4 mad ecological town planning projects you should know about

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The “vertical forest” project was imagined by Italian architect Stefano Boeri and will rise from the ground in 2018 in Nankin, thanks to a State promoter (1).
The “Nanjing Green Towers” will respectively be 200 and 108 meters high. They will be entirely covered with vegetation: 1,100 trees, 2,500 shrubs and climbing plants – hence their name. The plants will absorb 25 tons of CO2 and output 60 to 65kg of oxygen a day!
The objective is to bring a little fresh air to this huge Chinese urban area… and encourage the rest of the country to adopt green town planning.

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The tallest sequoia in the world is called a Hyperion. These Hyperions, somewhat different, are the future ecological district of New Delhi to be completed in 2020. The concept, imagined by Hindu agro-ecologist Amlan Kusum, has been developed by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut (2).
Hyperions is an ecological village with six market-garden “garden towers” equipped with hydroponic gardens and photovoltaic and thermal solar panels.
With these systems, the village inhabitants will be fully “stand-alone” for their electricity and food. The objective is to use traditional agricultural methods to bring back a little nature to the city center and protect the environment.

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The inhabitants of Rennes had this idea in the context of the Fabrique Citoyenne. (the Citizen Factory). To test the concept, the city’s Gardens and Biodiversity service launched the first two floating gardens in May 2017. The full project will be implemented in Spring 2018 (4).
These gardens float on a raft. Like a hydroponic cultivation system, the plants draw water and nutrients directly from the river Vilaine.
The gardens not only make the river even more attractive but also create new habitats for the city’s fauna and flora…