Conservation of Saint Paul Church, Thailand

Authors

  • Siriwan Silapacharanan Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University Phyathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v2i8.52

Keywords:

conservation, Catholic Church, colonial architecture, timber

Abstract

There are very few Catholic churches in Thailand that conserve wooden structures. The first church of St. Paul was made of bamboo and the other timber on the Bang Pakong River. In 1873, Father Schmidt Francois-Joseph built the third one with concrete including wooden structures such as priest quarters, a bell tower, a rest pavilion, a granary, a school building, all of which were designed by French priests in colonial architecture and constructed by Chinese workers. As present, these buildings have been deteriorating. However, their conservation plans have been launched, recently.

Keywords: conservation; Catholic Church; colonial architecture; timber

eISSN 2398-4295 © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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Published

2017-10-23

How to Cite

Silapacharanan, S. (2017). Conservation of Saint Paul Church, Thailand. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 2(8), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v2i8.52

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