Infiltrated Neighborhood - Climate Adaptive Urbanism in Bangkok

Abstract: Under the rapid urbanization of Bangkok, the water town on a floodplain, has changed into a jungle concrete of high-rise buildings and road structure that has adopted from the West but does not cope with the water-related traditional way of living of the Thai people. Consequently, Bangkok has been facing more frequent and more severe impact of urban flooding while people neglected and forgot their own existing treasure, canals and river, that can play an important role in dealing with the unforeseen water situation. This thesis will try to find a solution for the city to deal with flooding and support the socio-economic of the informal settlements along the canal. Rather than introducing new infrastructure, the thesis tries to work with the existing structure in the city, like canals, and suggest a more resilient lifestyle that can take place in the city as an example to shift people’s perspective of how people perceive the importance for the canal in relation with flooding.