Bosco Verticale | |
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General information | |
Location | Milan, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°29′09″N 09°11′25″E / 45.48583°N 9.19028°E |
Construction started | 2009 |
Completed | 2014 |
Opened | 17 October 2014 |
Height | |
Roof | Torre E 116 m (381 ft) Torre D 84 m (276 ft)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 360,000 m2 (3,900,000 sq ft)[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Boeri Studio: Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, Giovanni La Varra |
Developer | Hines Italia & COIMA (Developer) COIMA SGR (Asset Manager) COIMA (Property Manager) |
Awards and prizes | International Highrise Award 2014 Best Tall Building Worldwide 2015 |
The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a complex of two residential skyscrapers designed by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra) and located in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy. They have a height of 116 metres (381 ft) and 84 m (276 ft) and within the complex is an 11-storey office building.[3]
The distinctive feature of the skyscrapers, both inaugurated in 2014, is the presence of over ninety plant species, including tall shrubs and trees, distributed on the facades. It is an ambitious project of metropolitan reforestation that aims to increase the biodiversity of plant and animal species in the Lombard capital through vertical greening, reducing urban sprawl and contributing to the mitigation of the microclimate.[4]
The Bosco Verticale has received recognition in the architectural community, winning numerous awards. In addition to the International Highrise Award in 2014, it was acknowledged by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as the "most beautiful and innovative skyscraper in the world" in 2015 and as one of the "fifty most iconic skyscrapers in the world" in 2019. The prototype of the Milanese project will be replicated in other cities.[5]
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