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Liuzhou Forest City
Chinese Sustainable Masterplan Development – design by Stefano Boeri Architetti
12 Jul 2017
Liuzhou Forest City
Design: Stefano Boeri Architetti
Location: Liuzhou, China
The first Forest City is under construction in China

The Master Plan by Stefano Boeri Architetti for a new green city that fights air pollution is now under construction in China. The works on Liuzhou Forest City will begin by 2020.

Once completed, the new city will host 30,000 people, absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce approximately 900 tons of oxygen.

Liuzhou Forest City will be built in the north of Liuzhou, in the mountain area of Guangxi, in the southern part of China; in an area that covers 175 hectares along the Liujiang river. The new green city, entirely wired, will be connected to Liuzhou through a fast rail line used by electric cars and will host various residential areas, commercial and recreational spaces, two schools and a hospital.
Liuzhou Forest City will have all the characteristics of an energy selfsufficient urban establishment: geothermal energy for interior airconditioning and solar panels over the roofs for collecting renewable energy.
The great innovation of Stefano Boeri Architetti?s project is the presence of plants and trees over every building, of all sizes and functions.
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