Name: Vertical Forest
Architects: Stefano Boeri
Location: Milan, Italy
Notes:
- Residential building
- Construction was completed in 2014
- 110 and 76 metres tall
- Has 400 condominium units
- Nature within cities
- Embraces Nature
- Equivalent to 30,000 square metres of woodland and undergrowth
- 2500 thousand plants growing on the towers´ balconies
- 5,000 shrubs
- 800 trees
- Wastewater from the building is used to water the plants
- Wastewater is filtered using the energy provided from solar panels
- Self-sufficient
- Architectural biodiversity
- 90 species of plants
- Welcoming wildlife
- New plants have attracted birds and insects
- Allows a relationship between humans and other living species
- The plants filter fine-particle pollution (the city’s traffic)
- The plants produce oxygen and absorbs CO2
Information from: https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/vertical-forest/