Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches.
Boeri's practice Stefano Boeri Interiors created Superverde for Metalco, an Italian street furniture maker. A metal edge will frame the planters, which would contain an appropriate mix of soil and greenery for the climate it is installed in.
Metal benches can be fixed to certain points of the frame so that passersby can sit and rest amongst the foliage.
"Superverde is a permeable and flexible surface, which is measured and purchased per square metre," Stefano Boeri told Dezeen.
"It is designed to be assembled according to the context in which it is placed," he added.
"Thanks to a system of modules, edges and hidden side structures, it allows for composing landscapes of different shapes and sizes."
Superverde also comes with an energy-efficient autonomous maintenance system.
"Thanks to a dense irrigation system and sensors for the control and analysis of the wellness and moisture of the soil, it is possible both to manage the use of water and of all resources and to guarantee the plants health," said Boeri.
As well as providing decoration, a pleasant space to sit and a habitat for insects, Superverde could improve the immediate climate claimed Boeri.
The areas of greenery would "decrease the 'urban heat island' effect" and "reduce temperatures in high-density areas," he said.
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