Watch: China is building world's first forest city

FP Staff • June 30, 2017, 15:22:10 IST

China is building the world’s first forest city near its southern region of Liuzhou. Commissioned by the Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning, this initiative is taking place to combat the country’s pollution problem. All of the city’s structures – offices, houses, hotels, hospitals, and schools – will be entirely covered in plants and trees, and the city itself will be equipped to produce 900 tons of oxygen. The “green” setup includes 40,000 trees and almost one million plants of over one hundred species, and is expected to absorb almost 10,000 tonnes of CO2 and 57 tonnes of pollutants per year.

Watch: China is building world's first forest city

All of the city’s structures – offices, houses, hotels, hospitals, and schools – will be entirely covered in plants and trees, and the city itself will be equipped to produce 900 tons of oxygen. The “green” setup includes 40,000 trees and almost one million plants of over one hundred species, and is expected to absorb almost 10,000 tonnes of CO2 and 57 tonnes of pollutants per year.

For connectivity, a fast rail line is being set up, on which electric cars will run. It will connect the forest city to the main city of Liuzhou. To maintain energy efficiency, the design uses the help of solar panels and a geothermal energy source.

The architects of this forest city, Stefano Boeri Architects Group, have built vertical forest towers in cities like Milan, Antwerp and Nanjing, among others.

Slated to be complete by 2020, the city will house 30,000 people.