Pijika Pumketkao, is the international Principal Investigator of Case study 2: Wua Lai, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Pijika Pumketkao‐Lecourt is an architect specialized in heritage conservation and a PhD candidate at the University of Paris‐Est. Since 2014, she coordinates the research project “Patrimot, Words of Heritage in Urban and Architectural Project in Southeast Asia: Circulation, Reception, Creation”. Her research explores adaptation and contextualization of international heritage principles in a Thai setting, with a particular interest in the practice of everyday life, the conception of the sacred and social ties in local community, its political and economic organization underlying its heritage approach. Email: pijika.pumketkao@gmail.com