> The project concerns the realization of a complex multi-storey structure with vertical development characterized by a mix of use destinations. Born from an Italian urban model developed on an international scale; it is a model of sustainable residential / commercial building, a project of metropolitan reforestation that contributes to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity without expanding the city on the territory. It is a model of vertical densification of nature within the city, which operates in relation to the afforestation and naturalization policies of large urban and metropolitan borders. The first example of two residential towers of 110 and 76 m in height, was built in the center of Milan, on the edge of the Isola district, and houses 800 trees (each of them 3, 6 or 9 meters), 4,500 bushes and 15,000 plants and a wide range of shrubs and flowering plants, distributed in relation to the position of the facades facing the sun. In each structure there is a quantity of trees that would occupy an area of 20,000 square meters. The plant system helps in creating a special microclimate, produces moisture and oxygen, absorbs CO2 particles and fine particles.
The realization of a certain number of Vertical Woods in the city will give life to a network of environmental corridors, which will animate the ecosystem of the main urban parks, linking the different spaces of spontaneous vegetation growth. The Vertical Forest is also an “anti-sprawl” measure, which aims to control and reduce urban sprawl. If we think of them in terms of urban densification, each Vertical Forest tower is equivalent to an area of residential expansion that can measure up to 50,000 square meters. The Vertical Forest is a reference point in the city able to generate new types of variable landscapes, which can change their shape in every season according to the types of plants involved. Entering more Vertical Woods will offer a different view of the metropolitan city.