Urban Treehouse: Building holds 150 trees to prevent air and noise pollution
A
residential building in Turin, Italy has been designed in such a way
that it holds around 150 trees surrounding, which protects it from air
and noise pollution.
The five-storey apartment building has trees
and plants surrounding it from the ground floor to the top, which absorb
as much as around 200,000 litres of carbon dioxide per hour and prevent
harmful gasses emitted by traffic from entering the building, according
to
Colossal.
Image Courtesy: Beppe Giardino
The
plants also help in preventing extreme temperatures as they block
sunlight during summer and allow warm sunrays inside during winter,
creating a microclimate.
Image Courtesy: Beppe Giardino
The 'urban treehouse' holds 63 apartments, each of which have a terrace complete with its own planting, according to
Interesting Engineering.
Image Courtesy: Beppe Giardino
The
plants in the building were specifically chosen from those native to
Turin and in such a way that there would be a wide variety of colours,
foliage and flowers.
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