From ‘Homeless’ to ‘Hopeless’: Bangkok ‘Sanam Luang’ Urban Space Dilemma

The objective of this paper is to look at the dilemma of Bangkok's main urban space focusing on the on-going conflict between physical setting and users’ behavior and activities based on the past records and the author's field observations. Transformation in terms of its physical appearance and human activities that it generated since it first came into existence as the royal ground to its present day function as the peoples’ ground will be illustrated. Conflicts of interest and utilization which highly affected physical setting will also be reviewed and discussed.