Milan, Italy
Bosco Verticale, Milan
Architect: Stefano Boeri Architetti
Each tower’s balconies were structurally engineered to carry the weight of mature trees and their root systems — a decision made at the earliest design stage rather than retrofitted, which is why the planting reads as integral to the building’s form rather than applied to its surface.
Growing systems
- Balcony-integrated tree planters
Materials
- Reinforced-concrete balcony structure sized for tree root loads
- Automated drip irrigation fed by filtered wastewater
Technology
- Centralized irrigation monitoring