The world's first
'Forest City,' created to fight pollution, is now under construction in
Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China.
Designed by Stefano
Boeri Architetti, a team that develops green projects all around the world, the
futuristic Forest City will be home to a community of about 30,000 people.
It will be covered
in greenery, including nearly 1 million plants of more than 100 species and
40,000 trees that together absorb almost 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide and 57
tons of pollutants, and produce approximately 900 tons of oxygen annually.
As a result, Forest
City will help to decrease the average air temperature, improve local air
quality, create noise barriers, generate habitats, and improve local
biodiversity in the region.
Liuzhou Forest City
will be self-sufficient, running on renewable energy sources such as geothermal
and solar energy.
The city will also
be entirely wired, and will include commercial zones, residential areas,
recreational spaces, a hospital, and two schools. Forest City will be connected
to Liuzhou by a fast rail line for electric cars.
Liuzhou
Municipality Urban Planning commissioned the design for the 175-hectare (432
acre) Liuzhou Forest City which will be situated along the Liujiang River in
the northern part of Liuzhou.
The project has a
high profile in China and, if it succeeds, it will set an example for green
city design elsewhere in the country and around the world. The project is
planned to be complete sometime in 2020.
