Smart Forest City

Smart Forest City, Liuzhou
China's New 'Forest City' Will Make You
Rethink Urban Cities

• Liuzhou Forest City, a new green city planned
to be built near Liuzhou, a mountain area in
Guangxi, China, will be the first such green
project in China as well as the rest of the world.
• The project, which will house more than 30,000
inhabitants, is being undertaken by Liuzhou
Municipality Urban Planning.
• The master plan was designed by Stefano Boeri
Architetti in association with Tongyan
Architectural and Planning Design.

Mountain Area In Guangxi, China

• The green city will be entirely self-
sustaining and will help to reduce pollution.
Construction of the city is set to begin in 2020,
after undertaking careful planning and research
into the various aspects of the city.

• Development of Liuzhou Forest City follows
the successful implementation of similar
projects by Stefano Boeri, including Bosco
Verticale in Milan, Italy, and the under-
construction Nanjing Vertical Forest in
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
• The project is expected to serve as an
example to future investors and developers
to build similar forest cities in the country.

Bosco Verticale in Milan, Italy

Nanjing Vertical Forest in Nanjing,
Jiangsu, China

Liuzhou Forest City project purpose
• Rapid industrialisation has led China to become the
world’s biggest greenhouse gases emitter. The
country’s reliance on coal-fired plants has further
worsened the emissions.
• Industrialisation has led to the rapid deterioration of
China’s air quality, despite helping millions of citizens
escape poverty. Large parts of the country are plagued
with problems of smog, which has caused health
problems and deaths.
• Overpopulation is another concern in the country,
creating the constant need for living spaces.

Rapid industrialisation has led China to
become the world’s biggest greenhouse gases
emitter

• Liuzhou Forest City is a result of China’s plans
to create attractive residential areas outside its
main cities and to move more than two million
people to rural areas in order to curb migration
and poverty, while increasing modernisation.
• The project complies with new regulations
aimed at developing eco-friendly and
sustainable buildings.
• It will help to reduce pollution, while creating
appealing urban spaces.

Masterplan details of the new green
city
• The Liuzhou Forest City master plan envisages
the development of a 138.5ha area located
along the Liujiang river.
• It will include houses, hotels, villas, offices,
hospitals, schools, commercial and retail spaces,
and recreational areas.
• The buildings will be aligned along the river,
serving as an urban bridge to the new Liuzhou
city under construction across the river.

Masterplan details of the new green city

Masterplan details of the new green city
• All the buildings will be covered by plants
and trees of various shapes and sizes.
• The city is expected to host 40,000 trees and
more than one million plants of approximately
100 species.
• The trees and plants will be located in
parks, gardens and streets, as well as the
facades of the buildings.

All the buildings will be covered by
plants and trees of various shapes and sizes

Masterplan details of the new green
city
• The greenery will absorb approximately
10,000t of carbon dioxide and 57t of
pollutants such as soot and fine dust, while
producing approximately 900t of oxygen a
year.
• It will also help in reducing the average air
temperature, provide noise barriers, and
improve biodiversity by creating a habitat
for birds, insects and small animals.

The greenery will absorb approximately 10,000t of
carbon dioxide and 57t of pollutants

Sustainable features of Liuzhou Forest
City
• In addition to the large green cover, the Forest
City will be energy self-sufficient.
• Solar panels will be installed on the roofs of the
building in order to produce renewable energy
and electricity for air-conditioning will be sourced
from geothermal energy.
• The new city will use only electric vehicles for
transportation and will be connected to the
main city through a high-speed electric line.

Solar panels will be installed on the roofs of the
building in order to produce renewable energy and
electricity for air-conditioning

• Liuzhou Forest City is the first Forest City in
the world: an urban body in which offices, houses,
hotels, hospitals and schools are almost entirely
covered by plants and trees of a wide range of
varieties and sizes.
• Spread over an area of around 175 hectares
along the Liujiang River, the master-plan
commissioned by Liuzhou Municipality Urban
Planning is currently being implemented.

