Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a Thai landscape architect and a leading voice in global climate resilience design, using design to combat the climate crisis in Southeast Asia’s dense urban context. She is the visionary behind LANDPROCESS and the Porous City Network, organizations dedicated to creating porous, water-absorbing public spaces that help cities adapt to extreme weather with vulnerable communities.
Her transformative work includes Bangkok’s first climate-adaptive park, Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, the Thammasat Urban Rooftop Farm, Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm, the innovative Chao Phraya Sky Park, and the transformation of Thailand’s largest government complex with nature-based solutions. Her global recognition includes a UN Climate Action Award, a spot on the TIME 100 Next list, and features in BBC 100 Women and Bloomberg Green 30.
As a TED Fellow and one of the 15 Global Commission of World Economic Forum on Nature Positive Cities, she shares her expertise on landscape architecture for urban adaptability globally. Kotchakorn holds a master’s from Harvard University and an honorary doctorate from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.