Bangkok brown: Research on the post-industrial landscapes of Thailand’s capital

The abandonment or underutilization of former urban industrial lands, (brownfields) and their reconsideration as viable sites of recovery and regeneration in Bangkok, Thailand has resulted in the need for new modes of both research and design inquiry to be developed by landscape architects and urban designers. The location and particular types of brownfield sites within the city landscape and the methods, means and materials of creating innovative landscape environments with the very fabric of brownfield sites are introduced. Local perceptions towards these environmentally compromised sites along with academic responses through brownfield research are discussed alongside design speculations for the creative and legible reuse and integration of these vital sites through case studies of brownfield regeneration and reuse on landscapes. Finally, speculations are offered as to how this class of landscape will evolve in the city in the coming decade.