Nanjing Vertical Forest
Vertical Forest for housing, culture and commerce
Vertical Forest constitutes an alternative urban environment that allows to live close to trees, shrubs and plants within the city; such a condition can be generally found only in the suburban houses with gardens, which are a development model that consume agricultural soil and which is being now recognized as energy-consuming, expensive and far from communal services found in the compact city. The taller tower, 200 metres high, crowned on the top by a green lantern, will host offices - from the 8th floor to the 35th – and it will include a museum, a green architecture school and a private club on the rooftop. The second tower, 108 metres high [354'], will provide a Hyatt hotel with 247 rooms of different sizes (from 35 sqm to 150 sqm) and a swimming pool on the rooftop. The 20 metre [66'] high podium, will host commercial, recreational and educative functions, including multi-brands shops, a food market, restaurants, conference hall and exhibition spaces