Denizens of Florence, Italy will have a brand new 2.5 acre forest smack in the middle of their city by the end of 2013. You might think that's a city with its priorities straight. But the forest didn't require the sacrifice of precious commercial real estate--it's of the vertical variety. Brainchild of Italian architecture firm, Stefano Boeri Architetti, the Bosco Verticale (literally, "vertical forest" in English) is two residential apartment buildings peppered with cantilevered terraces. Each ...
A Vertical Forest Is Growing in the Middle of One of Europe's Dirtiest Cities
Singularity Hub - 27 Oct 2013 21:58
Denizens of Florence, Italy will have a brand new 2.5 acre forest smack in the middle of their city by the end of 2013. You might think that's a city with its priorities straight. But the forest didn't require the sacrifice of precious commercial real estate--it's of the vertical variety. Brainchild of Italian architecture firm, Stefano Boeri Architetti, the Bosco Verticale (literally, "vertical forest" in English) is two residential apartment buildings peppered with cantilevered terraces. Each ...
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