The project was set to create a new standard

for sustainable housing to contrast Milan's

increasing pollution threat.
As a new model for urban regeneration, the design
creates a biological habitat within a total area of
40,000m2 and includes a total of 900 trees between 3m
and 6m in height planted on the terraces up to the
27th floor, along with 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 floral
plants.
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It consisting of two residential towers of 1

which the largest is 26 floors (110 m high
called Torre E) and the smaller tower (18
floors 76 m high called Torre D).
SUSTAINABLE FEATURES

The building itself is self-sufficient by using renewable energy from

solar panels and filtered waste water to sustain the buildings' plant life,
geothermal heating.

The vegetal system of the Vertical Forest aids in

the construction of a microclimate, produces
humidity, absorbs CO2 and dust particles and
produces oxygen.
The Vertical Forest is an architectural concept which replaces traditional materials
on urban surfaces using the changing polychromy of leaves for its walls. The
biological architect relies on a screen of vegetation, needing to create a suitable
microclimate and filter sunlight, and rejecting the narrow technological and
mechanical approach to environmental sustainability.
PLAN
The plants in the building protect from
the harsh Mediterranean sun during
summer. During winter, the trees allow
the sunlight to warm the interiors. 
From compact two-room apartments to penthouses and duplexes, the main characteristics of the flats are the
balconies, which extend 3.35m outwards to host more than 900 cherry, olive and oak trees and other plants.