Forest City

Energy and sustainability, Essay, expanding design practices, High Density, Stefano Boeri, Urban Paradigms

Architect’s role, Biomimetic architecture, Carbon-emissions, China, CO2 emissions, Collective housing, Ecological agencies, Ecological design, Ecological footprint, Ecological researches, Essay, Forest, Green, Green’s potential, Housing, Liuzhou, Residential, Sustainability, Sustainable construction, Tower, Urban Paradigms, Utopian practices, Vegetation, Vertical greenery

Shenzhen and other cities, are reaching a population of 60 million people. Shijiazhuang for its part, has a sad record: it is the city with the highest rate of air pollution in China. A pall of smog and soot rising only a few days a year. The Forest City in Shijiazhuang will be a new city for 100,000 inhabitants. A city of a new generation, capable of becoming a model of sustainable growth in a large country seeing, each year, 14 million farmers migrating to the cities.