The Influence of Ubon – Bangkok railway to the Change of Modernity in 7 units shop house on Luang Road Ubonratchathani.

Abstract

Modernity from Western Industrial revolution’s trend affects to Economic and Society transformations. Similarly, occur in Thailand which received the trend since King Rama IV about Bowring treaty to initiate Free-trade agreement and change society to follow civilization factors. Especially, in King Rama V who initiated government revolutionary as the result to Inter-regional railway concept; Bangkok to Ubonratchathani, was completed in 1990 (B.E.2473) under the reign of King Rama VII. This incident is an important change in various aspect of Thailand history.

In case study of 2^nd floor shop house in 7 units on Laung road at Mueang district in Ubonratchathani province. These architectures are reflected to difference in former and after railroad arrival. Therefore, this is the background of research objective aimed to study and analysis the changing factor of design, construction technique, and material before and after railroad has arrived through development of construction by fieldwork, study history, observation, and interview.

The result found that incident of railroad arrival has related with modernization concept affected to the various changes, for example, economic, society, and local culture or value.  Local people who received and adapted new thought for their life. The first phrase is 4 unit represented value, beliefs include an acknowledgement of Chinese culture from Kong Tub; shop house owner, who lead to adaptation for appropriated environment and related factors.  The building design and technique are combination of Chinese style, Western style, and local style.

After railroad has reached to Ubonratchathani, the concept of adding 3 more units were applied in the second phrase in order to serve the change of physical and construction technique method by using new material. On the contrary, the building design has consistency at the first phrase, but some pattern was made roughly, for this reason, it can be reflected the transition of social norm beliefs to simplicity or modernity beliefs. And in economic dimension, society has variety of product and increasing of migrant people.

Therefore, modernity dimension is reflected to the change and adaptation process in both of physical which consist of design adaptation, material, and construction technique process or even areas usage adaptation to correspond with economic dimension, social dimension, and changed culture or value.