“Always Prepare: Living with changes” Exhibition

A new exhibition has just opened at the Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC). The exhibition “Always Prepare: Living with changes” explores how we can prepare for the unexpected by reflecting on Thailand’s experiences with floods in 2011 and Japan’s Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The factors that determine how cities respond to natural disasters are different from those facing neighborhoods and individuals, as displayed in the three sections of this exhibit: ‘The City on the Floodplain’; ‘Neighborhood Life’, and ‘In the Know.’ From floodways built by the government, the way a coastal village has adapted to live in harmony with water, how to modify power and plumbing systems in existing homes, to DIY emergency kit—these preparations vary in term of size and complexity, but the thread that connects all of them is the creativity that reflects a real understanding of specific environmental conditions and the possibility of combining modern technology with traditional wisdom.