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The World’s First Vertical Forest: An Architectural Beauty

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Worlds First Vertical Forest

I’d like to introduce you to the world’s first Bosco Verticale (Italian for Vertical Forest), which is being built right now in Milan. According to Christopher Woodward, a writer for the Financial Times, it’s “the most exciting new tower in the world.

This vertical forest will span across two towers that have fabulous balconies designed to house these trees. The pictures below are an image of how it’s projected to look, although I wonder if once the project is completed if it will take a decade for the trees to grow to that height. When it’s all said and done, this vertical forest will consist of 900 trees, 5,000 bushes and 11,000 plants.

This forest, designed by architect Stefano Boeri, will allow the greenery to get shade in the summer, sunlight in the winder and protection from the wind while it cleans the air, produces oxygen and cuts down on all the noise pollution in Milan. If this same number of trees, bushes and plants were planted horizontally around these houses on the ground, it would require 50,000 square meters of land and 10,000 square meters of woodland. Wow, talk about optimizing space, this is awesome!

Forest Grows On A Building

Forest Grows On A Building

Forest Grows On A Building

Forest Grows On A Building

Forest Grows On A Building

Forest Grows On A Building

Forest Grows On A Building

Via: [Amusing Planet] [Treehugger]

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Author: Diana Adams
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By day, Diana is a geek and the CEO of Adams Consulting Group, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia (part of the Apple certified consultants network). At night, she writes, and writes, and writes... “I could write all night every night and not get tired of it. I think that is when you know you’ve tapped into a true passion." Diana also spends time assisting homeless men and women. She's a fan of extra hot chicken wings, Caramel Macchiatos, Star Wars, anything made out of Lego, and the #BA75 women on Twitter. You can reach her on email at diana@bitrebels.com.



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