Plants and trees will cover every surface of Stefano Boeri’s forthcoming Liuzhou Forest City
T
he Italian architect and
is the first of its kind in the
Solar panels over the rooftops
‘vertical forest’ pioneer
country. It will be located on a 175
will generate renewable energy,
Stefano Boeri has overseen
hectare site in the mountain area
while interior air-conditioning will
the start of construction on
of Guangxi, southern China, and
be powered by geothermal energy.
his vast masterplan for Liuzhou
linked to neighbouring towns
Forest City in China; a metropolis
through a futuristic rail network.
host 40,000 trees and almost one
When finished in 2020, it is
million plants of over 100 species.
and hotels to restaurants and the
designed to host 30,000 people,
The diffusion of flora and fauna in
railway station – will be entirely
absorb almost 10,000 tons of
parks, gardens, streets and all over
covered by plants and trees.
CO2 and 57 tons of pollutants
the building façades will decrease
where every building – from houses
The green city, designed to fight pollution through design,
In total, Liuzhou Forest City will
per year and produce approx-
the average air temperature, create
imately 900 tons of oxygen.
noise barriers and improve the
This will combine the challenge for energy self-sufficiency and for the use of renewable energy with the challenge to increase biodiversity and effectively reduce air pollution Stefano Boeri
biodiversity of living species. “For the first time in China IMAGES: STEFANO BOERI ARCHITETTI
and in the world, an innovative
really critical for present-day China.” Boeri is best known for his
urban settlement will combine the
Vertical Forest towers in Milan, and
challenge for energy self-sufficiency
is currently working on similar
and for the use of renewable energy
projects in Shanghai, Shenzhen
with the challenge to increase bio-
and Nanjing. For the latter, he
diversity and to effectively reduce
has designed a tower complex
air pollution in urban areas, said
covered by 1,100 trees and 2,500
Boeri. “We’ll achieve this through
cascading plants to house a
the multiplication of vegetable and
museum, a green architecture
biological urban surfaces. This is
school and a Hyatt hotel.
Liuzhou Forest City will host 40,000 trees and almost one million plants
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