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Impacting your world with

EPIC COMMUNITIES

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OUR

VISION

A world full of

Extraordinary People Impacting Communities.

WHAT WE ASPIRE TO BE

OUR

MISSION

Mobilising & empowering ordinary people to make extraordinary impact in their communities.

WHAT WE DO

ABOUT EPIC

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The

group

An accredited social enterprise, tax-exempted not-for-profit body that strives to build resilience & enable social mobility within marginalised communities.

Epic is an award-winning social enterprise that mobilises & empowers ordinary people to make extraordinary impact in their communities. Epic Communities is a pivotal member of the Epic Group:

A consultancy & service provider that focuses on impact experiences, personal and community transformation.

Our placemaking, design & build company that transform spaces to transform lives.

PROVIDING SAFE HOMES FOR ORANG ASLI

COMMUNITY

MAPPING

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

IMPACT COORDINATION & TRACKING TECHNOLOGY

PLACEMAKING

DESIGN & BUILD

PATHFINDERS

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What is Placemaking?�Our Definition

Placemaking is a holistic concept and practical method for enhancing a space, neighborhoods, or even cities.

It encourages communities to come together to rethink and transform spaces into central, vibrant parts of their lives.

By fostering a strong bond between people and their shared spaces, placemaking involves a cooperative process aimed at creating environments that offer maximum value to all stakeholders while transforming lives.

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SPACES

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MOBILITY

STAY

WORK

ENERGY

RETAIL

FOOD & FOOD SECURITY

RECREATION

SOCIAL

WATER

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EXPERIENCES

ACTIVITIES

PARTNERSHIPS

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TECH

USER EXPERIENCE

SUSTAINABILITY

SHARED RESOURCES

CO-CREATION

PEOPLE

PARTICIPATION

OWNERSHIP

1

COOPERATION

RESILIENCE

HEALTH & WELLBEING

SENSE OF BELONGING

CULTURE & VALUES

INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT

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A place that empowers people and organisations to become value multipliers for their communities and the environment.

A HOLISTIC PLACE

OUR PLACEMAKING FRAMEWORK

A HOLISTIC PLACE

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A HOLISTIC PLACE

Greater Sense of Ownership

Stake�holders

Place

Experience & Space Design

Programming

Orgware

Milestones

Measurables

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Software�/�Hardware

A place where..

Relationships and trust that strengthen communities and cooperation.

Community & Environmental Impact

Financially Sustainable

Orgware / Software

COLLECTIVE OUTCOMES

SPACES

PEOPLE

EXPERIENCES

OUR PLACEMAKING JOURNEY

A HOLISTIC PLACE

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PORTFOLIO

Photo by Mervin Ho

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What is ?

PARC is a multi-award winning community hub located in Taman Subang Ria that seeks to enable sustainable lifestyles, foster social support networks, and develop resilient communities.

Developed by Sime Darby Property in collaboration with Epic, PARC will serve as an urban showcase for community & sustainable living.

Developed by:

As landowners & core partner

As community & sustainability partner

EAST

LAKE

KEY INFORMATION

Location: Taman Subang Ria, Subang Jaya, Selangor

Total land area: 73 acres�Total area for PARC: 7.5 acres

Total build up area: 19,400 sq.ft

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Giving New Purpose

SHARED OWNERSHIP

SOCIAL SUPPORT/

COMMUNITY CARE

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

PARC is a co-created space where identity, spaces, assets and programmes are developed together with the community, reflecting their needs and aspirations.

PARC's community is positioned as one that uplifts one another by providing avenues for sharing economies and volunteerism. This creates increases well-being, resilience, responsiveness and social capital.

PARC is a place that enables people to appreciate nature, encourages adoption of sustainable living and fosters environmental stewardship.

PARC’s values

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BEFORE

AFTER

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BEFORE

AFTER

LIFE!

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Thriving Space

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Epic Communities were engaged by UNHCR Malaysia to remodel their reception space that sees over 800 refugees every day.

The design intent was to create a safe space physically & emotionally for staff & refugees. These included separate passageway, improved safety facilities, interview rooms & comfortable waiting areas.

Applying our participatory design approach, we worked with UNHCR staff from all departments through personal interviews, site immersion, observation, and curated design workshops. This led to spaces which are thoughtfully designed to elevate and make efficient the work and visitor spaces, and to foster dignity of people interacting with the space.

UNHCR Reception Center Remodelling

KUALA LUMPUR, 2019-2020

Placemaking Design & Build

FACILITATION PROGRAMMES

DESIGN & BUILD

EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN

BEFORE

AFTER

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PLACEMAKING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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Farm Fresh is the largest Malaysian producer of fresh dairy products. ��They approached us to create their first experience farm for visitors to journey through a holistic farm model with guided tours for people to learn, taste and feel a holistic farming economy. From milk production to the fertiliser that feeds into their organic fruits & vegetable gardens to the dishes served at their cafe - we designed seven buildings to create a seamless flow for visitors.

