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Thursday, June 29th, 2017

China’s Forest City to fight pollution with the power of a million plants

Author:     Nick Lavars
Source:     New Atlas
Publication Date:     June 26, 2017
 Link: China’s Forest City to fight pollution with the power of a million plants
Stephan:   If you want to see what the future will look like the U.S. is not the place to look. Try China or Switzerland. Here is the city of tomorrow, an urban center that works with nature's meta-systems, instead of dismissing them, or trying to dominate them.

The Liuzhou Forest City will be built to the north of the existing city of Liuzhou
Credit: Stefano Boeri Architetti

The vision of Italian architect Stefano Boeri is starting to take shape around the world, with his so-called vertical forest towers going up in Switzerlandand Milan. Now the Chinese region of Liuzhou will also play home to some of his handiwork, with construction underway on a so-called Forest City that is hoped to soak up some of the country’s infamous air pollution.

The vision of Italian architect Stefano Boeri is starting to take shape around the world, with his so-called vertical forest towers going up in Switzerlandand Milan. Now the Chinese region of Liuzhou will also play home to some of his handiwork, with construction underway on a so-called Forest City that is hoped to soak up some of the country’s infamous air pollution.

Commissioned by the Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning department, the city will host some 30,000 residents and feature the hallmarks […]

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1 Comment

  1. sam crespi on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 8:29 am

    A complicated and amazing design with so many aspects involved in making it work; building materials, water and root systems, specific plantings, seasonal maintenance, the effects of light (exterior an interior), wind, etc etc. – all explained in this article. I really hope it’s successful over the long term.
    https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/bosco-verticale-by-stefano-boeri-architetti/8679088.article
    It’s interesting that Italy has the most professionally educated architects of any other nation. And that makes one wonder if growing up surrounded by architectural beauty has had a strong affect on the tradition.