Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods
Kotchakorn Voraakhom: 从下陷的城市到能够抗洪的园林
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.
一个严重结果:
of climate change:
the urbanization of Bangkok,
and absorb water --
after 30 minutes of rainfall.
城市中部分地区的掠影,
metropolitan region
会移动的和布满淤泥的河岸上。
on top of a shifting, muddy river delta.
more than one centimeter per year,
than the rate of predicted sea level rise.
可能会低于海平面,
as a landscape architect.
我站在这里并不是偶然。
always filled with traffic.
there was a concrete parking lot,
有一个水泥地的停车场,
trying to grow through the crack
and bigger hole through this crack
继续实现我远大的目标,
to continue my cracking ambition --
back to nature.
of the wet and dry season,
when the water fertilized our land.
因为水能够滋养土地。
也是经济损失最大的
and the most expensive flood disaster
into an enormous lake.
变成了一个巨大的湖泊。
in the center of the image,
看到这场洪水的规模,
outlined in yellow.
their home and their belongings,
失去他们的房子和财产,
忍受着没有电和纯净水的日子。
with no electricity and clean water.
of fighting flood with concrete,
来抵御洪水的想法,
气候面前显得相当脆弱。
to the climate uncertainty.
as my city continues to sink.
抗洪公园的设计比赛,
for Chulalongkorn Centenary Park.
of the first university in Thailand
as a public park to our city.
to many other cities,
是一个很正常的事情,
人均公共绿色面积
public green space per capita
the first new public park
巨大绿色裂缝——
at the heart of Bangkok --
through countless meetings
give up to convincing
for beautification or recreation:
confront climate change.
来利用地吸引力
by inclining the whole park
the runoff from the highest point
that work as one system.
由三个主要部分构成。
green roof in Thailand,
and museum underneath.
to water the park for up to a month.
then falls through wetlands
that can help filter
collects all of the water.
of the park water system.
公园水系统的一个活跃部分。
and room for water,
what we and our cities need.
about getting rid of flood.
is wasted in this park.
没有一滴雨水会被浪费掉。
a million gallons of water.
is an opportunity
创造绿色裂缝的机会,
through this concrete jungle
as a solution,
变为城市农场,
into an urban farm,
at Thammasat University,
green roof on an academic campus yet
we are involved,
了解气候变化的风险,
to understand the climate risk
as part of the solution.
will happen again ...
in these sinking cities
that I always keep in mind,
for "tang" is "to firmly stand,"
when you commit to do something,
做某件事的时候,
心有所向,言行一致。
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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