Patama Roonrakwit
Patama Roonrakwit is a Thai architect, who has worked on underprivileged housing development projects for the poor in Thailand. She received her bachelor's degree in architecture from Silpakorn University. She later received her master's degree in development practice from Oxford Brookes University in England.[1]
Roonrakwit has participated in more than forty housing development projects for underprivileged community and damaged villages in Thailand. She also constructed a shelter to help people after the tsunami in Phang-nag, a province in Southern Thailand. She also runs her own company, Case Limited.[2]
She was the only Thai woman architect to be selected for the final round of the arcVision Prize, women and architecture, which is an international award for women architects, organized by the Italcementi Group with a partnership of Asia Cement.[3]
References
- ↑ "Community Architects for Shelter and Environment (Thailand)". Thailand: ArchiFest. 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Charlesworth 2014, p. 67-77.
- ↑ Barba, José Juan (3 July 2015). "Angela Deuber is the winner of arcVision Prize 2015". Metalocus. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
Sources
- Charlesworth, Esther (27 June 2014). Humanitarian Architecture: 15 Stories of Architects Working After Disaster. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-69079-5.