Common Ground 05–12–22
With Edith X, Hongjin Y, Ying Z.
Location
Bangkok, Thailand
A stark tension exists between Bangkok’s global image as a modern, efficient economic hub and the fragmented realities at the neighborhood scale. As the city is viewed from global to local, the seamlessness of centralized infrastructure begins to unravel—giving way to dead ends and disconnected spaces. Yet, alongside this breakdown, a counter-narrative emerges: the resilience of informal mobility networks. With over 300,000 motorcycle taxis making 5–6 million trips daily, these decentralized systems fill the voids left by top-down planning. Mapping these flows reveals deep inequities embedded within elite infrastructural regimes—inequities that echo broader structural divides in Bangkok’s urban society.
Category Urban Design