Smart Forest City

Smart Forest City, Liuzhou
China's New 'Forest City' Will Make You Rethink Urban Cities

1. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou China's New 'Forest City' Will Make You Rethink Urban Cities

2. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Liuzhou Forest City, a new green city planned to be built near Liuzhou, a mountain area in Guangxi, China , will be the first such green project in China as well as the rest of the world. The project, which will house more than 30,000 inhabitants , is being undertaken by Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning. The master plan was designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti in association with Tongyan Architectural and Planning Design.

3. Mountain Area In Guangxi, China

4. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou

5. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The green city will be entirely self-sustaining and will help to reduce pollution. Construction of the city is set to begin in 2020, after undertaking careful planning and research into the various aspects of the city.

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7. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Development of Liuzhou Forest City follows the successful implementation of similar projects by Stefano Boeri, including Bosco Verticale in Milan, Italy , and the under-construction Nanjing Vertical Forest in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The project is expected to serve as an example to future investors and developers to build similar forest cities in the country.

8. Bosco Verticale in Milan, Italy

9. Nanjing Vertical Forest in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

10. Liuzhou Forest City project purpose Rapid industrialisation has led China to become the world’s biggest greenhouse gases emitter. The country’s reliance on coal-fired plants has further worsened the emissions. Industrialisation has led to the rapid deterioration of China’s air quality, despite helping millions of citizens escape poverty. Large parts of the country are plagued with problems of smog, which has caused health problems and deaths. Overpopulation is another concern in the country, creating the constant need for living spaces.

11. Rapid industrialisation has led China to become the world’s biggest greenhouse gases emitter

12. Liuzhou Forest City project purpose Liuzhou Forest City is a result of China’s plans to create attractive residential areas outside its main cities and to move more than two million people to rural areas in order to curb migration and poverty, while increasing modernisation. The project complies with new regulations aimed at developing eco-friendly and sustainable buildings. It will help to reduce pollution, while creating appealing urban spaces.

13. Liuzhou Forest City project purpose

14. Masterplan details of the new green city The Liuzhou Forest City master plan envisages the development of a 138.5ha area located along the Liujiang river. It will include houses, hotels, villas, offices, hospitals, schools, commercial and retail spaces, and recreational areas. The buildings will be aligned along the river, serving as an urban bridge to the new Liuzhou city under construction across the river.

15. Masterplan details of the new green city

16. Masterplan details of the new green city All the buildings will be covered by plants and trees of various shapes and sizes. The city is expected to host 40,000 trees and more than one million plants of approximately 100 species. The trees and plants will be located in parks, gardens and streets, as well as the facades of the buildings.

17. All the buildings will be covered by plants and trees of various shapes and sizes

18. Masterplan details of the new green city The greenery will absorb approximately 10,000t of carbon dioxide and 57t of pollutants such as soot and fine dust, while producing approximately 900t of oxygen a year. It will also help in reducing the average air temperature, provide noise barriers, and improve biodiversity by creating a habitat for birds, insects and small animals.

19. The greenery will absorb approximately 10,000t of carbon dioxide and 57t of pollutants

20. Sustainable features of Liuzhou Forest City In addition to the large green cover, the Forest City will be energy self-sufficient. Solar panels will be installed on the roofs of the building in order to produce renewable energy and electricity for air-conditioning will be sourced from geothermal energy. The new city will use only electric vehicles for transportation and will be connected to the main city through a high-speed electric line.

21. Solar panels will be installed on the roofs of the building in order to produce renewable energy and electricity for air-conditioning

22. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Liuzhou Forest City is the first Forest City in the world: an urban body in which offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools are almost entirely covered by plants and trees of a wide range of varieties and sizes. Spread over an area of ​​around 175 hectares along the Liujiang River, the master-plan commissioned by Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning is currently being implemented.

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24. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The project extends the successful experimentation already underway for the first time in Milan with the Vertical Forest building-prototype, proposing and developing a model of architecture and habitat capable of interpreting the theme of biodiversity on an urban scale and redefining the relationship between humans and other living species.

25. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou In addition to hosting about 30,000 inhabitants, the new city will provide a comfortable living environment for plants and trees on all buildings: in all, the Liuzhou Forest City will host about 40,000 trees and 1 million plants from more than 100 different species. 

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27. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The new urban organism designed and developed for the Chinese city of Liuzhou by Stefano Boeri Architetti will work like a large sustainable machine in that it will be able to absorb about 10,000 tons of CO 2 and 57 tons of micro-particles every year, producing about 900 tons of oxygen at the same time thereby combating the serious problem of air pollution.

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29. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The distribution of plants not just along the avenues in parks and gardens but also on the facades of buildings means that a city already designed to be self-sufficient in terms of energy will also be able to improve air quality, reduce the average temperature of the urban heat island , generate a barrier against acoustic pollution and increase the biodiversity of living species through the generation of a rich ecosystem of living spaces for birds, insects and small animals that already inhabit the territory surrounding Liuzhou.

