The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a complex of two residential skyscrapers designed by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra) and located in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy. They have a height of 116 metres (381 ft) and 84 m (276 ft) and within the complex is an 11-storey office building.[3]
The distinctive feature of the skyscrapers, both inaugurated in 2014, is the presence of over ninety plant species, including tall shrubs and trees, distributed on the facades. It is an ambitious project of metropolitan reforestation that aims to increase the biodiversity of plant and animal species in the Lombard capital through vertical greening, reducing urban sprawl and contributing to the mitigation of the microclimate.[4]
The complex is located on Via Federico Confalonieri and Via Gaetano de Castillia, on the outskirts of the Isola district. Since 2005, the area has undergone a series of urban and architectural regeneration interventions as part of the Porta Nuova Project.[6] The Bosco Verticale is situated within the Porta Nuova district, a dense cluster of skyscrapers that includes some of Italy’s tallest buildings: the UniCredit Tower, the Palazzo Lombardia, the Pirelli Tower, the Solaria Tower, and several other constructions.