Bosco Verticale
Milano
The Bosco Verticale is a complex of two residential skyscrapers designed by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra) and located in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy. They have a height of 116 metres (381 ft) and 84 m (276 ft) and within the complex is an 11-storey office building.
The distinctive feature of the skyscrapers, both inaugurated in 2014, is the presence of over ninety plant species, including tall shrubs and trees, distributed on the facades. It is an ambitious project of metropolitan reforestation that aims to increase the biodiversity of plant and animal species in the Lombard capital through vertical greening, reducing urban sprawl and contributing to the mitigation of the microclimate.
Photo: Bruno Cordioli from Milano, Italy (CC BY 2.0); Maurizio Ghidoli (CC BY-SA 4.0); Kokky92 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The distinctive feature of the skyscrapers, both inaugurated in 2014, is the presence of over ninety plant species, including tall shrubs and trees, distributed on the facades. It is an ambitious project of metropolitan reforestation that aims to increase the biodiversity of plant and animal species in the Lombard capital through vertical greening, reducing urban sprawl and contributing to the mitigation of the microclimate.
Photo: Bruno Cordioli from Milano, Italy (CC BY 2.0); Maurizio Ghidoli (CC BY-SA 4.0); Kokky92 (CC BY-SA 4.0)