Conclusion

The study has tried to analyse the urban spatial of Bangkok with the urban palimpsest framework to seek the answer to two questions at the beginning of this research; is it possible, and how the framework of urban palimpsest enables the creation of place when past and future can collaborate and coexist together without freezing value of the history and culture. Before answering the questions, I would like to describe my realization about the urban palimpsest framework after the study; to me, this framework is a tool to explain and understand the complexity of place and the city that assemblage many layers of visible and invisible elements rather than a how-to framework which provides a clear solution. Thus, it becomes more apparent how I can answer those questions in further discussion.

The transformation from water-based or orchard-based settlements to land-based settlements has influenced the spatial morphology of Bangkok. The city pattern is a result of many spatial transformations through periods of time. From the narrow linear pattern of the old orchard settlements, the broader form of rice paddy field pattern that is not suitable to the topography of the area had been expanded on the east side of Bangkok due to the growth of rice product economy. Moreover, the development of the