• The project extends the successful
experimentation already underway for the
first time in Milan with the Vertical Forest
building-prototype, proposing and
developing a model of architecture and
habitat capable of interpreting the theme of
biodiversity on an urban scale and redefining
the relationship between humans and other
living species.

• In addition to hosting about 30,000
inhabitants, the new city will provide a
comfortable living environment for plants and
trees on all buildings: in all, the Liuzhou
Forest City will host about 40,000 trees and 1
million plants from more than 100 different
species.

• The new urban organism designed and
developed for the Chinese city of Liuzhou by
Stefano Boeri Architetti will work like a large
sustainable machine in that it will be able to
absorb about 10,000 tons of CO2 and 57 tons
of micro-particles every year, producing
about 900 tons of oxygen at the same time
thereby combating the serious problem of
air pollution.

• The distribution of plants not just along the
avenues in parks and gardens but also on the
facades of buildings means that a city already
designed to be self-sufficient in terms of energy
will also be able to improve air quality, reduce
the average temperature of the urban heat
island, generate a barrier against acoustic
pollution and increase the biodiversity of living
species through the generation of a rich ecosystem
of living spaces for birds, insects and small
animals that already inhabit the territory
surrounding Liuzhou.

• In addition, in terms of an inhabited settlement, the
new Liuzhou Forest City has been conceived and
developed as a real “porous model”: an urban
organism that is sensitive and attentive to the
specific qualities and values of the environment.
• This design approach develops naturally starting from
the planimetric layout, designed to integrate
harmoniously with the geography of the
surrounding mountains, follow their morphology
and incorporate the particular qualities of the local
landscape.

Liuzhou Forest City has been conceived
and developed as a real “porous model”

• This approach also corresponds to a careful
study of the technological, infrastructural and
distribution characteristics of the large urban
complex.

• When China decides to do something, the
country can be incredibly agile and quick in
implementation.
• One example is the construction of a "Forest
City" that pushes the boundaries of
sustainable urban planning and
development, a concept the EPA
should certainly take a look at.

When China decides to do something, the country
can be incredibly agile and quick in implementation

• The Chinese government has broken
ground on this Forest City with the
ambitious plan to have it fully completed by
2020, an urban development that will be
covered in plants and solar panels.
• The city will sit along the Liujiang River in
the mountainous region of Guangxi in
southern China.

• The design is the brainchild of Stefano Boeri
Architetti (SBA), an Italian architectural
agency known for environmentally focused
urban designs.
• A key premise for this Forest City will be to
fight air pollution that has engulfed many of
China's metropolitan areas and remains a
critical health threat to the Chinese people.

Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA), an Italian
architectural agency known for environmentally
focused urban designs

• The city will include typical buildings such
as schools, offices, hotels, hospitals, and
homes of course.
• Albeit, these will all be covered in thousands
of trees and plants of various species.

• Below are some key statistics about the city,
including its ability to scrub the air of CO2
and pollutants and release oxygen.
• As the city ages and trees become older they
will only absorb more CO2 and become more
effective.

• A single adult tree can absorb 48 pounds of
CO2 and about 260 pounds of oxygen per year.
This is because trees, opposite to humans,
take in CO2 and release oxygen during
photosynthesis.

• 10,000 tons of CO2 absorption per year
• 57 tons of pollutant absorption per year
• 900 tons of oxygen produced per year
• 30,000 inhabitants
• 40,000 tress within the city
• 1 million plants and over 100 species within
the city

• The abundance of plants will improve many
aspects of the city such as air quality and
pollution.
• A few key side benefits include a lower
average air temperature, improved biodiversity
of plants and animals in the area, noise
barriers, and an ecosystem for birds and
insects.

• The Forest City will also boast geothermal
energy for air conditioning of the buildings
and solar panels on roofs to supplement.
• To get around the residents will be able to use
an electric rail line that goes through the
center of the city in addition to electric cars.

