The answer is both, both people and city has similar weights and effects which together, defines both of them. How street vendors, large shopping malls, skywalks that specifically serve for them, pop-up markets, temporary sport areas constructed below infrastructures reflect how Bangkok’s government concerns and Bangkokians’ behaviors which both define Bangkok city. The more significant of the usage and how large the certain Thai modern architectures are, the more they reflect how people live. Surprisingly, an uncontrollably higher rate of occupancy of cars is as well, reflects. It is a cause of traffic and loads of cars that infrastructures are not able to catch up to serve the …show more content…
Walking along Bangkok’s streets, it is such uniqueness that we can find Thai temples among current modern architectures which mixed and integrated together, while one building is mass production (shophouses) however one is drastically cultural since Bangkok has a long history. A shophouse become general and vernacular for Bangkok as it suits commercial needs and as well, act as a residence and require a little of land to build. It is a vernacular architectural building type that is commonly seen in areas such as urban Southeast Asia. As for the one who lives in Bangkok for whole life that has seen shophouses everywhere in Bangkok however after the wander, they actually characterize Bangkok city. All of these diversities have combined and stayed together in one piece of …show more content…
In the past, Bangkokians generally settled by the Chao Phraya River and continuously spread into the center of the country. As you will see hints of the Early Rattanakosin period, for instance, engineering and conventional lifestyles have been left by the stream more than in the inland regions. In addition, waterways around then were the most critical method for transportation. This truly effects how local Thai people have lived with water since the past until now. In Made in Bangkok, this architecture is categorized in ‘wild nature’ as it represents traditional Thai architecture in the tropical city such Bangkok. Those houses along the river integrate their structures with water and canals, represent how local Thai people live along the river. Wild nature can be, also, interpreted as ‘artificial nature’ as it was put in the modern structures in order to abruptly work as lung for this polluted city such as Bangkok. The structures along the river make Bangkok unusual. Up until then, most people lived near or on the water, leading the city to be known during the 19th century as the "Venice of the East". However due to the non-cooperative citizen’s behavior, most canals are now badly polluted. Nowadays, even though Bangkok has become a modern city, the Chao Phraya River as well as the canals is still charming for