Question 3: Can Planting in the Built Environment Become a Lung for the City?
Plants and the Climate Crisis
nlike life in the natural realm which is predicated on self-resilience, the urban environment created for human convenience has become a fitting but unhealthy space that has lost its need for resilience. How can we restore this environment to one beyond human control? Buildings emit carbon throughout the processes of being erected, existing, and dying. One alternative solution to reducing carbon emissions, which is the main culprit in the climate crisis, is to restore and preserve our damaged natural world. That is, to increase the area of urban green space. As it is not easy to create green spaces in the centre of cities where land prices have already reached peak levels, the proposed method is greening using existing buildings. Starting with Germany in the 1970s, various means of planting on the roofs, walls, and interiors of buildings were assessed and performed. Stefano Boeri was one of the architects at the forefront of such experimentation. He designed
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