July 6th, 2017
Vertical Forest is an icon of the new Porta Nuova, has led to the city of Milan a green lung and a new concept of architecture. For Switzerland was designed the Tower of Cedars, a skyscraper on the model of the Italian Vertical Forest, which will host 100 trees of four cedar species in addition to plants and shrubs.
Both projects are signed by the architect Stefano Boeri, who is now preparing for an even more important and significant challenge. Liuzhou Forest City, in Guangxi province in China, is an entire forest city to counter urban pollution.
Liuzhou Forest City aims at energy self-sufficiency through the use of renewable energies and thermoregulation with vegetation on buildings which will also play the role of anti-smog.
http://buonenotizie.corriere.it/2017/07/06/la-citta-foresta-che-cambiera-il-clima/