Friday, April 6, 2012

Workshop: Mapping the Post-Flood Landscape of Bangkok

Instructors: Kerrie Butts & Nilay Mistry

    The devastation from the 2011 flooding of the Chao Phraya River and neighboring watersheds has brought to international attention the desperate need for coordinated water management practices throughout Thailand and across political borders.  Global sea level rise and land subsidence amplify the perils to Bangkok metropolitan area and surrounding infrastructure.  Modern settlement patterns and construction in the region has neglected traditionally respected rhythms of the annual rainy season and ensuing swelling of the Chao Phraya River. New landscapes of occupation must account for flooding with site-­specific strategies, which will in turn alter the engagement people have with recurring water. An interdisciplinary approach via architecture, landscape architecture, policymaking, and urban design is needed to addressing issues of this magnitude. Designers need to respond.
    The first portion of this ongoing studio project has focused on inventory and mapping of the territories connected to the Lower Chao Phraya River, in effort to explore the confluences between physical elements in the landscape and cultural artifacts.  This workshop will incorporate issues and topics raised in the paper presentations in mapping and visual representation of the Chao Phraya River.

Khanittha Torchareon
Ployphan Saengporm



Nuphap Aunyanuphap
Natta Srivatanachai- Symposium Mapping
Natta Srivatanachai- Midterm Site Analysis

Somruthai Vipaswatcharrayothin- Symposium Mapping
Somruthai Vipaswatcharrayothin- Midterm Site Analysis
Narat Atsawarat- Symposium Mapping
Narat Atsawarat- Midterm

Narat Atsawarat- Midterm

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