{"id":18192,"date":"2016-05-05T10:36:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T02:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/fabu2024\/?p=17850"},"modified":"2016-05-05T10:36:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T02:36:29","slug":"the-11th-joint-workshop-on-urban-design-and-conservation-organised-by-the-faculty-of-architecture-urban-design-creative-arts-mahasarakham-university-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/fabu2024\/the-11th-joint-workshop-on-urban-design-and-conservation-organised-by-the-faculty-of-architecture-urban-design-creative-arts-mahasarakham-university-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"The 11th Joint Workshop on Urban Design and Conservation Organised by the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Design &amp; Creative Arts, Mahasarakham University, Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The 11<sup>th<\/sup> Joint Workshop on Urban Design and Conservation (JWUD) was held from the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> till the 12<sup>th<\/sup> April 2016 at Mahasarakham University (MSU), Thailand.\u00a0 This is an annual programme between the Faculty of Built Environment (FAB), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and MSU and this year the JWUD was hosted by MSU.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">For the first time, the 11<sup>th <\/sup>JWUD was attended by the National University of Laos (NUOL) who was also the co-organiser. A total of 65 participants from UTM, MSU and NUOL were present at the workshop.\u00a0 The delegation from UTM was headed by Mr. Chau Loon Wai, from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), 3 postgraduate students who were also the coordinators of the programme and 16 undergraduate students (15 from DURP and 1 from the Department of Landscape) of FAB.\u00a0 Delegates were received by Associate Professor Dr. Pondej Chaowarat, Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Urban Design &amp; Creative Arts, MSU.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The JWUD programme consisted of visits to sites reputed for its cultural heritage and recognised as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, local architecture, urban planning, urban conservation efforts in Thailand and Laos, workshops, lectures and presentation of students work. Delegates were driven from Thailand to Laos across the Mekong River on the famous Friendship Bridge.\u00a0 Vientiane was the city visited in Laos and the activities carried out in NUOL included a special lecture by Mr. Chau Loon Wai, a presentation of students work attended by local leaders from around Vientiane and the final evaluation of the students work.\u00a0 Amongst the cities visited are Ayutthaya, the historical development of the Siamese Government and Bangkok, to view the evolution and development of the main commercial, shopping and financial centres of \u201cold\u201d and \u201cnew\u201d Bangkok. 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