Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods
Kotchakorn Voraakhom: Batan şehirler nasıl selle mücadele eden peyzajlara dönüştürülür
Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a landscape architect who works on building green public space that tackle climate change. Full bio
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across the globe are sinking,
of climate change.
olağan versiyonunu görüyorsunuz.
of climate change:
kaçınılmaz bir etkisi:
the urbanization of Bangkok,
görebilirsiniz,
and absorb water --
toprakların yerini
after 30 minutes of rainfall.
bazı kesimler böyle görünmektedir.
metropolitan region
çalışan, işe gidip gelen
on top of a shifting, muddy river delta.
bir şehir olmasıdır.
more than one centimeter per year,
suya gömülüyor.
than the rate of predicted sea level rise.
yükselmesinden daha hızlı.
deniz seviyesinin altına inebiliriz ki
as a landscape architect.
bulunmam tesadüf değil.
always filled with traffic.
sıra evlerde geçti.
there was a concrete parking lot,
trying to grow through the crack
and bigger hole through this crack
to continue my cracking ambition --
için çatlak açma sevdama
back to nature.
of the wet and dry season,
uyum sağlardık
when the water fertilized our land.
mutlu bir olaydı.
and the most expensive flood disaster
sel felaketiyle
into an enormous lake.
devasa bir göle çevirdi.
in the center of the image,
selin büyüklüğünü,
outlined in yellow.
göre görebilirsiniz.
kendine yol açarak
zorunda kaldı.
their home and their belongings,
kaybetmekten korkuyordu.
with no electricity and clean water.
ve temiz susuz kaldılar.
açık bir şekilde gösteriyor ki
of fighting flood with concrete,
betonla mücadele etmek
to the climate uncertainty.
aşırı derecede savunmasız kıldı.
as my city continues to sink.
hiçbir şey yapmadan duramam.
beceriye sahiptim.
for Chulalongkorn Centenary Park.
için tasarım projesini kazandık.
of the first university in Thailand
as a public park to our city.
büyük, cesur girişimiydi.
to many other cities,
kulağa oldukça normal gelir
public green space per capita
the first new public park
at the heart of Bangkok --
büyük, yeşil çatlak,
through countless meetings
give up to convincing
veya rekreasyon için olmadığını,
for beautification or recreation:
başa çıkmasına
yardımcı olması gerektiği
confront climate change.
vazgeçmedik.
by inclining the whole park
kullanmak için tüm parkı
eğimli yaptık.
the runoff from the highest point
that work as one system.
üç temel unsuru var.
green roof in Thailand,
ve müze ile
and museum underneath.
to water the park for up to a month.
boyunca sulamak için kullanılabilir.
then falls through wetlands
that can help filter
sulak alanlardan geçerek
yardımcı olur.
collects all of the water.
yardımcı olabilirler.
of the park water system.
aktif bir parçasını oluşturur.
and room for water,
alan veriyor
what we and our cities need.
şehirlerimizin ihtiyaç duyduğu şey.
about getting rid of flood.
kurtulmak değil.
bir yol bulmak üzerine.
is wasted in this park.
ziyan edilmez.
a million gallons of water.
toplayıp depolayabilir.
is an opportunity
through this concrete jungle
as a solution,
yeşil çatlak oluşturmak için bir fırsat.
into an urban farm,
yağmuru emen,
at Thammasat University,
green roof on an academic campus yet
en büyük eko-çatısı
we are involved,
to understand the climate risk
ve her ne üzerinde çalışıyorsak
as part of the solution.
sorumluluğunda olmamız demek.
will happen again ...
in these sinking cities
that I always keep in mind,
bir kelimeyi paylaşmak istiyorum:
for "tang" is "to firmly stand,"
when you commit to do something,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kotchakorn Voraakhom - Urban landscape architectKotchakorn Voraakhom is a landscape architect who works on building green public space that tackle climate change.
Why you should listen
Kotchakorn Voraakhom never thought her childhood pastimes -- like boat paddling with friends in the floodwaters in front of her house -- would later signal a catastrophic disaster: a sinking city. To help save her hometown of Bangkok from rising sea levels and climate change, Voraakhom founded the landscape architecture design firm Landprocess. She is also the founder of Porous City Network, a social enterprise working to solve urban environmental problems and increase urban resilience across Southeast Asia by aiding, engaging and educating climate-vulnerable communities about productive landscape design.
In Bangkok, Voraakhom and her team has turned an invaluable commercial property in the heart of the city into Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, a flood-proof, water-retention public green space. Voraakhom also works as a design consultant for the Bangkok250, a major redevelopment project for the city's 250th anniversary. Voraakhom is an Echoing Green Climate Fellow, Atlantic Fellow and Asia Foundation Development Fellow. She received her master's in landscape architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.
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