To get around the residents will be able to use an
electric rail line that goes through the center of the
city

The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest city'
where all buildings are covered in a million plants to tackle
global warming and air pollution

The city of trees: China creates world's first 'forest
city' where all buildings are covered in a million
plants to tackle global warming and air pollution

• China is constructing the world's first forest
city where all buildings are covered in plants
and trees to tackle global warming and air
pollution.
• The Liuzhou Forest City will be home to
30,000 people once completed in a few
years' time.

The Liuzhou Forest City will be home to
30,000 people once completed in a few years'
time

• Offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools
will be entirely covered by a total of 40,000
trees and 1million plants of 100 species.
• They will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2
and 57 tons of pollutants per year and
produce around 900 tons of oxygen.

They will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2 and 57
tons of pollutants per year and produce around 900
tons of oxygen.

The city will be built in the north of Liuzhou in the
mountainous area of Guangxi, south China

• Houses will have air-conditioning powered by
geothermal energy and solar-panelled roofs.
• The project commissioned by Liuzhou
Municipality Urban Planning has been designed
by architects Stefano Boeri Architetti.
• The company says the plants and trees
will decrease the average air temperature,
create noise barriers and improve biodiversity
by providing homes for birds, insects and small
animals. Building begins in 2020.

Houses will have air-conditioning powered by
geothermal energy and solar-panelled roofs.

The Liuzhou Forest City will be home to 30,000
people once completed in a few years' time

Offices, houses, hotels, hospitals and schools will be entirely
covered by a total of 40,000 trees and 1million plants of 100
species

The project commissioned by Liuzhou Municipality Urban
Planning has been designed by architects Stefano Boeri
Architetti

The trees and plants will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2
and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce around 900
tons of oxygen

There will be various residential areas, commercial
and recreational spaces, two schools and a hospital

• The master plan developed by Stefano Boeri
Architetti envisages a green city with all the
characteristics of an urban settlement that is
fully self-sufficient from an energy
consumption point of view, starting with the
use of geothermal energy for the interior
spaces of buildings and the rooftop
installation of high efficiency solar panels
for the capture of renewable wind energy.

• Thanks to this integrated approach, for the first
time in the world an urban area will be able to
combine meeting the challenge of substantially
reducing air pollution a crucial and
unavoidable theme for big cities not just in
China, but also elsewhere with the
application of large scale solutions for
renewable energy and self-sufficiency.

• In this way, the Liuzhou Forest City project
continues and extends the research carried
out by Stefano Boeri Architetti towards a
new Biodiversity Season, i.e. the
development of a new generation of urban
architecture and cities capable of meeting the
problematic challenge of climate change in a
radical manner while presenting themselves as
project models for the future of the planet.

• Forest city Liuzhou in China
One of the utmost admirable projects by
Stefano Boeri Architetti has been the first
Forest city, Liuzhou in China, situated at
the overpopulated and smog affected but
beautiful Guangxi, when commissioned by
the Municipality of Liuzhou.

• (The project extended the successful
experimentation already underway for the first
time in Milan with the Vertical Forest building-
prototype, proposing and developing a model
of architecture and habitat capable of
interpreting the theme of biodiversity on an
urban scale and redefining the relationship
between humans and other living species).

• After several decades of blistering economic
growth, China has realized the damage on the
environment and begun to pursue a greener
path forward.
• China’s reforestation efforts are paying off,
with improved biodiversity and a healthier
economic growth model achieved.

• The distribution of plants not just along the
avenues in parks and gardens but also on the
facades of buildings means that a city already
designed to be self-sufficient in terms of energy
will also be able to improve air quality, reduce
the average temperature of the urban heat
island, generate a barrier against acoustic
pollution and increase the biodiversity of living
species through the generation of a rich
ecosystem of living spaces for birds, insects and
small animals that already inhabit the territory
surrounding Liuzhou.

