Abstract
This paper discusses the form of townhouses and traditional houses in northern Thailand, clarifying the process of urban formation and characteristics of living environment. The research this paper is based on tries to compare forms of houses in Thailand with those in other regions of South East Asia and southern China. Our previous papers clarified the typology and its transformation of shop house in Bangkok, Patani and Malacca... In this paper, authors selected Phimai (Isan,Thailand) to consider the formation of urban tissues and its transformation. Phimai (Isan,Thailand) is known as a historic City with many ancient monuments traced back to Angkor Khmer period. One of major focuses of this paper is how the townhouse(shop house) was introduced in Thailand. The paper is composed by historical analysis of the process of establishment and development of Phimai and considerations on block formation and typology of approaches to house lots. Analyzing the characteristics of street system and block, the paper suggests that two types of houses clearly characterizes the spatial formation in Phimai.
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