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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.32,0:00:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this very moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.11,0:00:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with every breath we take,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.04,0:00:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,major delta cities\Nacross the globe are sinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.98,0:00:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including New York, London,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.70,0:00:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tokyo, Shanghai, New Orleans,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.37,0:00:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as well as my city, Bangkok.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.02,0:00:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the usual version\Nof climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.60,0:00:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.59,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing much,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.77,0:00:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a crocodile on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.64,0:00:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.18,0:00:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an urgent impact\Nof climate change:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.52,0:00:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sinking cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.29,0:00:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, you can see\Nthe urbanization of Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.37,0:00:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing in every direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.42,0:00:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shifting from porous, agricultural land --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.89,0:00:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the land that can breathe\Nand absorb water --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.18,0:00:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a concrete jungle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.72,0:01:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what parts of it look like\Nafter 30 minutes of rainfall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.73,0:01:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time it rains,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish my car could turn into a boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.72,0:01:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This land has no room for water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.79,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has lost its absorbent capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.17,0:01:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality of Bangkok's\Nmetropolitan region
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.91,0:01:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a city of 15 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.05,0:01:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living, working and commuting\Non top of a shifting, muddy river delta.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.88,0:01:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangkok is sinking\Nmore than one centimeter per year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.98,0:01:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is four times faster\Nthan the rate of predicted sea level rise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.86,0:01:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we could be below sea level by 2030,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.29,0:01:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will be here too soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.95,0:02:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no coincidence that I am here\Nas a landscape architect.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.64,0:02:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child, I grew up in a row house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.44,0:02:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next to the busy road\Nalways filled with traffic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.60,0:02:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In front of my house,\Nthere was a concrete parking lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.83,0:02:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was my playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.19,0:02:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only living creature I would find,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.59,0:02:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had fun with,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.28,0:02:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were these sneaky little plants\Ntrying to grow through the crack
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.56,0:02:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the concrete pavement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.94,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite game with friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.39,0:02:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to dig a bigger\Nand bigger hole through this crack
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.82,0:02:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let this little plant creep out --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.64,0:02:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sneak out more and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.54,0:02:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, landscape architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.92,0:03:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives me the opportunity\Nto continue my cracking ambition --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.04,0:03:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.54,0:03:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect this concrete land\Nback to nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.05,0:03:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, Thais -- my people --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.30,0:03:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were adapted to the cycle\Nof the wet and dry season,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.21,0:03:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could all us amphibious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.94,0:03:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.97,0:03:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lived both on land and on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.84,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were adapted to both.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.17,0:03:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And flooding was a happy event,\Nwhen the water fertilized our land.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.12,0:03:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, flooding means ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.49,0:03:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.65,0:03:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2011,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.36,0:03:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thailand was hit by the most damaging\Nand the most expensive flood disaster
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.13,0:03:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our history.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.09,0:03:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flooding has turned central Thailand\Ninto an enormous lake.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.66,0:04:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, you can see the scale of the flood\Nin the center of the image,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.94,0:04:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the scale of Bangkok,\Noutlined in yellow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.40,0:04:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water was overflowing from the north,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.89,0:04:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way across several provinces.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.68,0:04:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Millions of my people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.07,0:04:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including me and my family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.34,0:04:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were displaced and homeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.30,0:04:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some had to escape the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.26,0:04:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many were terrified of losing\Ntheir home and their belongings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.22,0:04:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they stayed back in the flood\Nwith no electricity and clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.39,0:04:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, this flood reflects clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.99,0:04:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our modern infrastructure,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.60,0:04:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially our notion\Nof fighting flood with concrete,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.74,0:05:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had made us so extremely vulnerable\Nto the climate uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.76,0:05:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the heart of this disaster,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.38,0:05:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found my calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.48,0:05:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot just sit and wait\Nas my city continues to sink.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.17,0:05:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city needed me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.16,0:05:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had the ability to fix this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.95,0:05:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.57,0:05:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started my project.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.51,0:05:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My teams and I won the design competition\Nfor Chulalongkorn Centenary Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.81,0:05:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the big, bold mission\Nof the first university in Thailand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.57,0:05:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for celebrating its hundredth anniversary
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.62,0:05:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving this piece of land\Nas a public park to our city.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.49,0:05:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a park sounds very normal\Nto many other cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.86,0:05:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not in Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.02,0:06:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has one of the lowest\Npublic green space per capita
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.92,0:06:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among megacities in Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.83,0:06:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our project's become\Nthe first new public park
