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Housing high-rise Where Art and Architecture Coexist Beautifully - Milan is a city that moves up. Its urban landscape is changing dramatically, with a horizon that is mounted by pushing architecture to new forms. Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest), an innovative residential project completed in 2014, is part of this urban movement upwards. The Gold LEED-certified project, designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, offers an interesting vision of a future metropolis. two rounds of Bosco Verticale show how nature and architecture can exist in harmony with the vegetation is part of the building structure, not merely ornamental.

"The idea came from my obsession with the world of trees, the architect Stefano Boeri said its leafy buildings . "There are years I was working in Dubai, a city in which dozens and dozens of skyscrapers sprang up, all strictly dressed in glass. I wondered then if it might be possible to work with something else that does not involve a great expenditure of energy. Thus was born the idea of ​​a living façade: one that "breathes" ... and trees too. Gradually, this idea became the Bosco Verticale.

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in 2015, the Council on Tall buildings and urban habitat, an international organization sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, chose Bosco Verticale as the most beautiful and innovative skyscraper in the world.

"With this building, there is a relationship between architecture and nature that is very different from the traditional," says Boeri. "Bosco Verticale is" a skyscraper for trees that also takes in humans. "from the beginning, it was conceived as a space built around the presence of trees. This has made the innovative architecture and design was an experience for us. it is an experience that produced something unique, and in this sense, the attempt to get out of the box was probably much appreciated. "

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plants Selected for Bosco Verticale necessary taking into account the sustainability of the vegetation plants must have specific resistance characteristics. against the wind but also against parasites. They also need to be easy to maintain.

The plantations include more than 17,000 full 780 trees from 60 species on all sides of the towers, creating a hanging garden effect. Among the plantations of holly oak, apple and beech ornamental trees, as well as a large mass of smaller plants, such as lavender, azaleas and camellias winter, positioned among the trees with large crowns. Plantations provide shade in summer and help filter the air. On flat ground, each building equals - in number of trees - 7000 square meters of forest. In terms of urban densification, the number of trees cover an area of ​​single family homes of nearly 75,000 square meters. Vegetation is watered with a filtration system greywater.

The recently published book A Bosco Verticale (Italian / English, Corraini Editore) tells the story of the project and explains, with the help of drawings and photos, how to reproduce the idea in other cities.

The project became an example and is being duplicated in Lausanne, Switzerland, for example, with the Torre dei Cedri (Cedars Tour). 'This is the beautiful thing about my job - being able to do new things, creating something that did not exist before, says Boeri. 'This is a source of pride for me, because Milan produced this unprecedented architecture, what can we do hope and believe that our future could be greener - not just parks, but also with that architecture greenery as an essential element of its structure. "

'towers are one of the most successful architectural examples in the new Porta Nuova district of Milan,' said the architect Sebastiano Provenzano, who teaches in engineering and architecture department at the University Palermo. "The project provides a conceptual innovation, without forgetting the austere traditional architectural style and consists of the city.

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How can you live in a building that is widely admired and has won many awards? And what is the relationship between vegetation outside and interior spaces? Take a look inside one of the apartments Bosco Verticale below.

Apartment at a glance
Who lives here Simona Pizzi, her husband, a businessman in the health sector, and the youngest of their three children
position Milan, in the new district of Porta Nuova, near the historic district Isola
Size 217 sq m (2,336 m² ft ) inside; and 87 square meters (936 sq ft) on two terraces outside
built 2014 (the family lived in the apartment since September 2014)
That Interestingly the flat forms a backdrop for the passion of the family -. Contemporary art

Simona Pizzi sunny apartment is on the 14th floor of the tallest towers Bosco Verticale. She explains what it is like to live in a beautiful "living building" with a breathtaking view.

Photo by Federico Floriani

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the apartment is neutral, light and quiet space. Furnished little enough, it features warm tones of beige in the living areas and shades of gray in the sleeping areas.

'Coima picture oversaw the interior design, "Pizzi said. "We worked with them to choose the furniture, but I chose the furniture personally. We wanted to live in a house where contemporary art had its own weight; we did not want a furniture showroom. In fact, the supply is extremely minimal and limited to the essentials. "

Sculpture Paolo Grassino, 04.

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A piece by the noted English sculptor and artist Richard long of the land dominates the living room. Made in one afternoon for this apartment, the work uses colors and materials to fully develop one of the preferred forms of the artist :. The circle

This lounge offers upholstered furniture from Poltrona Frau. In the center of the conversation area, Pizzi has chosen a classic table with casters FontanaArte, designed by Gae Aulenti in 1980.

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on the wall in the sunniest part of the large living room is an ethereal canvas by artist Piedmontese Valerio Berruti. Contemporary bay window occupies an expansive work created by another major artist of English, Tony Cragg, entitled Social Situation .

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"I not want to fill this important part of the living space simply with a lounge chair and table. I wanted to give it its due value, said Pizzi. 'So I chose a work of art which had a nice intensity, but also a certain width of material.'