• This design approach develops naturally starting
from the layout designed to integrate
harmoniously with the geography of the
surrounding mountains, follow their morphology
and incorporate the particular qualities of the
local landscape.
• This approach also corresponds to a careful
study of the technological, infrastructural and
distribution characteristics of the large urban
complex.

• Completely connected, the new green city is
linked to the nearby centre of Liuzhou
through a highly efficient fast railway
infrastructure and a road network reserved
exclusively for electrically-powered cars.

• The master plan developed by Stefano Boeri
Architetti has envisaged a green city with all
the characteristics of an urban settlement that
is fully self-sufficient from an energy
consumption point of view, starting with the
use of geothermal energy for the interior
spaces of buildings and the rooftop installation
of high efficiency solar panels for the
capture of renewable wind energy

• Thanks to this integrated approach, for the
first time in the world an urban area will be
able to combine meeting the challenge of
substantially reducing air pollution – a
crucial and unavoidable theme for big cities
not just in China, but also elsewhere – with the
application of large scale solutions for
renewable energy and self-sufficiency.

• In this way, the Liuzhou Forest City project
continues and extends the research carried out
by Stefano Boeri Architetti towards a new
Biodiversity Season, i.e. the development of
a new generation of urban architecture and
cities capable of meeting the problematic
challenge of climate change in a radical
manner while presenting themselves as
project models for the future of the planet.

• Recent researchers from the Beijing Normal
University documented the presence of
several rare animal species in the Ziwuling
Forest Area in Yan’an, northwest China’s
Shaanxi Province.
• Sightings of the animals, including leopards,
the golden pheasant and roe deer, which
once disappeared from the region, caught
on tape.

Beijing Normal University documented the presence
of several rare animal species in the Ziwuling Forest
Area in Yan’an, northwest China

• Dense forests have also become a great source of
revenue for locals, like Saihanba, a vast man-made
forest covering about 93,000 hectares in north
China’s Hebei Province, 400 km north of Beijing, is
a case in point.
• Over the years, Saihanba Forest Farm has developed
in a sustainable way, with economic growth relying on
tourism, tree planting, wind power generation and
logging.
• The greening sectors bring in over 89.55 million U.S.
dollars annually, outweighing the revenue from
logging operations in the past, data show.

Over the years, Saihanba Forest Farm has developed in a
sustainable way, with economic growth relying on tourism, tree
planting, wind power generation and logging

• Forest parks are now popular attractions of tourism
in the country. Last year, tourists made 1.6 billion
trips to forest parks across the country, and forest-
themed tourism has become a third pillar of the
forestry industry, said Cheng Hong, a senior official
with the National Forestry and Grassland
Administration.
• A great model for dry soil countries with cemented
urban areas to consider redesigning. Stefano Boeri is
an inspiration offering sustainability in Architecture
and urban lifestyle, to both the State and the public.

Forest parks are now popular attractions
of tourism in the country

• This ambitious plan will be an example to the
global community on how to build sustainable
cities that help cut down on pollution while at the
same time generate biodiversity and fresh oxygen.
• This concept may not work exactly as built
here for every city but there are certainly ideas
and best practices that can be implemented
around the world. This is especially true in
highly populated polluted areas that are badly
in need of more green space.

References
• China's Forest City - Futuristic City with over 1 Million Plants
• https://youtu.be/qXy0tnwbX9I
• liuzhou forest city
• https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/liuzhou-forest-city/
• Liuzhou Forest City
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuzhou_Forest_City
• Liuzhou Forest City
• https://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/liuzhou-forest-city/
• Liuzhou Forest City, millions of plants for a new model of Chinese urban
development
• https://www.lifegate.com/people/lifestyle/liuzhou-forest-city
• Stefano boeri architetti
• https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/
• Urban forest cities by Stefano Boeri
• https://medusaudi.com/urban-forest-cities-by-stefano-boeri/

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