CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

Project

Bangkok City Lab

Bangkok (Dusit) · Bangkok · Thailand

Civic labs and participationCivic design collectives2023

A municipal lab created in December 2023 that tests cheap solutions to everyday problems before they become policy: furniture for street vendors in Phra Nakhon, motorcycle taxi stands, bus signs, shelter for homeless people and pedestrian crossings. It started with three labs (service design, community participation and public space) and added a fourth, the Future Curiosity Lab, in 2025. Its director admits that many prototypes fail and presents that as part of the method. It remains to be seen whether it survives a change of city government.

Led by
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, through the Institute of Metropolitan Development at Navamindradhiraj University
Status
Active
Participation
Institution led, participatory
Visitable
No, it is a municipal lab
Website
bangkokcitylab.org ↗
Contact
info@bangkokcitylab.org
Last reviewed
10 October 2026

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