Methodology

Acknowledgments

The team would like to thank Professor Andrew Scherer, of the Department of Urban Planning at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, for the opportunity he provided us to collaborate on this project, as well as his guidance and instruction throughout the last four months. The team would like to thank Professor Erica Avrami, of the Department of Historic Preservation, also in Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation who acted as faculty advisor and tremendous resource on heritage conservation.

The team would also like to thank Zaw Lin Myat, a fellow student at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and the studio’s teaching assistant. From contributing hard–to-find data, thoughtful and comprehensive feedback, an incredibly positive attitude, and the planning and hospitality he offered to us while in Yangon, he has truly been invaluable to this project.

The team is immensely grateful to Dr. Khin Mar Yee, head of the Law Department at the University of Yangon for her support for this project and to the law students at Yangon University who facilitated our field research while in Yangon, and assisted in compiling background legal research used in the project. Thank you to: Po Po Maung (Leader), Aye Chan Aung, Hla Yadanar Win, Ma Thini Shwe Sin Oo, Mg Aung San Oo, Mg Kaung Htet, Moh Moh Win, Nang Kay Si Kham, Pyae Pyae Phyo, Pyae Won Thein, Sai Myat Thu Soe, Shwe Yi Thet Htar, Thant Phone Pyae Linn, Thiha Myat Thu, and Thiri Shwe Sin Oo.

Thank you to U Ba Win of Bard College, and Geoff Myint of the Columbia University Anthropology Department for speaking to our group and sharing their knowledge of Yangon and Myanmar with us.

Finally, the team would like to thank the Yangon Heritage Trust for providing the studio group with the opportunity to work on this project, and their hospitality while in Yangon.

Image 1 - The studio team with the students from Yangon University