Center for Active Landscape

Understanding Urban Heat Island Effect and Its Implications to Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Major Southeast Asian Cities

(2015-2018)

The project is a regional research project aimed to understand the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects and their implications to climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for planning policy in major Southeast Asian cities. Its purpose is to mainstream climate considerations in urban planning policy in Southeast Asian cities.

Exploring the role of urban and community parks to public health and physical activity in Bangkok

(2017-2018)

The project aims to re-conceptualize the urban and community parks as the center of promoting physical activity, especially in in urban area, where the city infrastructure provides almost none to support physical activity. It is argued that in Bangkok, clustering physical activity campaigns in the urban and community parks will broaden the current efforts on advocating the issue.

Promoting Physical Activity in Urban Park: Planning and Designing for Benjakitti  Park, Bangkok

(2016-2017)

The proposed project is an action-research project aims to shift the paradigm of urban green space planning, design and management to provide support to physical activity.