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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.46,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this very moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.32,0:00:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with every breath we take,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.12,0:00:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,major delta cities \Nacross the globe are sinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.07,0:00:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including New York, London,\NTokyo, Shanghai,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.77,0:00:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New Orleans
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.37,0:00:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as well as my city, Bangkok.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.11,0:00:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the usual version\Nof climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.74,0:00:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.77,0:00:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing much,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.77,0:00:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a crocodile on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.78,0:00:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.32,0:00:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an urgent impact\Nof climate change:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.54,0:00:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sinking cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.39,0:00:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you can see\Nthe urbanization of Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.58,0:00:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing in every direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.56,0:00:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shifting from porous,\Nagricultural land --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.02,0:00:57.18,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: 0,0:01:06.73,0:01:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time it rains,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.66,0:01:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish my car could turn into a boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:15.34,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: 0,0:01:22.28,0:01:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality of Bangkok's\Nmetropolitan region
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.02,0:01:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a city of 15 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.19,0:01:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living, working and commuting \Non top of a shifting, muddy river delta.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.97,0:01:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangkok is sinking\Nmore than one centimeter per year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.98,0:01:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is four times faster
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.68,0:01:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the rate of predicted sea level rise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.01,0:01:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we could be below sea level by 2030,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.34,0:01:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will be here too soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.09,0:02:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no coincidence that I am here\Nas a landscape architect.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.68,0:02:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.20,0:02:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a rowhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.46,0:02:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next to the busy road\Nalways filled with traffic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.65,0:02:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In front of my house,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.95,0:02:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a concrete parking lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.94,0:02:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was my playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.35,0:02:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only living creature I would find,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.68,0:02:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had fun with,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.38,0:02:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were these sneaky little plants\Ntrying to grow through the crack
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.66,0:02:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the concrete pavement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.08,0:02:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite game with friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.39,0:02:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to dig the bigger \Nand bigger hole through this crack
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.92,0:02:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let this little plant creep out --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.80,0:02:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sneak out more and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.71,0:02:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, landscape archtitecture\Ngives me the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.12,0:03:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue my cracking ambition --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.31,0:03:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.64,0:03:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect this concrete land\Nback to nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.21,0:03:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, Thais --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.04,0:03:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my people --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.43,0:03:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were adapted to the cycle\Nof the wet and dry season,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.31,0:03:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could all us amphibious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.89,0:03:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lived both on land and on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.98,0:03:29.39,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: 0,0:03:37.20,0:03:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now flooding means ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.76,0:03:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.73,0:03:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2011,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.56,0:03:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thailand was hit by the most damaging\Nand the most expensive flood disaster
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.21,0:03:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our history.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.36,0:03:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flooding has turned central Thailand\Ninto an enormous lake.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.80,0:04:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you can see the scale of the flood\Nin the center of the image
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.08,0:04:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the scale of Bangkok\Noutlined in yellow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.58,0:04:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water was overflowing from the north,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.07,0:04:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its away across several provinces.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.90,0:04:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Millions of my people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.16,0:04:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including me and my family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.50,0:04:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were displaced and homeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.36,0:04:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some had to escape the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.40,0:04:35.22,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: 0,0:04:43.52,0:04:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, this flood reflects clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.12,0:04:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our modern infrastructure,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.63,0:04:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially our notion\Nof fighting flood with concrete,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.01,0:05:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had made us so extremely vulnerable\Nto the climate uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.91,0:05:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the heart of this disaster,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.53,0:05:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found my calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.64,0:05:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot just sit and wait\Nas my city continues to sink.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.31,0:05:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city needed me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.24,0:05:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have the ability\Nto fix this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.13,0:05:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.65,0:05:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started my project.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.70,0:05:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My teams and I won the design competition\Nfor Chulalongkorn Centennial Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.84,0:05:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the big, bold mission\Nof the first university in Thailand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.68,0:05:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for celebrating its hundredth anniversary
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.73,0:05:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving this piece of land\Nas a public park to our city.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.68,0:05:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a park sounds very normal\Nto many other cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.97,0:06:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not in Bangkok,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.21,0:06:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has one of the lowest\Npublic green space per capita