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31. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou In addition, in terms of an inhabited settlement, the new Liuzhou Forest City has been conceived and developed as a real “porous model”: an urban organism that is sensitive and attentive to the specific qualities and values ​​of the environment. This design approach develops naturally starting from the planimetric layout, designed to integrate harmoniously with the geography of the surrounding mountains, follow their morphology and incorporate the particular qualities of the local landscape.

32. Liuzhou Forest City has been conceived and developed as a real “porous model”

33. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou This approach also corresponds to a careful study of the technological , infrastructural and distribution characteristics of the large urban complex.

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35. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou When China decides to do something, the country can be incredibly agile and quick in implementation. One example is the construction of a "Forest City" that pushes the boundaries of sustainable urban planning and development, a concept the EPA should certainly take a look at.

36. When China decides to do something, the country can be incredibly agile and quick in implementation

37. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The Chinese government has broken ground on this Forest City with the ambitious plan to have it fully completed by 2020 , an urban development that will be covered in plants and solar panels. The city will sit along the Liujiang River in the mountainous region of Guangxi in southern China.

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39. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The design is the brainchild of Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA), an Italian architectural agency known for environmentally focused urban designs. A key premise for this Forest City will be to fight air pollution that has engulfed many of China's metropolitan areas and remains a critical health threat to the Chinese people.

40. Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA), an Italian architectural agency known for environmentally focused urban designs

41. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The city will include typical buildings such as schools, offices, hotels, hospitals, and homes of course. Albeit, these will all be covered in thousands of trees and plants of various species.

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43. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Below are some key statistics about the city, including its ability to scrub the air of CO 2 and pollutants and release oxygen. As the city ages and trees become older they will only absorb more CO 2 and become more effective.

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45. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou A single adult tree can absorb 48 pounds of CO 2 and about 260 pounds of oxygen per year. This is because trees, opposite to humans, take in CO 2 and release oxygen during photosynthesis.

46. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou 10,000 tons of CO 2 absorption per year 57 tons of pollutant absorption per year 900 tons of oxygen produced per year 30,000 inhabitants 40,000 tress within the city 1 million plants and over 100 species within the city

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48. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The abundance of plants will improve many aspects of the city such as air quality and pollution. A few key side benefits include a lower average air temperature, improved biodiversity of plants and animals in the area, noise barriers, and an ecosystem for birds and insects.

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50. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The Forest City will also boast geothermal energy for air conditioning of the buildings and solar panels on roofs to supplement. To get around the residents will be able to use an electric rail line that goes through the center of the city in addition to electric cars.

51. To get around the residents will be able to use an electric rail line that goes through the center of the city

52. The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest city' where all buildings are covered in a million plants to tackle global warming and air pollution

53. The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest city' where all buildings are covered in a million plants to tackle global warming and air pollution

54. The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest city' where all buildings are covered in a million plants to tackle global warming and air pollution China is constructing the world's first forest city where all buildings are covered in plants and trees to tackle global warming and air pollution. The Liuzhou Forest City will be home to 30,000 people once completed in a few years' time .

55. The Liuzhou Forest City will be home to 30,000 people once completed in a few years' time

56. The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest city' where all buildings are covered in a million plants to tackle global warming and air pollution Offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools will be entirely covered by a total of 40,000 trees and 1million plants of 100 species. They will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO 2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce around 900 tons of oxygen.   

57. They will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO 2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce around 900 tons of oxygen.    

58. The city will be built in the north of Liuzhou in the mountainous area of Guangxi, south China

59. The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest city' where all buildings are covered in a million plants to tackle global warming and air pollution Houses will have air-conditioning powered by geothermal energy and solar-panelled roofs.  The project commissioned by Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning has been designed by architects Stefano Boeri Architetti. The company says the plants and trees will decrease the average air temperature, create noise barriers and improve biodiversity by providing homes for birds, insects and small animals. Building begins in 2020.

60. Houses will have air-conditioning powered by geothermal energy and solar-panelled roofs. 

61. The Liuzhou Forest City will be home to 30,000 people once completed in a few years' time

62. Offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools will be entirely covered by a total of 40,000 trees and 1million plants of 100 species

63. The project commissioned by Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning has been designed by architects Stefano Boeri Architetti

64. The trees and plants will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO 2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce around 900 tons of oxygen

65. There will be various residential areas, commercial and recreational spaces, two schools and a hospital

66. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The master plan developed by Stefano Boeri Architetti envisages a green city with all the characteristics of an urban settlement that is fully self-sufficient from an energy consumption point of view, starting with the use of geothermal energy for the interior spaces of buildings and the rooftop installation of high efficiency solar panels for the capture of renewable wind energy.

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68. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Thanks to this integrated approach, for the first time in the world an urban area will be able to combine meeting the challenge of substantially reducing air pollution a crucial and unavoidable theme for big cities not just in China, but also elsewhere with the application of large scale solutions for renewable energy and self-sufficiency.

