIVE CITY is all about... but from the lecture by Dr. Khoo Suet Leng, understanding off the concept of creative city much more clear to me.. :)

people nowadays talking about creative city.. and what is it really mean by creative city?? what is the definition of it??..

according to creative city planning framework, city of toronto:

Creative cities have a strong sense of their identity, their uniqueness and their defining strengths.  They have a clear sense of the strengths and attributes that make them unique on the world stage.  And they are able to tell these stories in clear and compelling ways.  

A creative city demonstrates the characteristics essential to nurture human creativity.  It is an open, networked and fluid society that welcomes new people and adjusts easily to new ideas and new immigrant groups; it celebrates diversity, enterprise and responsible risk-taking.

from the lectures, the original idea of creative city is the conditions that need to be created for people to think, plan and act with imagination.. so people need to be CREATIVE after all.. we need to think out of the box.. and creative city also about how to benefit the opportunities or to address the urban problems in creative ways..

CREATIVE CITY = HARD INFRASTRUCTURE + SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE

 to generate a flow of ideas and inventions

because world is now more emphasize in the technology base, so old method need to be revise and more education regarding creative way of thinking need to be teach to new generations in order to prepare themselves with creative environment in the future...

in creative city, there is so called creative city value orientations to achieve CREATIVE CITY which are :

• culture-centric - The culture-centric orientation sees the creative city as a place with strong flourishing arts and culture, creative and diverse expressions, and inclusivity, artistry and imagination. Creativity is conceived of as having some relation to identity, rights, beliefs, and general social wellbeing. 

• econo-centric - The second conception of the creative city sees the creative city as a place driven by strong innovative, creative, and competitive cultural and creative industries and economically sustainable artists and arts organizations. According to the econo-centric conception, creativity is a means to achieve a foremost goal of local economic development, and as such, creative endeavors and ventures have some quantifiable value or measure. The econo-centric orientation in Canada emerges from a slightly more contemporary set theories and events than the culture-centric orientation which include: contemporary theories about the “new economy”, the creative class, creative talent, and creative clusters. 

bubble diagram above show what creative cities is consist of place, economy and culture in order to achieve the vision and below show the scales of city based on the creativity 

the example of creatives cities that successful develop are LONDON, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO and  VENICE

while for creative cities in the making is SINGAPORE 

so it can be conclude that creative city is a new concept in the world and it depends on the culture and economic of the place to show how it can be create as a creative city...