Event: "Global and Local Climate Adaptation Design" on March 7 with Global Climate Leader and Landscape Architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom
And Washington, D.C. Glenn LaRue Smith, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, will join Kotchakorn in a conversation about climate and environmental justice
2024-03-04
Journalists and interested members of the public are invited to attend? ¡°,¡± a discussion with landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom, International Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ.
When: Thursday, March 7, 2024. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The program will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. and is followed by a reception from 7:00-7:30 p.m.
Where: National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Who: Kotchakorn Voraakhom, International Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, is a landscape architect from Bangkok, Thailand. She is the founder and CEO of landscape architecture firm and the . She will be joined by Glenn LaRue Smith, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, co-founder of and founder of the .
What: ¡°Creating urban spaces that allow for the free flow and penetration of water, wind, and people is essential. Returning to our natural waterscape is not an option; it is the only way to survive.¡±
Kotchakorn Voraakhom was raised in Bangkok,one of the densest, climate vulnerable cities. Voraakhom has analyzed the city¡¯s historic resilience and adaptive ways of living with water, including Indigenous processes. She argues that these Indigenous processes are crucial to creating the waterscape urbanism needed for Bangkok¡¯s future on the Chao Phraya delta.
She invites the audience to join her in exploring landscape architecture solutions for water-based cities.
Following her remarks, Smith will join Kotchakorn in a conversation about the challenges of designing for climate change in the D.C. area.
This program at the National Building Museum is presented in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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