Institutional development · Sustainability and civic impact · Thailand
Thammasat architecture faculty applies urban heat research with Phasi Charoen residents
Thammasat University's Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning is using urban climate science, learning and co-design with residents to tackle heat in Phasi Charoen district.
Why it matters: Residents of Phasi Charoen district are the intended beneficiaries of shade and safety measures that Thammasat says draw on its faculty's heat research.
Thammasat University said its Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning has taken on heat problems in Phasi Charoen district.
According to the university, the faculty is combining urban climate science, learning activities and design carried out jointly with the community.
The university described the work, presented under a Thai banner meaning roughly fight the heat, Thailand, as turning research into shade and safety for community residents.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
Residents of Phasi Charoen district are the direct focus: if the co-designed measures are delivered as the university describes, its faculty's research is meant to give them shade and greater safety from heat.
