On the website DesignMag, which presents trends and ideas in design, furniture, interior design and architecture, an article by Kati Irrente is published entitled “Biophilic design what it is and why it is so important for the future of cities and those who live in them.”
The article, which explains what biophilic design means and why this new approach affecting the world of architecture is proving to be very important for building the cities of the future, also features the Bosco Verticale in Milan, designed by Boeri Studio.
The Bosco Verticale is, in fact, the building-prototype of a new architecture of biodiversity, which places at the center no longer only humans, but the relationship between humans and other living species.
The first case built, in Milan’s Porta Nuova area, consists of two towers, 80 and 112 m high, which together house 800 trees, 15,000 perennials and/or ground cover plants and 5,000 shrubs. A vegetation equivalent to that of 30,000 square meters of forest and undergrowth, concentrated on 3,000 square meters of urban area.
The concept of the Bosco Verticale, that is, being “a house for trees that also houses humans and birds,” defines not only the urbanistic and technological features but also the architectural language and expressive qualities of the project.
To read the full article: https://www.designmag.it/articolo/design-biofilico-che-cosa-e/181110/