Vertical Forest, Milan

Have you ever seen a vertical forest?

Designed by Boeri Studio, Bosco Vericale is the name of two amazing residential towers (110 and 76 m height) in Porta Nuova district. I arrived in Milan around 10.30 PM and I got off the subway at Gioia Station where I saw their shapes in the night. From the distance, they looked exactly like a vertical forest. Next morning I've started my day with a visit in the neighborhood.

The towers house more than 700 trees with heights between three and six meters, 5000 shrubs and 11000 floral plants, the equivalent of a hectare of forest. The vegetation of the two towers protects the residents from dust, attenuates the noise and produces oxygen. 

In 2014, Bosco Verticale won the International Highrise Award. I totally agree with the jury president, Christoph Ingenhoven "the Vertical Forest is an expression of the human need for contact with nature". Imagine if all our houses would be surrounded by nature and our neighbors would be humans and trees as well. You may not like a neighbor, but you can never not like a tree! :)

Bosco Verticale