|
The
City as an Open Classroom: Diversity & Dynamism in Urban Conservation
Asian
Heritage Cities Triangle project
8-10 January,
2006
Penang, Malaysia
What
participants say about the workshop:
 From
Ratana SOUN, a fourth year student at the Faculty of Architecture
and Urbanism, Royal University of Fine Art, Cambodia, and part
time architecture tour guide in Phnom Penh:
It was my
pleasure for me, Ratana Suon, to attend this symposium. It was
such a very good experience and good chance for me to absorb more
knowledge as an architecture and urbanism student and also a great
opportunity to exchange experiences between Asian Cities.
Experiences
made in Penang are very good tactics and strategies that could
be applied in Phnom Penh. The most interesting points that I am
really interested in is the campaign to make people love their
own heritage by providing knowledge and encouraging people of
all ages from the youngest to the oldest. Simple but strong strategies
applied with the children are very amazing. All these points have
not been tried out yet with the children in Cambodia. In addition,
I got many good ideas which are really useful for conservation
of urban heritage. Besides many interesting presentations, the
stay in Penang itself gave me a lot of experiences, such as viewing
peoples' life style, tasting amazing gastronomies, and getting
new ideas of architecture and urban stuff.
The presentation
on Nara, Chiang Mai and Phuket cities were all something that
should be noticed to apply in Phnom Penh. The five cities, Penang,
Chiang Mai, Phuket, Nara and Phnom Penh are facing similar problems
even though some cities are confronted with more and some fewer
problems. What has been done in Chiang Mai, such as using religious
belief as the way of spreading idea or passing the message efficiently
and effectively to the people will possibly be very practical
in Cambodia since from my point of view the ways Cambodian and
Thai people perceive things are very similar.
Hence, I
can say I learned a lot from this symposium. It was not only the
knowledge on Urbanization that I got from these three days in
Penang but also leaning to build up my confidence and other useful
skills. Rather. It was not just good for me but it was crucial
for my city, Phnom Penh, since this seminar has made Phnom Penh
no longer seem like an isolated and fragile city when facing the
problems of endangered urban heritage. In the future I hope that
the network between these cities will be sustainable and tied
strongly together in promoting the survival of all precious urban
heritages in all Asian cities.
Finally I
would like to say thanks you very much to Japanese Foundation
and Institute for Cultural Enterprise who sponsored me and gave
me this chance and especially let me say thank you to Irene who
have organized everything.
.
|
.
The
City as an Open Classroom: Diversity & Dynamism in Urban Conservation
Asian
Heritage Cities Triangle project
8-10
January, 2006
Penang, Malaysia
*
* *
Programme
Schedule
*
* *
Workshop
Summary
*
* *
Delegates
and Presenters
*
* *
Coordinating
and
Participating Organizations
*
* *
What
participants say
about the workshop
*
* *
|