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.69,0:06:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in almost 30 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.71,0:06:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 11-acre park --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.17,0:06:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big green crack\Nat the heart of Bangkok --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.28,0:06:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opened just last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.95,0:06:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.24,0:06:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.46,0:06:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.57,0:06:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For four years, we have pushed\Nthrough countless meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.51,0:06:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convince and never\Ngive up to convincing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.10,0:06:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this park isn't just\Nfor beautification or recreation:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.73,0:06:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must help the city deal with water,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.45,0:06:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must help the city\Nconfront climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.99,0:06:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is how it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.49,0:06:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangkok is a flat city,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.78,0:07:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we harnessed the power of gravity\Nby inclining the whole park
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.78,0:07:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collect every drop of rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.49,0:07:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gravity force pulls down\Nthe runoff from the highest point
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.05,0:07:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the lowest point.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.55,0:07:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This park has three main elements\Nthat work as one system.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.85,0:07:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first -- the green roof.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.59,0:07:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the biggest\Ngreen roof in Thailand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.77,0:07:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rainwater tanks\Nand museum underneath.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.88,0:07:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the dry season,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.28,0:07:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the collected rain can be used\Nto water the park for up to a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.31,0:07:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The runoff on the green roof\Nthen falls through wetlands
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.65,0:07:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the native water plants\Nthat can help filter
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.43,0:07:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.22,0:07:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the lower end,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.07,0:07:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the retention pond\Ncollects all of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.47,0:08:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this pond, there are water bikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.60,0:08:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can pedal and help clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.26,0:08:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their exercise becomes an active part\Nof the park water system.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.70,0:08:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When life gives you a flood,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.64,0:08:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have fun with the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.54,0:08:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.61,0:08:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Centenary Park gives room for people\Nand room for water,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.97,0:08:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is exactly\Nwhat we and our cities need.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.11,0:08:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an amphibious design.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.47,0:08:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This park is not\Nabout getting rid of flood.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.75,0:08:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about creating a way to live with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.74,0:08:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not a single drop of rain\Nis wasted in this park.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.13,0:08:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This park can hold and collect\Na million gallons of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.87,0:08:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.05,0:08:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.26,0:09:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.34,0:09:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every given project, for me,\Nis an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.23,0:09:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create more green cracks\Nthrough this concrete jungle
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.44,0:09:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using landscape architecture\Nas a solution,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.93,0:09:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like turning this concrete roof\Ninto an urban farm,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.06,0:09:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can help absorb rain;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.09,0:09:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reduce urban heat island
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.27,0:09:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and grow food in the middle of the city;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.11,0:09:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reuse the abandoned concrete structure
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.71,0:09:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become a green pedestrian bridge;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.92,0:09:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another flood-proof park\Nat Thammasat University,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.96,0:09:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which nearly completes the biggest\Ngreen roof on an academic campus yet
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.80,0:09:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Southeast Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.81,0:09:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Severe flooding is our new normal,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.39,0:10:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting the southeast Asian region --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.33,0:10:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the region with the most coastline --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.64,0:10:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at extreme risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.04,0:10:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating a park is just one solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.68,0:10:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The awareness of climate change
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.34,0:10:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means we, in every profession\Nwe are involved,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.58,0:10:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are increasingly obligated\Nto understand the climate risk
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.61,0:10:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put whatever we are working on\Nas part of the solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.39,0:10:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if our cities continue
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.93,0:10:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way they are now,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.85,0:10:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a similar catastrophe\Nwill happen again ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.96,0:10:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.53,0:10:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating a solution\Nin these sinking cities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.80,0:10:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like making the impossible possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.91,0:11:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.07,0:11:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to share one word\Nthat I always keep in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.66,0:11:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is, "tangjai."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.97,0:11:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The literal translation\Nfor "tang" is "to firmly stand,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.94,0:11:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "jai" means "heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.72,0:11:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firmly stand your heart at your goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.32,0:11:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Thai language,\Nwhen you commit to do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.96,0:11:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put tangjai in front of your work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.12,0:11:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so your heart will be in your action.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.02,0:11:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how rough the path,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.25,0:11:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how big the crack,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.25,0:11:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you push through to your goal,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.14,0:11:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where your heart is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.72,0:11:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, Thailand is home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.11,0:12:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This land is my only home,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.65,0:12:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where I firmly stand my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.64,0:12:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you stand yours?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.95,0:12:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.13,0:12:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.17,0:12:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.34,0:12:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kòp kun ka.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.52,0:12:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)