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.01,0:06:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among megacities in Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.96,0:06:14.69,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: 0,0:06:17.82,0:06:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 11-acre park --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.34,0:06:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big green crack\Nat the heart of Bangkok --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.34,0:06:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opened just last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.05,0:06:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.34,0:06:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.36,0:06:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.57,0:06:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For four years we have pushed\Nthrough countless meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.64,0:06:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convince and never\Ngiving up to convince
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.31,0:06:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this park isn't just\Nfor beautification or recreation:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.84,0:06:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must help the city deal with water,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.56,0:06:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must help the city\Nconfront climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.03,0:06:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is how it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.58,0:06:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangkok is a flat city,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.87,0:07:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we harnessed the power of gravity\Nby inclining the whole park
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.87,0:07:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collect every drop of rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.62,0:07:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gravity force pulls down\Nthe runoff from the highest point
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.12,0:07:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the lowest point.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.69,0:07:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This park has three main elements\Nthat work as one system.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.87,0:07:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first, the green roof.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.76,0:07:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the biggest\Ngreen roof in Thailand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.88,0:07:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rainwater tanks\Nand museum underneath.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.93,0:07:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the dry season,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.38,0:07:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the collected rain can be used\Nto water the park for up to a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.31,0:07:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The runoff on the green roof\Nthen falls through wetlands
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.81,0:07:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the native water plants\Nthat can help filter
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.59,0:07:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.32,0:07:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the lower end,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.25,0:07:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the retention pond collects\Nall of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.53,0:08:01.08,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: 0,0:08:06.44,0:08:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their exercise becomes an active part\Nof the park water system.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.70,0:08:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When life gives you flood,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.81,0:08:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have fun with the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.71,0:08:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.79,0:08:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Centennial Park gives room for people\Nand room for water,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.18,0:08:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is exactly\Nwhat we in our cities need.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.16,0:08:35.09,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: 0,0:08:38.84,0:08:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about creating a way to live with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.12,0:08:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not a single drop of rain\Nis wasted in this park.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.20,0:08:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This park can hold and collect\Na million gallons of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.05,0:08:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.05,0:08:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.05,0:09:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.34,0:09:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every given project, for me,\Nis an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.26,0:09:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create more green cracks\Nthrough this concrete jungle
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.44,0:09:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using landscape architecture\Nas the solution,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.12,0:09:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like turning this concrete roof\Ninto an urban farm,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.21,0:09:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can help absorb rain,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.20,0:09:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reduce urban heat island
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.49,0:09:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and grow food in the middle of the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.17,0:09:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reuse the abandoned concrete structure
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.93,0:09:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become a green pedestrian bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.07,0:09:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another flood-proof park\Nat Thammasat University,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.04,0:09:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which nearly completes the biggest\Ngreen roof on an academic campus yet
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.02,0:09:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Southeast Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.81,0:09:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Severe flooding is our new normal,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.39,0:10:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting the Southeast Asian region --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.33,0:10:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the region with the most coastline --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.79,0:10:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at extreme risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.11,0:10:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating a park is just one solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.81,0:10:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The awareness of climate change means
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.76,0:10:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we, in every profession we are involved,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.60,0:10:27.61,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: 0,0:10:34.39,0:10:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if our cities continue
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.18,0:10:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way they are now,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.91,0:10:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a similar catastrophe\Nwill happen again ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.11,0:10:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.66,0:10:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating a solution\Nin these sinking cities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.92,0:10:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like making impossible possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.99,0:11:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.28,0:11:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to share one word\Nthat I always keep in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.75,0:11:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, "Tang Jai."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.16,0:11:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tang Jai's literal translation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.37,0:11:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Tang is to firmly stand,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.08,0:11:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jai means heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.83,0:11:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firmly stand your heart at your goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.38,0:11:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Thai language,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.04,0:11:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you commit to do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.16,0:11:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put Tang Jai in front of your work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.22,0:11:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so your heart will be in your action.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.13,0:11:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how rough the path,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.34,0:11:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how big the crack,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.40,0:11:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you push through to your goal,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.28,0:11:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where your heart is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.86,0:11:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, Thailand is home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.11,0:12:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This land is my only home,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.85,0:12:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where I firmly stand my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.85,0:12:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you stand yours?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.97,0:12:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.97,0:12:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.29,0:12:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.29,0:12:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Thai) Khob khun ka.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.44,0:12:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause and cheers)