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Put culture first in old town revamps
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/03/2024
» Will Thailand's old towns include their old communities as they are renovated? In many of these important districts, institutional owners of land are apt to evict legacy tenants to make way for redevelopment, threatening vintage architecture and eroding vibrant local cultures and ways of life.
A million 'rafts' won't unclog our trash-hit klongs
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/08/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) seems to take pride in its newly built bamboo "rafts" that can trap rubbish flowing in city canals.
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.
Bus map takes the right route to serve city folk
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/01/2019
» A bus route map fixed at an old bus stop caught my eye when I was walking past Supachalasai Stadium in Pathumwan.
With city's public spaces, don't ignore the public
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 12/01/2019
» Taking a stroll around a few neighbourhoods during the holidays, I couldn't help but wonder why Bangkok, a bustling metropolis, has so little public space for people to use.
Creativity key to inclusivity in the capital
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/02/2018
» I've never seen Charoen Krung district, which was the main site for Bangkok Design Week, look so vibrant and cool. Over the past two weeks, a large number of visitors, mostly young and chic, have thronged the once sleepy area that is now a creative hub.
People and river's voices sadly ignored
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/03/2017
» It is a fact that nature has existed long before us. Unfortunately, she has been abused, bullied, and at times treated badly. It has continued that way as, for most of us, nature has no say.
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.
BMA intent on making city charmless
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/03/2016
» I don't want to believe this is happening again. Another eviction plan for an old community in Bangkok. And if the the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration gets its way, we will soon lose the Mahakan Fort community, touted as one of the charms of the city.