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Gimme shelter as we wait for fewer buses
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/11/2020
» When I saw City Hall calling for new Bangkok bus stop designs, I was excited. The voices of regular people like millions of bus commuters would finally be heard. But when I went through the competition's requirements, I wasn't sure if there was anything worth celebrating.
Nature takes back seat in push for toilets
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/06/2020
» The removal of the leafy pradu trees along the road around the Grand Palace has triggered an avalanche of shock and anger. But this project, which has been touted as a landscape development project for tourism, hardly surprised me.
There are better ways to realise riverside dream
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/12/2019
» If the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has its way, the capital city will soon have its own riverside promenade like many other metropolitan cities. Except that the Bangkok version is riddled with controversy.
Overlooked no longer
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 31/07/2019
» Rungsima Kullapat, a Nakhon Ratchasima native, had seen the contrast of how the historical ruins in her hometown were being developed into tourist destinations, while the local way of life and the architecture on the streets were being overlooked by the state.
Bangkok needs a smarter plan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/12/2017
» While being shown how "smart" Berlin is as a city during a study tour last month, I came across a piece of news from Thailand about an effort to turn an area in Bangkok into a "smart city". I couldn't help but try to figure out how smart a city Bangkok could become if it embraced this model of development.
Phuket carves out learning niche
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/10/2017
» Phuket municipality is celebrating the completion of its quest to introduce a "trinity of knowledge" to further the learning of locals, especially youngsters in primary schools.
Is promenade project really for all of us?
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/03/2016
» Now that King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and Khon Kaen University (KKU) have officially taken charge of the feasibility study for the controversial Chao Phraya promenade project, I can only hope the project is now in the right hands.
BMA rides roughshod on river rights
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/03/2016
» I can almost start to feel the privilege -- imagining myself in stylish casuals riding my vintage city bike along the Chao Phraya River feeling the breeze.
Life on the high seas
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 09/07/2013
» For the past 32 years, Krisada Onporat has lived on the high seas. But he isn't living the Thai version of Piscine Patel from famous novel Life Of Pi or an inmate on some prison barge.
The fight to stay green
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/06/2013
» 'If you could design Bangkok, what would it be," asks Jatuporn Tansirimas, campaigner of Makkasan Hope, a group advocating for a new public park. He's open to every resident's opinion.