ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS site. The building is in fact marked by overlapping“ orders”, which define a rotation of the building along the vertical axis: a movement that progressively detaches it from the alignment with the layout of Croeselaan street, allowing it to be arranged according to an east-west orientation. If on the north corner the tower constitutes the“ bow” of a system of blocks that are arranged on the road axis, on the south side it is oriented to allow a connection at the seventh floor with the adjacent building, designed by MVSA.
Among the sustainability elements of the Wonderwoods project, the area has been made entirely pedestrian and, under the buildings, a water storage system allows for the collection, recovery and disposal of rainwater.
After the social housing project Trudo Vertical Forest in Eindhoven( realized by Stefano Boeri Architetti in 2021), Wonderwoods Vertical Forest is the first Bosco Verticale in the Netherlands that hosts public functions and is open to all citizens, with the aim of making this new architectural typology increasingly integrated with the urban fabric and accessible to all.
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