The design took a unique interpretation of the iconic Farm Fresh logo which became the ticketing entrance of the farm. The aim of the design of buildings was to pay tribute to the natural environment by blending natural elements to envelope the structures.

Farm Fresh @ UPM Experience Farm

UPM, 2019 - 2020

Placemaking Design & Build

EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN

DESIGN & BUILD

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Cultiveat Experience Center

KAPAR – KLANG. 2018 - 2019

Corporate Experience Curation

EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN

Cultiveat is a sustainable agri-tech producer that aims to increase the production of high quality vegetables that provide farm to fork traceability direct to the farm. Their technology enables the production of cool climate vegetables in the lowland.

This project involved co-strategizing a holistic brand formation to create a cohesive integrated experience for investors and customers and translating that into the design and build of their farm showroom and associated surroundings located on their production farm in Kapar.

DESIGN & BUILD

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PJS6 Library

MBPJ approached Epic Communities to activate the new PJKita community library at PJS 6 through a series of engagement with the locals. Our role included facilitation of community opinions on the indoor and outdoor activities and the facilities of the community library. The library remains utilised by the community and includes weekly activities co-organised between the locals and the local authorities.

PJS 6, SUBANG JAYA | 2017

Placemaking & Participatory Design

FACILITATION

PROGRAMMES

COMMUNITY SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT

CO-CREATION DESIGN

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Millennium Park

Activating an underutilised park in Subang Jaya supported by the previous ADUN, YB Hannah Yeoh through on-ground engagement with local community and validating their ideas by building a prototype park leading up to a final vision plan proposed to MBSJ.

MILLENNIUM PARK, 2016-2017

Placemaking

FACILITATION PROGRAMMES

COMMUNITY SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT

CUSTOM DESIGN & BUILD

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KUALA LUMPUR, 2018 - 2019

Placemaking

COMMUNITY SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT

This report was prepared with the aim to inspire action from all stakeholders to cooperate together to improve their community in Mont Kiara, a neighbourhood undergoing rapid urbanisation. The report highlights how and why various stakeholders could start to create a truly liveable neighbourhood.

Bridging The Gap:

Mont Kiara Report

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Earth Day 2019

Friends of Bukit Kiara

TTDI, KUALA LUMPUR, 2019

Placemaking

COMMUNITY SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT

A goal of the Friends of Bukit Kiara’s is to increase the awareness of our green lungs and to advocate the gazettement of Bukit Kiara as a forest reserve.

The organisation sought to understand their community and to gather the sentiments of the wider public with the aim of forming new channels to build advocacy.

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Placemaker Week Asean

CHIN WOO STADIUM KL, 2019

Placemaking

Epic Communities had been invited to be the exhibitor for the inaugural Placemaker Week Asean that happened early Nov 2019. Our exhibition was to celebrate grassroots placemakers in Malaysia and abroad. We curated 11 different case studies in the exhibition, from food trucks activated spaces, urban farming to urban mobility projects. This event is also the birth of ASEAN’s 1st Placemaker community

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COMMUNITY SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT

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PJKita Community Centre

The purpose of PJKITA Community Centre is to revitalise the existing facilities in the Taman Bandaran Kelana Jaya area by introducing activating facilities into the underutilised space and drawing communities through interactive programming. Within a month, EPIC mobilised 100+ volunteers to kickstart the centre by painting a mural across a 20m public road and building two brick walls, capturing the spirits of eager contributing PJ citizens.

KELANA JAYA, 2017

Placemaking

FACILITATION PROGRAMMES

COMMUNITY SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT

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Obama Foundation

Together with the Obama Foundation, we worked with an existing low-income flats community and Toy Libraries Malaysia to highlight the community’s strength, resilience & capability.

As 40% of the 10,000 residents are under 6 years old with approximately 2,000 families, we designed and co-built playscapes, a sports area and a community garden with the Obama Foundation leaders.

This showcases how low-cost housing areas can be a place of dignity and inspiration while enabling the vision and strengths of the community.

Design & Build: Community Space

IDAMAN APARTMENTS, DAMANSARA DAMAI, 2019

DESIGN & VOLUNTEER BUILD

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Past Projects

DESIGN & BUILD

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Peter approached us about developing a home & wellness center upon a piece of land in the hills of Tanarimba, Janda Baik.

This led to a custom co-design project with Peter that applied our modular home as a base layout. Set within a slope, we wanted the home to achieve views to the natural slope at the rear and also outward to the forests of Pahang. Steel structures were used to ensure the home’s ability to hold the large expanse of glazing while being lightweight in its overall form.

