In Africa, one might find some significant challenges to growing forests, forests that can find a plethora of benefits to communities that could sustain them. Well, thanks to some Italian architects, Africa might have an unexpected solution. Many of you may have heard of vertical farming, but have you ever heard of vertical foresting? Well, in Africa, that is exactly what is happening.
Africa’s First Vertical Forest to Be Developed in Egypt – Truth Theory
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In August 2019, Italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri unveiled plans for the first vertical forest in Africa. Three buildings will be designed, each 30 meters tall and 30 meters wide. The buildings will be cube-shaped and seven stories tall. They will also be covered with pollution-absorbing trees and plants to help reduce carbon emissions in the desert east of Cairo.
Stefano Boeri Architetti estimates the buildings will have planted terraces containing 350 trees and 14,000 shrubs. Over 100 species will help cleanse the air from impurities. One of the three buildings will be a hotel while the other two will house apartment units.
The project will be located in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital. As DeZeen reports, the vertical forest is intended to be the administrative capital of the country and will contain the government departments and foreign embassies.
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