Stefano Boeri designs “vertical forest” city to eat up China’s smog
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a city near China’s Liuzhou, featuring towers completely covered in trees and plants to combat air pollution.

The Liuzhou Forest City will feature nearly 40,000 trees and almost one million plants, comprising 100 different species. The greenery is designed to trail over balconies and the roofs of a series of skyscrapers spanning 175 hectares along the Liujiang river, in the mountainous area of Guangxi.

Following on from Boeri’s past trials of “vertical forests” in Milan and in Lausanne, the masterplan forms part the architect’s Forest City concept, which will see cities made up of plant-covered skyscrapers rolled out across China’s urban areas as a way to offset urban pollution.

The architect’s studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has also proposed a similar design for city in Shijiazhuang, while its pair of plant-covered skyscrapers recently broke ground in the centre of Nanjing.