After reading the @design-guy thesis project (his last post here), I looked further about the concept sustainability city. Big problem in the near future (and closer than we think). With the increase of urban population and lack of public parks, are Stefano Boeri’s green skyscrapers the solution ?
Bosco Verticale in Milan (2014).
Since 2014 and his project Bosco Verticale in Milan, the Italian architect multiplies green buildings in different cities in the world :
- Trudo Vertical Forest in Eindhoven
- Forêt Blanche in Paris
- And even on Mars (project with Shanghai to imagine the city of the future).
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Bosco Verticale in Milan (2014).
The idea is simple and easy to export, big balconies to fill with trees and plants. But can you solve the pollution crisis in somes cities with only this type of skyscrapers ? One green building in a polluted city don't make any difference. And to improve quality life in China, Stefano Boeri wants to create an entire green city, Liuzhou Forest City.
I like the idea of gondolas to go from one building to another...
On the other hand, from a design point of view, I find that it's copy/paste, the same structure without taking into account the geography and culture of the city. Big green balconies. But a good step in the good direction, city more sustainable and with a better air quality.
Trudo Tower, Eindhoven
Sufficient? What do you think?
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I have seen his work all over dezeen and other arch/design blogs. I know there is a lot of skepticism about the whole “put a tree on it” skyscraper in regards to the net environmental benefit. I personally like the aesthetic and have seen some really fantastic implementations of the concept, but I’ll have to look further into how much the the addition of green space/trees really effects the overall environmental impact of a skyscraper. I have questions about its overall effectiveness if concrete and traditional construction methods were used. How would it compare to the cross laminated timber skyscrapers that are being constructed More and more often at greater heights?
Again I haven’t done a deep dive into the data or anything. I’m sure someone has lol.
But I’m 100% for the greening of our cities for the aesthetic, as well as air quality and psychological benefits. Just some hot take thoughts and questions lol.
I completely agree with you. It's just the skyscrapers look the same in all the cities, Eindhoven looks like Nianjing, etc... Boeri finds the concept, a very good one (it would be cool to have balcony like that) but if you look only the building you can't determine on which continent you're, too bad.
Agreed. Still an anonymous/dislocated form of architecture. A green and intriguing aesthetic, but still falls into the trappings/hubris of modernism’s one size fits all mentality.
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