MAD Architects’ Urban Forest Skyscraper For China

Posted by Big Gav in china, green buildings

Green building of the week from Inhabitat is this strangely familiar skyscraper proposed for China - MAD Architects’ Urban Forest Skyscraper For China.

Urban Forest is a commercial high-rise building that takes the form of an urban mountain with over 70 floors, each one different and unique. Each floor is an abstract curved shape, layered slightly off-center to give the facade an organic look as it rises up into the sky. A central cylindrical core structure supports all the floors and hosts the mechanical systems and elevators.

Each floor is also covered in floor-to-ceiling glass windows, providing expansive views of the city. A walk-around balcony of differing widths hosts the green garden space, as well as pools, trees, and courtyards. Some floors are nothing but open space, while others contain offices or residential space. Each floor is seen as a separate and unique level of the urban forest and is meant to combine both nature and the urban metropolis.

1 comments

Bob Wallace says 6:27 AM

Good luck growing those nice leafy trees in deep shade.

Or are they planning on using a lot of energy sucking grow lights in the ceilings?

Looks to me like more pretty Photoshop work by someone who has never gardened.