WHERE DESIGN, NATURE AND COMMUNITY MEET TO IMAGINE POROUS FUTURE
ABOUT POROUS CITY
PCN’s objectives are to increase climate resilience in Bangkok through a built network of permeable public space projects, and expand knowledge of design solutions for climate resilience through research, outreach, and public education. This increased resilience will beneft the city as whole, but the main benefciaries
of our built work are residents of vulnerable communities. Climate-vulnerable communities tend to be economically vulnerable as well, located in areas that are especially prone to fooding and
environmental hardship. PCN will focus our eforts on these vulnerable communities to add needed social space in addition to food-reduction strategies.
Bangkok, the city of three water sources: rain, sea (Gulf of Thailand) andmountains run of from northern Thailand. As for Bangkok, the city’salready-precarious position just 5 feet above sea level has, combined withland subsidence. Tropical location of Thailand and the infuence of seasonalmonsoon rains and local topography make it prone to foods. In Thailand,there are three large dams that help regulate water fow in the centralplains were unable to cope with the large amount of rainfall, but the management
of pumping station could not help, it more difcult to accommodatethe runoff of foodwaters from the north.
SOUTHEAST ASIA:
THE MOST REGION AT RISK
Our project objectives are to increase climate residence in Southeast Asia Cities. As a pilot study of climate vulnerable communities in three countries, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. By using built environment as solutions, expanding knowledge of design solutions for climate residence through research, outreach, community participatory workshops, and public education are our action.
This action has involved vulnerable communities, stakeholders, universities, local built environment experts, social enterprises and policy makers which will benefit the city as a whole. However, the main beneficiaries of our project are residents of vulnerable communities, which located in areas that are especially prone to health, social and environmental hardship. Our two-year project, which will end in July 2019, will need to be summarized our ground works, workshop with stakeholders and lesson learned. To put together the final outcomes, the article with infographics will easily apply and raise awareness of our city at risk in this region.