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Songkram river basin is located in the Upper North Eastern of Thailand (so called Isan). As a part of the 4 factors, one of the vernacular architecture of Songkram river basin, “Pae Sadung Yak”, the unique local fishery raft that strongly shown the sense of simplicity and wisdom. This research extract new design concept of vernacular architecture which will transform this bamboo fishing raft into the new application as a floating resort. The results of this research are not only preserving the intangible heritage local wisdom of this particular “Rock Salt”, but also the creation of circular economy which could elevate the wealthier status of the people in the area and attract people from different cultures such as the outsider or tourists and lead them to experience the new “Isan lifestyle” which handcrafted design for sustainable tourism.
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The author acknowledged the 2020 Research and innovative creation funding, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Thailand.
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Pintong, S. (2020). Songkram River Basin: Floating Vernacular Architecture. In: Charytonowicz, J. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Architecture, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1214. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51566-9_4
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