Stefano Boeri’s Vertical Forest in Milan

Bosco Verticale or Vertical Forest is a project for metropolitan reforestation and a model of vertical densification of nature within the city.

The two residential towers of 110 and 76 meters height which are currently being built in the center of Milan will host 900 trees. On flat land, each Bosco Verticale equals, in amount of trees, an area equal to 10.000 sqm of forest.

The Bosco Verticale is a system that optimizes, recuperates and produces energy and helps creating a microclimate. The diversity of the plants and their characteristics produce humidity, absorb C02 and dust particles, producing oxygen and protect from radiation and acoustic pollution, improving the quality of living spaces and saving energy. Plant irrigation will be produced to great extent through the filtering and reuse of the grey waters produced by the building. Additionally Aeolian and photovoltaic energy systems will contribute, together with the aforementioned microclimate to increase the degree of energetic self sufficiency of the two towers.

How clever!!!