In efforts to fight climate change and pollution, China is taking great steps by building Asia’s first Vertical Forest towers.
The towers will be built in Nanjing, a major city in China and will contain hundreds of trees, plants and shrubs along the facades that will help tackle increasing carbon dioxide levels.
Other Chinese megacities, like Chongqing and Shanghai, are reportedly planning to build similar green structures, People’s Daily Online reports.
The brain behind the concept is Stefano Boeri Architetti, an architect based in Milan, Italy.
The first example of the Vertical Forest was realized in Milan in 2014. The two residential towers host 900 trees and over 20,000 plants from a wide range of shrubs and floral plants. On flat land, each vertical forest equals an area of 7,000 square meters of forest area.
The towers are expected to provide 25 tons of C02 absorption each year and produce about 60kg of oxygen per day.
It’s also expected that the taller tower will host offices, a museum, green architecture school and a private club on its rooftop.
The second tower will contain a Hyatt hotel and swimming pool at the top. A 60ft-high podium will host commercial, recreational and educational functions, including multi-brands shops, a food market, restaurants, conference hall and exhibition spaces, Mail online reports.
The Nanjing tower is slated for completion in 2018.
