The Corriere della Sera features an article by Maurizio Giannattasio celebrating the 10th anniversary of Milan’s Vertical Forest (Bosco Verticale), designed by Boeri Studio and completed in 2014 in the Porta Nuova district.
The article outlines the origins and construction phases of the project, which consists of two towers standing 80 and 112 meters tall. Together, the towers host 800 trees (480 medium and large-sized trees, 300 smaller ones), 15,000 perennials and ground cover plants, and 5,000 shrubs.
The article also highlights a book tracing the history of the project, Bosco Verticale. Morphology of a Vertical Forest, edited by Stefano Boeri Architetti and published by Rizzoli.
Over the past decade, the Vertical Forest has become a symbol of Milan, an icon of green architecture, and a globally recognized image. It has been featured in the BBC series Planet Earth II by Sir David Attenborough, in advertisements for the electric Fiat 500, with a futuristic Milan skyline behind Leonardo DiCaprio, and as the focus of an episode on sustainable skyscrapers in the Netflix series The Future Of. Its image has been reimagined by brands like Gallo and Lego.
“But the moment I realized the Vertical Forest had become truly popular,” says Stefano Boeri, “wasn’t when it won the award for the world’s best skyscraper, but when I received illustrations of Dylan Dog and Groucho, staring perplexedly at that strange house for trees, humans, and birds.”
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