Innovative Ground
The brief was asking for a public park to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chulalongkorn University that will serve not only chula’s personnel and student but also for the surrounding public communities.
Once operated as ‘Civil Service College of King Chulalongkorn’ devoted to training only bureaucrats, ‘Chulalongkorn University’ has been established by King Rama 6 to provide education for all Thais. This long history of how the land has been positioned as a forefront 'Innovative Ground' for Thailand since before Chulalongkorn time has led us to the concept for the park. We envision a 'Park' that is at the same time a 'Landmark'. ‘Earth’ is celebrated as an undulating platform that will embody history of the university and it’s evolution below the ground and grows new ecology atop. Strategic mixes of activities are proposed for the park to respond to arising necessity of our present urban community in various aspects such as; nourishing vibrant city life, nurturing urban ecology, exchanging wisdom and grooming the next generation.