Bosco Verticale

Bosco Verticale
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General information
LocationMilan, Italy
Coordinates45°29′09″N 09°11′25″E / 45.48583°N 9.19028°E / 45.48583; 9.19028
Construction started2009
Completed2014
Opened17 October 2014
Height
RoofTorre E 116 m (381 ft)
Torre D 84 m (276 ft)[2]
Technical details
Floor area360,000 m2 (3,900,000 sq ft)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Boeri Studio: Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, Giovanni La Varra
DeveloperHines Italia & COIMA (Developer)
COIMA SGR (Asset Manager)
COIMA (Property Manager)
Awards and prizesInternational 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]

  1. ^ Stella: April 2012
  2. ^ "Bosco Verticale". Skycraper Center. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ Peri: December 2011
  4. ^ "Lungomare Bari Vittorio Veneto". Stefano Boeri Architetti (in Italian). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Bari, for the Vertical Forest up to €4,200 per square meter. The penthouse costs one million: three entrepreneurs have already booked". La Repubblica (in Italian). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.