Surviving the Fluidity: Adaptive Water Design in Sinking Megacities

Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a world-renowned landscape architect and founder of LANDPROCESS and Porous City Network. She pioneers climate-resilient, nature-based solutions in Southeast Asia, with transformative projects including Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm at Thammasat University, Chao Phraya Sky Park, and the ecological design of Thailand’s largest government complex.

A Harvard graduate, TED Fellow, and recipient of the UN Climate Action Award, TIME 100 Next, BBC 100 Women, and Bloomberg Green 30, she serves as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large, one of Cornell University’s highest academic honors. Her work seamlessly integrates ecological survival with social equity in rapidly changing urban landscapes.