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Italian architect Stefano Boeri's celebrated vertical forest concept is coming to Eindhoven, where greenery-filled residences will define a social housing project. The 19-storey Trudo Vertical Forest would be the first time Boeri lends the idiom to an affordable residential skyscraper. His seminal work, the Bosco Verticale project in Milan, has made him a household name in global architecture circles.
The 125 one-bedroom homes proposed would be provided to low-income groups, with the compact spaces likely to attract young and single professionals. Each apartment's four-square-metre balcony would host one tree and 20 plants and shrubs. Boeri estimates the 75-metre-tall building will be inundated with 70 different species of trees and plants for an approximate total of 5,200 shrubs and 125 trees.
Urban forestry, says Boeri, is a method to improve the environment of the world's cities and their living conditions simultaneously. The vegetation stymies atmospheric pollution by absorbing the carbon dioxide, essentially cleansing the air around it. Projects like these are also practical responses to the dual threats of climate change and acute housing shortages in dense urban areas.
This wouldn't be the first project in the country to spawn a vertical forest by Boeri. The innovative architect has also proposed a 26-storey foliage-filled tower for Utrecht. The Nanjing Green Towers in China would be the first vertical forest to hit Asia, and at 200 metres, would be among the tallest in the world.
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