Stefano Boeri Architetti

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
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Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex

Stefano Boeri Architetti

PARTNER
Yibo Xu

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Arup

CONSTRUCTION FIRM
China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co.Ltd

LANDSCAPE
Landscape Architecture Corporation of China Co. Ltd.

CLIENT
 Beijing Easyhome Vertical Forest Real Estate Co.,Ltd.

FOUNDING PARTNER
Stefano Boeri

BUSINESS MANAGER
Palace Gong

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Huang Yitao

DESIGN TEAM
Yinxin Bao, Siyu Lei,Lei Cui,Jinye Du, Yifan Fei,Zhiyang Huang,Mohamed Hassan Ali Elgendy,Luca Xu,Liu Juan,Cecilia Picello,Sebastiano Cattiodoro, Linhong Jiang,Jialun Yuan,Mohamed Yasser Elsarif

PLANTATION CONSULTANT
Studio Laura Gatti

STRUCTURAL DESIGN CONSULTANT
Luca Buzzoni, ARUP

LDI
Central-South Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd.

VISUAL
LIFANG (Shanghai) Digital Technologies Co., Ltd. ; Shanghai Skyin Visual Arts Co. Ltd

WIND TEST
RWDI

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Pietro Chiodi

PHOTOGRAPHS
Raw Vision Studio

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Huanggang, China

CATEGORY
Apartments

Text description provided by architect.

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex, located in the city of Huanggang in Hubei province, is the very first Chinese Vertical Forest designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti China, fully completed and already home to the first tenants since a few weeks ago.

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
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Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
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It’s a new type of Vertical Forest combining open and closed balconies that interrupt the regularity of the building and create a continuous ever-changing movement, accentuated by the presence of trees and shrubs which thanks to the structure, are able to develop freely in height while the foliage fits perfectly into the façade design.

“The design allows an excellent view of the tree-lined façades, enhancing the sensorial experience of the greenery and integrating the plant landscape with the architectural dimension – says the architect Stefano Boeri - Thus, the inhabitants of the residential towers have the opportunity to experience the urban space from a different perspective while fully enjoying the comfort of being surrounded by nature”

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
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Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
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Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex covers an area of 4.54 hectares and consists of five towers, two of which are residential and designed as vertical forests.

It’s a new green complex that integrates buildings for residences, hotels and large commercial spaces, able to meet the daily needs of a number of different individuals, residents and temporary guests, inhabitants and tourists.

The greenery of the Vertical Forest, selected from local species, is made up of 404 trees (the main trees are Ginkgo biloba, Osmanthus fragrans, Acer griseum, Ligustrum lucidum and Chimonanthus praecox); 4620 shrubs (the main middle shrubs and small shrubs are Hibiscus mutabilis, Elaeagnus pungens, Nandina domestica and Euonymus alatus); 2408 square metres of perennial grass, flowers and climbing plants like Ophiopogon bodinieri, Sedum lineare and Liriope spicata), absorb 22 tons/year of CO2 and produce 11 tons/year of O2.

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
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Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio


Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex
© RAW VISION studio

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