Celebrating the Legacy and Growth of Milan’s Bosco Verticale | Architectural Record

Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale, in Milan, is a beacon of biodiversity as much as a residential complex. More than 90 species of plants, trees, and shrubs grow on the facades of its two towers, and, when it opened in 2014, the project was hailed as a visionary approach to addressing the ecological impact of building urban housing. This volume tracks the development—or growth, one might say—of Bosco Verticale through photography and essays. In this excerpt, Matilda van den Bosch, adjunct professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at Vancouver’s University of British Columbia, argues that, in a world in dire need of systemic solutions to a radically changing environment, the Bosco Verticale is more than a pair of buildings—it’s “a prime example of science put into practice while embracing nature.”

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