Italian architecture firm Stefano Boeri Architetti have designed two green buildings in Milan - literally. Their "Bosco Verticale", meaning vertical forest, consists of two residential towers of 110 and 76 metres in height and will be covered in trees!
The amount of trees to be incorporated in the buildings would equal around 10,000 square metres of forest if laid out on the ground!
The website of Stefano Boeri Architetti explains that Bosco Verticale "is a system that optimizes, recuperates and produces energy. The Bosco Verticale aids in the creation of a microclimate and in filtering the dust particles contained in the urban environment. The diversity of the plants and their characteristics produce humidity, absorb CO2 and dust particles, producing oxygen and protect from radiation and acoustic pollution, improving the quality of living spaces and saving energy."
"Aeolian and photovoltaic energy systems will contribute, together with the aforementioned microclimate to increase the degree of energetic self sufficiency of the two towers."
The design of these remarkable environmentally friendly residential buildings can be seen on Stefano Boeri Architetti's website, available at http://cedr.ec/nj.
