Conservation of Vernacular House in the Mon Bang Hue Community for The Development of Community Cultural Learning Center

Abstract

The vernacular houses are architectural heritages that represent the cultural roots of the landscape. The houses that were built during and in different contexts can reflect on the stories that occur in the area at each moment. They are like recorders of stories from the past to the present which shows cultural wisdom through local architectural craftsmanship. This consists of reasons and principles that the using and living of the inhabitants are combined with the local beliefs that are perfectly blended in Mon Bang Hue community, Khlong Dan Subdistrict, Samut Prakan province. At present, there are not many lefts, only 3-4 houses, but they show quite complete characteristics of the houses. The researcher found that they were Thai-styled wooden house on the water's edge with a raised basement. Built as 2 twin houses, the interior consists of a valuable cultural mix between Chinese, Thai and Mon. Most of the buildings have deteriorated over time. Maintenance is costly in addition to social change that changes the way of life. Therefore, the traditional indigenous houses cannot meet the new lifestyle, causing the current heir to have to adjust the space to meet the growing demand. The original house was left only as an heirloom from the ancestors from generation to generation. The research team saw the value of architecture and wisdom. This led to the idea of designing to develop a creative locality to create a cultural learning center of Mon, Chinese and Thai, which shows the multiculturalism of the locality and integrated with community participation.