Deborah Nicholls-Lee from BBC writes:
Since the creation of the first vertical forest, Milan Bosco Verticale, it was 10 years ago. How did other buildings inspire – and influence the happiness and health of its residents?
In 2007, the Italian architect Stefano Boeri experienced the hectic building of a city in the Dubai desert, which dominated energy-consuming skyscrapers, which were covered with glass, ceramic and metal. All of these materials, he says the BBC, “reflects the sunlight, creates heat in the air and especially on the urban soil where pedestrians went”. He had only removed three thousand miles and just started working on his own design for two very high buildings in a neglected area in the north of Milan. “Suddenly I fell to create one or two biological towers that are not covered with glass, but with leaves,” he says. The design would invite Fauna and Flora to this industrial wasteland and cool the air from the inside and outside and offer a radical new architectural prototype, which, as he explains, “integrates the living nature as a constitutive part”. The astonishing result was the first “vertical forest” in the world.
This BBC culture article about “how high-rise forests can change city life and make us happier”, swings with us here Greendroofs.com! It is fantastic to see how the mainstream headlights on the incredible potential of integration of green, especially in height, seems in our urban material.
As supporters of the green infrastructure, we have long used the countless advantages that bring nature into built environments. High -building forests with their vertical landscapes and innovative designs represent a strong development of this concept. They offer so much more than just aesthetics; You are important for biodiversityPresent Rainwater managementPresent Reduction of the urban heat islandAnd, as the article emphasizes, for ours intellectual well -being And Luck.
We are incredibly enthusiastic about the vision of cities, which turn into more livable, more sustainable and frankly happier places through these “forests in the sky”. This is exactly the type of future -oriented, natural -based solution that defines the living cities of tomorrow.
For those inspired by this vision, we strongly recommend Vertical forest in Milan. It is a prime example of how these high -rise forests already make a concrete difference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrtBrofpzla
Read more: “A home for trees and birds and also people”: how high-rise forests can change city life-and we can make it happier