Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed a residential high-rise that resembles a vertical jungle. The 117-meter-high tower will be built in Lausanne, Switzerland, and will grow on it more than a hundred cedars, 6 thousand species of shrubs and 18 thousand other plants, covering about 3 thousand square meters. The tower will be aptly called La Tour des Cèdres or The Cedar Tower.
A residential high-rise with a leafy structure will be the first building in the world, which will be covered by evergreen trees. Lausanne will thus become the most advanced city to accept the global challenge to combine urban quality with sustainability and biodiversity.
Private roof terraces will have a tree, allowing residents to they feel nature.
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Boeri's tower block La Tour des Cèdres will be located in the district of Chavannes-Près-Renens, offering a view of Lake Geneva, among other things. We will find in it offices, the gym and panoramic restaurant on the top floor.
Construction will begin in 2017.
You can see La Tour des Cèdres in the photo gallery.
More information:
stefanoboeriarchitetti.net
