China is building a city where 40,000 trees will grow across buildings to fight the pollution choking its urban skies
- China has some of the most polluted cities on the planet, and for years the usual fixes, stricter emission rules, factory shutdowns, better public transport, have only chipped away at the problem.
- So Italian architect Stefano Boeri decided to try something far more radical, wrapping entire buildings and eventually entire cities in trees.
- His firm's biggest project so far is Liuzhou Forest City, a planned neighbourhood in southern China where offices, homes, hotels, schools and even a hospital are meant to be covered almost completely in greenery.
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- China has some of the most polluted cities on the planet, and for years the usual fixes, stricter emission rules, factory shutdowns, better public transport, have only chipped away at the problem.
- So Italian architect Stefano Boeri decided to try something far more radical, wrapping entire buildings and eventually entire cities in trees.
- His firm's biggest project so far is Liuzhou Forest City, a planned neighbourhood in southern China where offices, homes, hotels, schools and even a hospital are meant to be covered almost completely in greenery.
Sources: Times of India