The Breaking of the Gated Community Phenomenon: A Case Study in Lat Phrao District

Abstract

The breaking of the gated community is a phenomenon caused by the development of gated communities. This study examines a phenomenon in Lat Phrao district and aims to 1) study common characteristics of the breaking of gated communities 2) present its effects through morphological study and   3) suggest the guidelines for future community development. This study applies data analytics with various statistics of each phenomenon to represent its characteristics and impacts on the urban context, user experience, and gated community itself.

The study suggests that the breaking of gated community phenomenon has impacts on the neighborhood context in two ways; the positive and negative effects. The phenomenon has a positive impact on the way in which the breaking gated community adds extra entrance which also implies that it increases potential accessibility and shorten the distance to access the facilities for people who live in gated communities, neighborhood, and passers. Moreover, it encourages an opportunity to generate secondary income for people who live in gated communities and neighborhoods. It also consequentially increases eyes on the street of people who live in gated communities. The phenomenon has a negative impact on the way in which it reduces the privacy of the inhabitant and raises traffic congestion, pollution, and incidents in the communities.

This study then proposes the development guidelines for a gated community as follows; The design of a gated community should increase the level of accessibility and permeable movement of the neighborhood. It also should establish the land-use diversity within the neighborhood as suggested through the complete neighborhood concept. The guidelines should include the built environment design guidelines and regulation of community planning in order to reduce incidents and traffic through movement.