Peter’s Home

TANARIMBA - JANDA BAIK, 2019-2020

Design & Build

DESIGN & BUILD

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Micro housing challenges the idea of space while also addressing the issue of economy and affordability. We envision a self-sustaining home that is affordable yet also takes only a small footprint as we think about the density of a city. We have tested a range of components along with our partners to make this successful.

Some of the self-sustaining amenities we have built with includes rainwater harvesting, solar power generation, human waste management system among others. This has proven the concept of sustainable living and off the grid living. Moving forward, we have also tested smart home technologies to incorporate into our micro houses such as IOT systems.

Modular Home Series Micro House

VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Design & Build

ATIQAH’S OFF-GRID MICROHOUSE

TAYLOR’S MICROHOUSE

MODULAR

DESIGN & BUILD

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Eco Classroom

This project was to design & develop an outdoor classroom for a non-profit organisation to host children and adults where they would practice traditional ways of living and learning. ��The non-profit organisation believes in eco-education and eco-living. Located right outside of Kg. Orang Asli Gurney in Ulu Yam. The founder, Ms Sharley have been running Greenlife project for almost 2 years educating children and city folks to live in an eco environment, promote organic farming and sustainable building methods.

To translate their beliefs and values into a physical gathering space, we designed a 16ft x 24ft gazebo using natural local materials such as a timber deck platform and bamboo to frame the walls. The structure opens itself to nature through its open design encouraging fluidity of the space and flexibility of the programmes that will be held in this space.

ULU YAM BHARU, SELANGOR. 2018

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Design & Build

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Meditation Center

JANDA BAIK, TANARIMBA, 2017-2019

Design & Build

DESIGN & BUILD

Shifu approached us to design a meditation & wellness center that focuses on education, meditation and health for city dwellers to escape the hustle and bustle of modern life. The experience will be akin to complete isolation from any online stimuli and a sacrificing of personal privacy for the greater value of the human experience.

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EPIC Homes

The EPIC Homes movement aims to build relationships through the act of building homes, bridging the gap between the rural and urban divide. This initiative provides a platform for people of different walks of life to engage with one another.

10+ VILLAGES, 2010-2020

Design & Build - Product Kit

DESIGN & BUILD

MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEM

150+ EPIC HOMES

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Preschool Classroom & Facilities

CAMBODIA

Co-Design & Volunteer Build Kits

TOILETS

CLASSROOM

INCINERATOR

PLAYGROUND

CO-DESIGN & VOLUNTEER BUILD

MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEM

MYCorps is an international youth volunteer programme initiated by the Malaysian Ministry of Youth & Sports. The programme involves Malaysian youths being trained locally and deployed to third world countries to provide community service assistance. Epic Communities partner together with local NGO's in evaluating the needs & co-design with the local communities and partners on the required amenities. MYCorps volunteers will then be the main source of manpower for the projects at the same time they are trained to conduct participatory design with the community to ensure the designs are adapted to the local context.

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Outhouse Latrines

CAMBODIA

DESIGN & BUILD

MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEM

Design & Build - Product Kit

TOILETS

MYCorps is an international youth volunteer programme initiated by the Malaysian Ministry of Youth & Sports. The programme involves Malaysian youths being trained locally and deployed to third world countries to provide community service assistance. Epic Communities partner together with local NGO's in evaluating the needs & co-design with the local communities and partners on the required amenities. MYCorps volunteers will then be the main source of manpower for the projects at the same time they are trained to conduct participatory design with the community to ensure the designs are adapted to the local context.

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Toy Library

Datin PH Wong from Toy Libraries Malaysia has been setting up Toy Libraries across Malaysia. The Toy Library is to provide a platform for early childhood education, and she believes it is very crucial and key to the learning and communication development of the child and to help them thrive in their entire formal educational life.

A Toy Library is akin to a book library, but with toys. �Kids borrow toys for a period of time to play around the vicinity or to take back home A librarian will be assigned to keep record of toys. A play and learning space provided for the children, parents and librarian, especially mothers to use as part of the toy library spatial requirements

IDAMAN APARTMENTS, DAMANSARA DAMAI. 2018

DESIGN & BUILD

Design & Volunteer Build

MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEM

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Eco Education Classroom

A non-profit organisation promoting eco-education and living, located outside of Kg. Orang Asli Gurney in Ulu Yam. The founder, Ms. Sharley have been running Greenlife Project for almost 2 years, educating children and city folks to live in an eco-environment, promoting organic farming and sustainable building methods

We worked an outdoor classroom where they would host children and people that comes over to the center to practice traditional way of living. A timber deck platform of 16ft x 24ft with renovating the existing front porch roof.

ULU YAM BHARU, SELANGOR. 2018

DESIGN & BUILD

Design & Build

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