All lit up: how a hidden public space could give birth to more visual treats

[snoop1130]

 

The recently celebrated Loy Krathong festival provided the perfect opportunity for a group of designers to create an experimental lighting project that transformed an abandoned, neglected and inaccessible area in Bangkok into a usable space that showed off its full potential.

 

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) together with Make it Happen Lab from the Urban Ally group of the Faculty of Architecture of Silapakorn University, and the Cloud-floor-design team created a special lighting medley on the vacant area under the Phra Pok Klao Bridge during Loy Krathong festival. Using lighting equipment from L&E, the design aimed to draw attention to the country’s first-ever “garden bridge” – the Bangkok Sky Park.

 

The designer group believes that more action has to be taken to boost the potential of public space in the city. Despite linking to such important landmarks as Bangkok Sky Park and Khlong Ong Ang (which connects Charoen Krung and Yaowarat roads), the area under the Phra Pok Klao bridge has been largely ignored and its promise never showcased.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/all-lit-up-how-a-hidden-public-space-could-give-birth-to-more-visual-treats/

 

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[hotchilli]

I can spot 3 lasses that needed a bigger circle of lighting.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Don't  bother. The BMA can't keep CCTV cameras serviceable never mind laser light circles for 'selfie' addicts.....

[loong]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

lighting project that transformed an abandoned, neglected and inaccessible area in Bangkok

If it's inaccessible how did they get there to install the lighting and how did hose people get there?

[Dumbfounded]

6 hours ago, loong said:

If it's inaccessible how did they get there to install the lighting and how did hose people get there?

Maybe it's a file photo from some other place, you never really know here. or maybe because there's no pokpok seller nearby