Stefano Boeri Architects

Nanjing Vertical Forest

Stefano Boeri Architects
6. February 2017

PROJECT DETAILS

Location

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

A1 Tower
56,211.1 sqm  

A2 Tower
23,233.8 sqm 

Podium
36,137.7 sqm

Construction period
2016-2018

Program
Offices and hotel (towers), commercial mall (podium)

Stefano Boeri Architects
Partner: Stefano Boeri, Yibo Xu
Project Leader: Pietro Chiodi
Design Leader: Carolina Boccella, Bao Yinxin
Design Team: Giulia Chiatante, Agostino Bucci, Mario Tang Shilong

Plantation Consultant
Laura Gatti, SLG 

Structural Consultant
Luca Buzzoni, ARUP (Italy) 

Investor
Nanjing Yang Zi State-owned Investment Group CO.Ltd

Local Design Institution
Nanjing Yangzi River Urban Architectural Design, Co. Ltd.

Local Nursery
Nanjing ZhongShan Nursery, Co. Ltd.

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Along the facades, 600 tall trees, 500 medium-sized trees (for a total amount of 1100 trees from 23 local species) and 2500 cascading plants and shrubs will cover a 6.000 sqm area. A real vertical forest that will help to regenerate local biodiversity, will provide a 25 tons of CO2 absorption each year and will produce about 60 kg of oxygen per day.

The taller tower, 200 metres high, crowned on the top by a green lantern, will host offices - from the 8th floor to the 35th – and it will include a museum, a green architecture school and a private club on the rooftop. The second tower, 108 metres high, will provide a Hyatt hotel with 247 room of different sizes (from 35 sqm to 150 sqm) and a swimming pool on the rooftop. The 20 metres high podium, will host commercial, recreational and educative functions, including multi-brands shops, a food market, restaurants, conference hall and exhibition spaces.

Nanjing Vertical Forest project, which is scheduled to be finished in 2018, is the third prototype, after Milan and Lausanne, of a project about urban forestation and demineralization that Stefano Boeri Architects will develop all over the world and in particular in other Chinese cities such as Shijiazhuang, Liuzhou, Guizhou, Shanghai and Chongqing. 

PROJECT DETAILS

Location

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

A1 Tower
56,211.1 sqm  

A2 Tower
23,233.8 sqm 

Podium
36,137.7 sqm

Construction period
2016-2018

Program
Offices and hotel (towers), commercial mall (podium)

Stefano Boeri Architects
Partner: Stefano Boeri, Yibo Xu
Project Leader: Pietro Chiodi
Design Leader: Carolina Boccella, Bao Yinxin
Design Team: Giulia Chiatante, Agostino Bucci, Mario Tang Shilong

Plantation Consultant
Laura Gatti, SLG 

Structural Consultant
Luca Buzzoni, ARUP (Italy) 

Investor
Nanjing Yang Zi State-owned Investment Group CO.Ltd

Local Design Institution
Nanjing Yangzi River Urban Architectural Design, Co. Ltd.

Local Nursery
Nanjing ZhongShan Nursery, Co. Ltd.

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