Imagine a state of the art universal design Global Campus Complex in Chiang Mai Thailand. That’s what 11 advanced students from the Faculty of Architecture at Chiang Mai University, CMU, had been doing in their recent academic semster. Taking their imaginations further, each student actually designed their envisionment of such a complex. On December 21, 2011, they presented for final review their design concepts at a culminating event honoring their collaboration with Global Campus Chiang Mai participants regarding disability awareness and universal design. Certificates and prizes were awarded.
CMU Vice president, Dr. Amnat, and Architecture Faculty, Dr. Vittul formally commented about the educational process as a great success with CMU students participating in disability simulation workshops, interviewing persons who experience disability to become aware of the culture of disability, and learning about serving their “customer” by addressing their needs and desires through universal design concepts.
GCF sponsored a design contest as a part of this educational process challenging the students to create their model of a fully accessible campus complex for the future home of Global Campuses to serve as the hub for further expansion and development in the S.E. Asia region. The quality of the students’ work was impressive with design concepts attending to criteria such as environmentally green, accessible, blending comtemporary and traditional Lanna (northern) architectural features, and efficiency. Everyone involved expressed that they are eager to take this cutting edge educational experience to the next level of exploration in future academic semesters.
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