DESIGN
SKY FORESTS
Architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri, the mastermind behind Milan’s famous forested high-rise Bosco Verticale, is tackling climate change via sustainable skyscrapers that invite nature into the heart of the city. Writer Y-JEAN MUN-DELSALLE finds out how his works represent the development of a new generation of urban architecture to combat the pressing issue of climate change in a revolutionary manner.
Stefano Boeri wants to bring living nature into the homes of city dwellers. “It’s different concept altogether,” the Italian architect says. “We have to imagine a kind of double simultaneous movement: one being the movement of citizens in the direction of the forest because it needs us to protect and maintain it, and the second, the movement of trees in the direction of the city.”
He elaborates: “If we want to tackle climate change, we now have many technologies like solar panels and geothermic tools to reduce the consumption of energy and use renewable energies. It’s important to invest in this kind of technology, but if
