At Benjakitti Forest Park, the old industrial story is part of the reason to look closely. The place was once a tobacco-factory site. Today, a walk through it brings together wetland planting, water and the outlines of reused buildings.
Turenscape’s project account records the forest-park scheme with partner Arsomsilp Landscape Studio and a build date of March 2022. The designers describe a project that retained trees, reused factory buildings and turned hard ground into wetland habitat designed to manage stormwater and filter polluted water.
Look at the ground before the skyline
On your next visit, give the lower parts of the landscape as much attention as the view. Notice where a path crosses water, where planting thickens and how a raised walkway changes your perspective. These are useful questions to carry through a park designed around land and water.
You do not need to understand every engineering detail to enjoy the walk. The design story simply gives you something else to notice beyond the familiar skyline photograph.
Leave room for the older buildings
The city’s park guide identifies an indoor sports centre adapted from a tobacco warehouse. It is a reminder that changing a site’s use can involve keeping parts of what was already there.
Treat the factory history as a thread through the visit, rather than trying to turn the park into a museum tour. Walk slowly, pause at a change in the landscape and look back at where you have come from.
Make it part of an ordinary day
Come for a walk and let a meal or coffee carry the rest of the outing. Our afternoon park itinerary keeps the plan small; the sports-centre guide explains what to confirm if you want to play as well.
Sources reviewed on 23 September 2026. The artwork is an imagined wetland landscape, not a historical reconstruction or a map of the park.