Participatory Development of a Local Curriculum on Traditional Thai House Regeneration in Samut Songkhram

Authors

  • Kundoldibya Panitchpakdi Department of Housing, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.194

Keywords:

Local Curriculum, Traditional Thai House, Housing, Regeneration

Abstract

This paper is part of the participatory action research on ‘Architecture for Community Empowering’ project, which has been on-going since 2007. The project emerged from expressed need of local communities to preserve the traditional Thai house as a cultural heritage. A curriculum was developed to provide training on the features of Thai- housing, construction and preservation to empower communities to share and spread this traditional wisdom. Trainees also developed a more profound appreciation for the Thai architectural heritage. This curriculum is the first of its kind in Thailand, and the training is being replicated in other communities in the country.

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Published

2016-06-26

How to Cite

Panitchpakdi, K. (2016). Participatory Development of a Local Curriculum on Traditional Thai House Regeneration in Samut Songkhram. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 1(1), 44–51. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.194