Article source: Stefano Boeri Architetti

The first Chinese Forest City by Stefano Boeri Architetti is turning into reality. A city where offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools are entirely covered by plants and trees.

Once completed, the new city will host 30,000 people, absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce approximately 900 tons of oxygen.

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• Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti
• Project: Liuzhou Forest City
• Location: Liuzhou, China
• Client: Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning Bureau
• Partners: Stefano Boeri, Yibo Xu
• Project Leader: Pietro Chiodi
• Team Architects: Julia Gocalek, Yinxin Bao, Shilong Tan with Giulia Chiatante
• Cooperative Design Institute in China: Shanghai Tongyan Architectural and Planning Design Co. Ltd.
• Area: 138.5 ha

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