Residential Towers “Vertical Forest”
Cotto d’Este and Lea Ceramiche are proud to have participated in the Bosco Verticale project, designed by architects Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra of Stefano Boeri Architetti.
The Vertical Forest (“Bosco Verticale”) is a model of a sustainable residential building and an urban reforestation project which contributes to renewing the environment and biodiversity of cities while avoiding the excessive negative impact on surrounding territories that uncontrolled urban expansion causes. The two residential towers, 110m and 76m high, have 900 trees (each three, six, or nine meters tall) and more than 2,000 plants, including a wide range of shrubs and flowering plants, distributed on the facades of the two buildings according to their exposure to the sun. The buildings, covered in hanging gardens, were designed to fully respect standards of sustainability and to provide residents the utmost in comfort.
The ceramic material used for the external cladding of the ventilated facade of Bosco Verticale is Cotto d’Este 1.4 cm extra-thick porcelain stoneware, the result of a unique production technology: pressed 3 times and cooked at 1230° for over 90 minutes, this process guarantees superior qualities and technical and aesthetic performances. The Blackstone product designed ad hoc for this project stands out for its gunmetal grey shade inspired by the fine sandstones of Northern Europe.
Lea Ceramiche’s products cover the interior spaces and are in line with the project’s environmentally sustainable vision. Two collections were used: Basaltina Stone Project and Slimtech Basaltina, an innovative product, only 3.5mm thick. Compared to traditional porcelain, the technology used for this collection entails a major reduction in the consumption of raw materials, water, and energy, and in the emission of pollutants and of CO2 during firing.
AWARDS
- “International Highrise Award” 2014, awarded by the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt (DAM)
- “Best Tall Building Worldwide” 2015, awarded by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat of Chicago
- “The 50 Most Influential Tall Buildings of the Last 50 Years” 2019, awarded by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat of Chicago