Vertical Forests in Italy!
About a hundred years ago in internet time I saw this article on the Creators Project tumblr about VERTICAL FORESTS IN ITALY. Sounds nuts right? Sounds like something I’d shout as I woke up from a weird dream I couldn’t explain. “Grmmriieee VERTICAL FORESTS IN ITALY!”
Anyway, this is no dream. This here is as real as the lasagna at Front Street Pizza. Architect Stefano Boeri has figured out a way to “reforest” Milan with two residential towers clad in trees. It recycles gray water and provides a home to some 900 trees and an untold number of smaller shrubs and plants.
If you had asked me how many plants I got on my last big run to the garden center I might have told you I had “an untold number of smaller shrubs and plants.” Thing is, they’re serious, this is actually going to be a forest. Check it!
This is my new go-to precedent for my practicum. I really hope that it is successful.
