By Bangkok City Lab, Institute of Metropolitan Development ,Navamindradhiraj University, RTUS-Bangkok<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Asynchronous Participation” (\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e43\u0e08 \u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e07)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A laboratory for cultivating curiosity, toward a learning city<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1\u201313 September 2026 | Exhibition Gallery, 3rd Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) | Free Admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bangkok City Lab invites city dwellers to explore two simple questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 In a large and complex urban society, how might we cultivate civic participation among urban dwellers whose available time does not coincide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 How might the city create opportunities to gather, generate, and build upon people’s ideas and opinions, forming a foundation for collaborative urban development?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition presents processes and experimental tools developed through this spatial inquiry \u2014 showcasing participatory methods alongside prototype installations designed to embed within public space (Open Access Learning Space). Together, they aim to ignite curiosity and invite people to observe and explore the city’s stories at their own pace: oral history, built environments, ways of life, liberation and suppression, and collective memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project was carried out with RTUS-Bangkok, studying the Trok Salak Hin community and its surroundings in Hua Lamphong, Pathumwan District, as a sandbox for the idea of “Asynchronous Participation.” By gathering public input \u2014 stories, facts, and memories residents hold of their own neighbourhood \u2014 the project builds both a deeper local understanding and a learning experience for visitors getting to know the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bangkok City Lab invites visitors to consider: if learning can happen anywhere, anytime, how might the city design and invest in flexible learning infrastructure across its lanes, streets, alleys, and smaller neighbourhoods?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organised by
\u2022 Bangkok City Lab, Institute of Metropolitan Development ,Navamindradhiraj University
\u2022 RTUS-Bangkok<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supported by
\u2022 The Trok Salak Hin community and Hua Lamphong district network
\u2022 SCG Packaging Public Company Limited (SCGP)
\u2022 City & Community Rehabilitation Program (CCRP)
\u2022 Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
\u2022 Pathumwan District Office
\u2022 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Event Details
1\u201313 September 2026
Exhibition Gallery, 3rd Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
10.00\u201320.00 hrs. (Closed on Mondays)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free Admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opening Reception: 5 September 2026, 10.00 hrs.
Talk Session: 5 September 2026, 14.00 hrs. Topic: “Bangkok Learning Space: The City of Curiosity” <\/p>\n\n\n\n