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Daily Delight: Half apartment block, half forest

By Jay Garcia
25 June 2015 | 4 minute read
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Italy is home to an extraordinary urban treehouse structure that would make Peter Pan's Lost Boys green with envy.

The vertical forest named 25 Verde is a residential apartment building that allows residents to recapture childhood memories of tree-climbing while providing energy-efficient housing (see below).

The apartment complex has more than 200 trees planted throughout the structure, blurring the line between indoor and outdoor living. 

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The building’s courtyard features trees that contribute their oxygen while also protecting residents from air and noise pollution.

The top-floor lofts feature their own rooftop gardens, where some residents grow fruit and vegetables.

The architect for the project, Luciano Pia, said it is a special building because it is alive, it grows and it breathes.

(Image: Beppe Giardino)

(Image: Beppe Giardino)

(Image: Beppe Giardino)

(Image: Beppe Giardino)

(Image: Beppe Giardino)

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