Sustainability of ThaiPark was the master thesis topic of integrated design. This master’s thesis analyzes and demonstrates how design thinking and design methodologies could be applied to solve problems in the existing circumstance, as in the case of ThaiPark where it has been an illegal park in Berlin and faces many issues. It has caused some undesirable impacts on a certain group of people despite being a reputable and famous place in the city. In oder to maintain ThaiPark as a cultural space as it is, a complete and structured process which requires the cooperation and collaboration from all stakeholders needs to be in place, to make ThaiPark sustainability.

The approach of the project focuses on bottom-up user centered research that involves the understanding of the problems and needs of different stakeholders, and to explore the ideal solutions that preserve the core concept of the park with compromise from different parties. The results show that environment issues and lack of proper management and organization are the main culprits to the existing problems of the park.

Design solution : Campaign Design
It is a short-term project (but can be repeated) as the first stage of solving the problems. How could we create a campaign that creates awareness for the park users, in particular, the venders and the buyers? The campaign aims to make them aware of the issues and request for the cooperation from everyone.

Design solution : Service Design and management
It is a long-term solution in making ThaiPark sustainable and it supports the campaign above. The idea of management service and the way to continue ThaiPark in the traditional way would be considered in the design proposal if ThaiPark was to be continued in the way as it is now, but in a more preserving and compromising way.

Design solution : Space Design
ThaiPark master layout is the space design for supporting the idea from the management aspect, to help ThaiPark to be sustainable in the existing way of selling. the layout and details were designed based on the studied problems and opinion from the participants in the participatory research.