Kotchakorn Voraakhom

At-a-Glance

CEO and founder of Landprocess (since 2011) and Porous City Network (since 2017).
Designed Chulalongkorn Centenary Park (opened 2017), Bangkok's first green infrastructure to reduce flood risk, capable of holding one million gallons of water.
Designed Thammasat Urban Rooftop Farm (opened 2019), Asia’s largest urban rooftop garden, addressing food and water scarcity.
Realized Chao Phraya Sky Park (2020), the first bridge park to cross a river in a capital city.
Featured in TIME 100 Next (2019), BBC 100 Women, and a recipient of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Awards.
Chairwoman of the Climate Change Working Group for the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA World) since 2020.
Holds a master's degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University.

Biography

Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a Thai landscape architect and the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Landprocess and Porous City Network. Her work focuses on building productive green public spaces and green infrastructure to increase urban resilience and protect vulnerable communities from climate change in dense urban areas. She also serves as the Chairwoman of the Climate Change Working Group for the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA World) since 2020.