Architectural Heritage Interpretation in Thailand: the Contemporary Issue
As discussed above, architecture itself contains visual information, which can be perceived, be
interpreted, and be understood in many different ways. This is crucial in terms of interpretation,
particularly for architectural heritage. This section devotes to discuss and to interrogate in the
contemporary issue of architectural heritage interpretation in Thailand.
Basically, architectural heritage has collected the values through times. These values do not
merely depend upon historical and archaeological dimensions; but also depend upon other
dimensions including aesthetic, spiritual, intellectual, socio-cultural, integrative, and associative
with nature. It is critical to have the specific criteria to identify these values. The values lead to the
following processes including maintenance, preservation, conservation, restoration, demolition,
reconstruction, modification, adaptation, usage, management, and also interpretation.