The Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions), tourism and agricultural sectors are expected to continue driving housing demand in major provinces in the Northeast despite the rate of inflation, with the help of China’s reopening earlier this year.
Housing gets lift in Northeast
published : 16 Jun 2021 at 04:00
Housing developers in Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani are set to resume supply of new units as a market recovery is expected to begin in the second half after mass vaccinations.
Vichai Viratkapan, acting director-general of the Real Estate Information Center (REIC), said the number of residential units getting construction permits in the three largest northeastern provinces has been rising. The growth this year comes after a low point in 2018 and conveys that developers are seeing positive signs and have started to plan for new supply, he said.
According to REIC, the number of units acquiring construction permits in Nakhon Ratchasima rose to 17,418 units in 2021, from 15,221 units and 14,680 units in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Putting safety first
Universal Design Academy is hoping to inspire architects and designers to make buildings more accessible and secure
published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
5 Assoc Prof Trirat Jarutach, head of the Center of Excellence in Universal Design, Faculty of Architecture Chulalongkorn University. Photo courtesy of Assoc. Prof Trirat Jarutach
Phiangkwan Phanthumphan, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, blindfolded herself and held a cane while carefully walking down the stairs. Even with a cane, she was worried about her safety since the stairs were not designed for the visually impaired.
Phiangkwan s experimental experience is part of a course, Universal Design Academy , which is preparing infrastructure design for housing, hospitals, tourist attractions, department stores, educational institutions, public transportation, pathway overpasses, to name a few, to be accessible for everyone. Universal Desig