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70. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou In this way, the Liuzhou Forest City project continues and extends the research carried out by Stefano Boeri Architetti towards a new Biodiversity Season, i.e. the development of a new generation of urban architecture and cities capable of meeting the problematic challenge of climate change in a radical manner while presenting themselves as project models for the future of the planet.

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72. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Forest city Liuzhou in China One of the utmost admirable projects by Stefano Boeri Architetti has been the first Forest city, Liuzhou in China, situated at the overpopulated and smog affected  but beautiful Guangxi, when commissioned by the Municipality of Liuzhou.

73. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou ( The project extended the successful experimentation already underway for the first time in Milan with the Vertical Forest building-prototype, proposing and developing a model of architecture and habitat capable of interpreting the theme of biodiversity on an urban scale and redefining the relationship between humans and other living species ).

74. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou After several decades of blistering economic growth, China has realized the damage on the environment and begun to pursue a greener path forward. China’s reforestation efforts are paying off, with improved biodiversity and a healthier economic growth model achieved.

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76. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou

77. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The distribution of plants not just along the avenues in parks and gardens but also on the facades of buildings means that a city already designed to be self-sufficient in terms of energy will also be able to improve air quality, reduce the average temperature of the urban heat island, generate a barrier against acoustic pollution and increase the biodiversity of living species through the generation of a rich ecosystem of living spaces for birds, insects and small animals that already inhabit the territory surrounding Liuzhou.

78. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou

79. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou This design approach develops naturally starting from the layout designed to integrate harmoniously with the geography of the surrounding mountains, follow their morphology and incorporate the particular qualities of the local landscape. This approach also corresponds to a careful study of the technological, infrastructural and distribution characteristics of the large urban complex.

80. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Completely connected, the new green city is linked to the nearby centre of Liuzhou through a highly efficient fast railway infrastructure and a road network reserved exclusively for electrically-powered cars.

81. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou

82. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou The master plan developed by Stefano Boeri Architetti has envisaged a green city with all the characteristics of an urban settlement that is fully self-sufficient from an energy consumption point of view, starting with the use of geothermal energy for the interior spaces of buildings and the rooftop installation of high efficiency solar panels for the capture of renewable wind energy

83. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Thanks to this integrated approach, for the first time in the world an urban area will be able to combine meeting the challenge of substantially reducing air pollution – a crucial and unavoidable theme for big cities not just in China, but also elsewhere – with the application of large scale solutions for renewable energy and self-sufficiency.

84. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou

85. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou In this way, the Liuzhou Forest City project continues and extends the research carried out by Stefano Boeri Architetti towards a new Biodiversity Season , i.e. the development of a new generation of urban architecture and cities capable of meeting the problematic challenge of climate change in a radical manner while presenting themselves as project models for the future of the planet .

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87. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Recent researchers from the Beijing Normal University documented the presence of several rare animal species in the Ziwuling Forest Area in Yan’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Sightings of the animals, including leopards, the golden pheasant and roe deer, which once disappeared from the region, caught on tape.

88. Beijing Normal University documented the presence of several rare animal species in the Ziwuling Forest Area in Yan’an, northwest China

89. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Dense forests have also become a great source of revenue for locals, like Saihanba, a vast man-made forest covering about 93,000 hectares in north China’s Hebei Province, 400 km north of Beijing, is a case in point. Over the years, Saihanba Forest Farm has developed in a sustainable way, with economic growth relying on tourism, tree planting, wind power generation and logging. The greening sectors bring in over 89.55 million U.S. dollars annually, outweighing the revenue from logging operations in the past, data show.

90. Over the years, Saihanba Forest Farm has developed in a sustainable way, with economic growth relying on tourism, tree planting, wind power generation and logging

91. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou Forest parks are now popular attractions of tourism in the country. Last year, tourists made 1.6 billion trips to forest parks across the country, and forest-themed tourism has become a third pillar of the forestry industr y, said Cheng Hong, a senior official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. A great model for dry soil countries with cemented urban areas to consider redesigning. Stefano Boeri is an inspiration offering sustainability in Architecture and urban lifestyle, to both the State and the public.

92. Forest parks are now popular attractions of tourism in the country

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94. Smart Forest City, Liuzhou This ambitious plan will be an example to the global community on how to build sustainable cities that help cut down on pollution while at the same time generate biodiversity and fresh oxygen. This concept may not work exactly as built here for every city but there are certainly ideas and best practices that can be implemented around the world. This is especially true in highly populated polluted areas that are badly in need of more green space.

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96. References China's Forest City - Futuristic City with over 1 Million Plants https://youtu.be/qXy0tnwbX9I liuzhou forest city https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/liuzhou-forest-city/ Liuzhou Forest City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuzhou_Forest_City Liuzhou Forest City https://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/liuzhou-forest-city/ Liuzhou Forest City, millions of plants for a new model of Chinese urban development https://www.lifegate.com/people/lifestyle/liuzhou-forest-city Stefano boeri architetti https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/ Urban forest cities by Stefano Boeri https://medusaudi.com/urban-forest-cities-by-stefano-boeri/

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