Stefano Boeri Architetti has released a short documentary on the Trudo Vertical Forest, which the firm bills as “the first social housing vertical forest in the world.” Built in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, the project draws its inspiration from the firm’s Bosco Verticale in Milan.
The 19-story tower rises 230 feet (70 meters) and contains 125 apartments designed to accommodate long-income users, particularly young couples. In addition, thirty homes in the building have been reserved for asylum seekers, political refugees, and people with disabilities.
The facades are adorned with 135 trees of various species as well as 10,000 shrubs and plants. To service the extensive greenery, the scheme contains four collection tanks housing 20,000 liters of rainwater each. The apartments, measuring approximately 540 square feet (50 square meters), each include an external terrace with one tree and 20 bushes.
“Living in contact with trees and greenery — and enjoying their advantages — is not the prerogative of rich people but could well become a possible choice for millions of citizens around the world,” notes Stefano Boeri.
In order to reduce construction costs, the main elements for the building have been prefabricated and transported to site for installation. "Thanks to the use of prefabrication, to the rationalization of certain technical façade solutions and therefore to the optimization of resources, the Vertical Forest of Trudo achieves economic sustainability, essential element in buildings intended for social housing,” explains Francesca Cesa Bianchi, partner and project director at Stefano Boeri Architetti.
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