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News • News • 31 Jul 2024
Benjakitti Forest Park provides a “green lung” in Bangkok
Turenscape, a Beijing-based landscape architecture and urban planning studio, and Arsomslip Community and Environment Architect, a Bangkok-based studio, have transformed the site of a former tobacco factory in Bangkok, Thailand, into a low-maintenance forest park. The Benjakitti Forest Park provides a much-needed “green lung” in the busy center of the Thai capital. It regulates rainwater, cleans polluted water and provides a biodiverse habitat for wildlife. The park also provides a great recreational public space for residents of Bangkok's densely populated downtown.
Turenscape&Arsomsilp
Turenscape&Arsomsilp
Bangkok is a flat, low-lying urban area with an average elevation of 1.5 meters. Most of... More
Project • By Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect • Masterplans
Benjakitti Forest Park
Benjakitti Park is an urban park located in the former Tobacco factory area, owned by The Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance. The site covers 720,000 sq.m. After The Tobacco factory was relocated, the site was developed to become an urban park in Bangkok.
Royal Thai Army - 1st Development Division
The design concepts are, firstly, to improve public understanding and knowledge about the ecology, forest, hydrology, and environment to the urban community. Secondly, to become ‘Initiative’ of Ecological Park Development. Lastly, to serve the urban communities and preserve the ecological environment of the city retaining the 128,000 cu.m. of water in the rainy season and producing clean water 1,600 cu.m./ day.
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