Houses for trees

Stefano Boeri astonished the architectural world in 2014 with the Bosco Verticale residential tower in Milan. He and his team have since worked on other green high-rises around the world. What are their aims and experiences?
Height, floor space, and the number of units are the usual key figures in investor-financed high-rise construction. But 800 trees, 4,500 shrubs, and 15,000 other plants are the key figures Stefano Boeri cites for his Bosco Verticale (vertical forest) in Porta Garibaldi, Milan. With the two green residential towers, 110 and 76 m high, the Italian architect and his team...
Stefano Boeri astonished the architectural world in 2014 with the Bosco Verticale residential tower in Milan. He and his team have since worked on other green high-rises around the world. What are their aims and experiences?