Sustainable Housing Design Through Local Community Participation: Case Study of Soi Wat Lung Ban Community, Samut Songkhram Municipality, Thailand

Abstract

This article describes a three-year process of local participation in the sustainable housing design in Soi Wat Lung Ban Community, which was selected through a participatory process. Adapting Hamdi’s (1996) Participatory Action Planning (PAP) concepts, the research team collaborated with members of 14 communities and government agencies. This article is an evaluation of the process to implement a model of architectural design for vernacular housing and factors, which were obstacles to successful outcomes.