“What makes “How do we a great place?” use placemaking and long-term This seemingly simple question served as the placekeeping to bring inspiration for our three places impact studies, out the best in a and has given rise to many more questions: place?” Our purpose is to create and nurture high-quality places that translate to vibrant and sustainable communities in the long term. In practice, this involves e昀昀ective placemaking and placekeeping, enabling us to transform places while retaining their character. We call this process Creative Transformation. “How can we catalyse and support the sustainable development of the “What Commercial Center in Tianhe attributes are District and at the same time necessary to deepen look after the needs of a community’s the community?” connection to a place?” 2 The Creative Transformation of Taikoo Hui Guangzhou