2024-12-31T00:43:29-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149990039/stefano-boeri-to-build-asia-s-first-vertical-forest Nicholas Korody 2017-02-03T12:25:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/st/stg25dw5abcez94p.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Nanjing Green Towers designed by Stefano Boeri will become the first &ldquo;Vertical Forest&rdquo; built in Asia, according to a press release. Following the prototype of towers built in Milan, the two towers designed for Nanjing Pukou District comprise the &ldquo;interchange of green tanks and balconies&rdquo;.</p><p>600 tall trees, 500 medium-sized trees, and 2,500 plants and shrubs will cover the fa&ccedil;ade. It is, according to the architects, a &ldquo;real vertical forest&rdquo; capable of regenerating local biodiversity. The building will capture 25 tons of CO2 per year and produce about 60kg of oxygen per day.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/dz/dzxm8g8i8nf5n36g.jpg"></p><p>The first tower&mdash;the taller of the two&mdash;will include a museum, a &ldquo;green architecture&rdquo; school and a private club. The second tower, which is 108 meters tall, will contain a Hyatt Hotel with a rooftop pool.&nbsp;</p><p>As an essay by Mark Minkjan for <em>Failed Architecture </em>once noted, these sort of green towers &ldquo;never come to look as lavish as they are projected&rdquo;. Plants have trouble surviving the smog and high winds present at such...</p>