![]() “Some of the solutions are more based on fear rather than co-existence,” she tells me. “And when you base things on fear you really have to have everything under control. ![]() To combat this, current projects that are underway include concrete dams, paving the canals and a big underground tunnel. But Kotch isn’t very confident in these concrete, engineering-based solutions. It is now estimated that the city will be underwater by 2030. What was a once a fun activity soon turned to cause for grave concern, when flooding reached new heights in 2011 as the city experienced its worst flood in its history. Ironic that a holidaymaker’s haven like Thailand is at once home to a city considered on the opposite end of what defines a happy city, according to Kotch, who founded the Porous City Network.įor her the solution lies in parks parks are one of the answers to building happier cities.Īs a child Kotch remembers Bangkok’s streets turning into streams in the wet season, so much so that she’d be able to sail a little makeshift boat down them. Right now the city is sick so we are all sick,” she says referring to her home city, Bangkok in Thailand. “The health of the city is directly related to the health of the people. I recently asked Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom (who prefers to be called Kotch for short) and she started by saying it lies with healthy people. What makes a happy city? You’re likely to get very different answers based on who you ask.
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