384ft-Tall Apartment Tower To Be World’s First Building Covered In Evergreen Trees
Stefano Boeri, an Italian architect with an affinity for innovative green structures, is set to build a 117m-tall (384ft) apartment tower in Lausanne, Switzerland, that will be the first building in the world to be covered in evergreen trees.
The 36-story green tower, aptly named “La Tour des Cedres” (The Tower of Cedars), will be home to more than 100 trees, 6,000 shrubs and 18,000 plants spread over roughly 3,000 square meters of green space. The plants will protect the apartments inside from harsh winds, dust, and noise pollution, and will offer a more pleasant view of the city.
This tower will be the second project of its kind by Boeri. He previously designed two 112m towers in Milan as well.
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Stefano Boeri’s 117m-tall (384ft) apartment tower will be the first vertical evergreen forest in the world
“La Tour des Cedres” (The Tower of Cedars) will have more than 100 trees, 6,000 shrubs and 18,000 plants over 3,000 square meters
The plants will protect residents from dust, noise pollution and harsh wind
Below are two similar towers that Boeri has already built in Milan:
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Share on FacebookHow will he stop the roots destroying the fabric of the buildings? Plant a tree, or even a small shrub, on a wall and the wall will burst apart after a few years. Will they need watering & feeding, like plants in pots on patios, or hanging baskets? Even in the wettest weather they need watering. The weight of the trees, earth & water must be massive & require enormous reinforcement to the structure, even before you get people, furniture, baths & appliances inside. It's an awesome idea, but is it realistic on this scale?
I thought the same things as you, but then, im Seoul, I've seen plenty of rooftop gardens (which include trees as well, obviously), so maybe they found a way for it to actually work... But I bet the maintaince must be costly...
Load More Replies...I saw something similar in Milan. Looked absolutely beautiful! But in winters its looks dead.
"The plants will protect residents from dust, noise pollution and harsh wind", sorry, but no.
"architect is set to build" ...well, that is funny. Doodles, pretty renders and being giant pain in the a*s for the civil engineers and everybody else in building process is what architects can do :)
Yeah. Jakub, you're right. I was talking with a contractor once who said far too many architects lack the concept of what makes a design not just interesting but practical. I've read too about some big name famous architects whose buildings have a lot of problems.
Load More Replies...what will protect the trees from being blown over? I only ask because I live in the pacific northwest, surrounded by evergreens and deciduous trees alike. If the ground is softened and the wind blows good enough, 100 ft douglas fir trees with 30 feet of root (acting as an anchor) have been blown over by the wind. In the photographs I see only about a foot worth of soil, not possibly enough of an anchor to keep trees in place especially with the extra wind you would get at 300 feet up. Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful buildings but maybe trees should stay on the ground.
Hi, I just saw your same article with source link to your site on http://brightside.me/article/this-is-the-worlds-first-evergreen-skyscraper-and-its-utterly-amazing-69055/ http://fabweb.org/2016/01/02/this-is-the-worlds-first-evergreen-skyscraper-and-its-utterly-amazing/ so can anyone share this article on their blog or website? I own a design blog and would like to re-share this project on it
Just think of all of the insects that will also call it home, that fact in itself would keep a lot of people away. Talk about the bug spray....
Not the first. This one is ecologically sound. It has been done. http://25verde.com/
It looks fabulous. I just hope all the problems discussed below can be solved.
How will he stop the roots destroying the fabric of the buildings? Plant a tree, or even a small shrub, on a wall and the wall will burst apart after a few years. Will they need watering & feeding, like plants in pots on patios, or hanging baskets? Even in the wettest weather they need watering. The weight of the trees, earth & water must be massive & require enormous reinforcement to the structure, even before you get people, furniture, baths & appliances inside. It's an awesome idea, but is it realistic on this scale?
I thought the same things as you, but then, im Seoul, I've seen plenty of rooftop gardens (which include trees as well, obviously), so maybe they found a way for it to actually work... But I bet the maintaince must be costly...
Load More Replies...I saw something similar in Milan. Looked absolutely beautiful! But in winters its looks dead.
"The plants will protect residents from dust, noise pollution and harsh wind", sorry, but no.
"architect is set to build" ...well, that is funny. Doodles, pretty renders and being giant pain in the a*s for the civil engineers and everybody else in building process is what architects can do :)
Yeah. Jakub, you're right. I was talking with a contractor once who said far too many architects lack the concept of what makes a design not just interesting but practical. I've read too about some big name famous architects whose buildings have a lot of problems.
Load More Replies...what will protect the trees from being blown over? I only ask because I live in the pacific northwest, surrounded by evergreens and deciduous trees alike. If the ground is softened and the wind blows good enough, 100 ft douglas fir trees with 30 feet of root (acting as an anchor) have been blown over by the wind. In the photographs I see only about a foot worth of soil, not possibly enough of an anchor to keep trees in place especially with the extra wind you would get at 300 feet up. Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful buildings but maybe trees should stay on the ground.
Hi, I just saw your same article with source link to your site on http://brightside.me/article/this-is-the-worlds-first-evergreen-skyscraper-and-its-utterly-amazing-69055/ http://fabweb.org/2016/01/02/this-is-the-worlds-first-evergreen-skyscraper-and-its-utterly-amazing/ so can anyone share this article on their blog or website? I own a design blog and would like to re-share this project on it
Just think of all of the insects that will also call it home, that fact in itself would keep a lot of people away. Talk about the bug spray....
Not the first. This one is ecologically sound. It has been done. http://25verde.com/
It looks fabulous. I just hope all the problems discussed below can be solved.
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