Seminar in Bangkok to focus on cultural heritage amid rapid urban growth
Siam Society Under Royal Patronage worked with the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Alliance to organise a seminar regarding "cultural heritage" so as to highlight the issue of Bangkok as a city confronting sustainability issues.
Asia Heritage Series EP1
The growth of urban communities is a common experience in the development of several major Asian nations, where the issue of "sustainable development" has been seen as one of their major challenges.
Business leaders or policymakers typically prioritise economic performance at the expense of the community's cultural heritage, environment, and quality of life.
This may prompt the question: Why can't "urban growth" and "sustainable development" go hand in hand?
Siam Society Under Royal Patronage worked with the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Alliance to organise a seminar regarding "cultural heritage" so as to highlight the issue of Bangkok as a city confronting sustainability issues.
"Every building is a missionary. I don't build a house without predicting the end of the present social order.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
March 18, Saturday
2.30pm – 4.15pm
Siam Society (Asoke-Montri Road)
Seminar: Krung Thep Su Chee-wit (Bangkok’s Survival)
On the way to becoming one of the “capital cities of Asia”, Bangkok has lost its identity. The fascination with Thai traditions as well as the vibrancy of local Thais has been dwarfed by gleaming rows of skyscrapers. The city is only intended to be a business place.
Some people may refer to this movement as "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs”, which implies that it is merely a change made to cope with the current circumstances.
“How can we protect and maintain the precosity of Bangkok's identity?”
Seminars:
Speakers:
1. Kanitha Kasina-Ubol - Siam Society’s Managing Director
Topic: Prosperity or Tradition: What to choose? And who will choose?
2. Methita Toopkajae – a condominium dweller
Topic: What do the new generations really want?
3. Yuwarat Hemasilapin – an architect
Topic: Can we imagine?
4. Uthai Uthaisangsuk - Chief Operating Officer at Sansiri PLC.
Topic: Building a liveable city
5. Disaphol Chansiri – University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce’s Dean of the School of Digital Arts and Design
Topic: The innovation regarding cultural-heritage stability
6. Metus Satanapongwatcharee - a condominium dweller and a businessperson
Topic: Choose the world around us
7. Penthai na Pombejra – member of DWP Architect
Topic: Can projects about the sustainability of firms preserve cultural heritage?
Moderator: Pana Janviroj – Asia News Network’s Editor
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