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windows give the apartment to change views of the city. They not only change with the seasons, but also with the passing hours, offering a show in progress.

The apartment is equipped with a home control system. A central computer near the entrance control lighting, security alarm and electrical systems. These can be activated by tablet or smartphone.

chandeliers, Raimond Moooi. Floor lamp, Mite Foscarini designed by Marc Sadler.

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the furniture in the living room are a good balance between midcentury modern and contemporary design. The materials were carefully selected to provide a neutral setting for works of art, and are mostly in shades of off-white, chocolate brown or black.

The large dining table, a vintage piece with heavy metal legs lightened by a glass top, was designed by Mario Bellini. Six LC7 brown leather chairs for Cassina complete. They were designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927, and today are considered cult objects for fans of midcentury modern design.

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Tomato base Memphis Milano , designed by Michele de Lucchi, 1985.

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"I wanted the kitchen to be part of the living room," Pizzi said . "The other apartments have a masonry wall separating the two areas, but I prefer a solution that gave more of an idea of ​​continuity, so using sliding frosted glass doors." The doors of separation are Molteni & C.

The kitchen, with white lacquered cabinets broken by Dada, is a good size (there is a laundry room) and extremely functional. It consists of a base wall and wall cupboards longer an island.

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in the master bedroom, a closet spacious walk-in is located on the other side of the wall behind the bed The side walls are covered with gray wallpaper with a subtle metallic sheen. This serves to emphasize the functional space, while maintaining the color harmony of the plan, based on shades of gray.

In the sleeping area, the windows have curtains and electric blinds.

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focal point the room is a cabinet with a curved Fornasetti Palladian design, complemented by the lamp Flos Snoopy designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. The black and white colors and stylistic caliber of the two elements create a balanced contrast between the warm sweetness of honey-colored oak flooring and light gray walls and furniture.

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"I" Fornasetti've always liked a lot, "said Pizzi. "When my husband and I saw this room, we could not resist."

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The main bathroom has been designed with soft beige and cream colors. The oak floor creates continuity with the rest of the apartment, and integrates well with the large slate tiles chosen for the walls. All this is accentuated by some strong and colorful furniture accents. The Flamingo table Memphis Milano, designed by Michele De Lucchi, is unequivocal.

The apartment also has two additional bathrooms.

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Room of youngest child is more colorful than the rest of the apartment, with splashes of bright red. It also comes with interesting design pieces, including a large, playful totem, the Nerocactus of Gufram.

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The study is also the bedroom for older children when they stop for the night. It faces the Isola district, a historic area of ​​the city. Isola is densely populated and dominated by yellow houses that characterize the outer ring of the center of Milan.

The couple has chosen this area of ​​town to be near a train station. "I travel a lot and I did not want to travel by car, said Pizzi. "Our offices are located in Turin, and I wanted something that made my life less hectic. Today, I take the train just below the building [at the Porta Garibaldi] and three quarters of an hour, I'm at Porta Susa station in Turin. It's a completely different life. "

The photo triptych on the couch is by artist Paolo Piedmontese Mussat Sartor.

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14th floor the city view is expansive. The Duomo and Torre Velasca can be seen from the living room, while the mountains around Lecco, north of Milan, one can see clearly from the study.

'The windows of the Bosco Verticale are real "living pictures" that are constantly changing and enriching themselves, "said Pizzi. "I like living here a lot. I call this my apartment "High Altitude dream" .

Bard pouffe designed by Giulio Iacchetti and manufactured by Cazzaniga for Divani InternoItaliano. May Day lamp Flos, designed by Konstantin Grcic.

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Winter in the Bosco Verticale provides a romantic and a little melancholic panorama. (pictures at the beginning of the story show the building in its fullest phase in the spring, when the plants are greener.) below the large structures that serve as garden lines and limits for terraces, ornamental plants and small shrubs provide nice green spot on each level. This continues as the view goes to a boundless landscape, the Regulation on the Resegone mountain massif at the foot of the Alps, repeatedly mentioned in the novel The Betrothed, by the Italian writer of the 19th century Alessandro Manzoni.

"When I arrived here in September 2014, the plants were much smaller," recalls Pizzi. "There was a wild growth in a year, and bloom in spring is wonderful. We just to admire and enjoy the greenery. the condominium manages all care and maintenance, including doing the work every month at the apartments, and coordinating the "flying gardeners" that go down from the top cut and arrange the plants with larger crowns. the types of plants vary from one floor to another. the planting is strictly regulated depending on the height and exposure

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The skyscraper has about 70 apartments (more or less than three per floor), but some are still available. It offers a concierge service 24 hours. The top floor apartment (about 550 square meters or 5920 square feet) belongs to the sovereign funds of the Emir of Qatar, who wanted as a foot-to-earth . In the largest skyscraper, two players to the Italian football club Inter - Ivan Perišić and Felipe Melo - also have their houses

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