High-rise garden: in New York they want to build a skyscraper covered with plants

Imagine that you are looking at the magnificent skyline of New York and see ... flowers! And not in a pigeon's beak! It turns out that living plants growing vertically several stories into the sky, rooted in a skyscraper, could very well be the future of Midtown. Brooklyn architect Selim Vural of Studio Vural presented Time-out plans for what he calls a conceptual 21-story skyscraper named Lily.

Vural grows on his roof (92 m²⁾ vegetables, fruits and flowers. Inspired by this, the architect wants to build a large green building with his favorite city flowers - lilies.

“This is a very tenacious and hardy plant,” he said.

Vural noted that the flower has become a wonderful decoration of his own roof.

“It multiplies, gives new bulbs and grows in the garden,” the plant scientist noted.

How urban gardener Vural became part of the natural ecosystem Brooklyn. He feeds birds and bugs, and allows his plants to absorb the carbon of a very polluted city.

Thus Lily was born. The visualization of a mixed-use skyscraper shading Bryant Park isn't just conceptual.

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The Big Apple already has similar buildings.

New York already has several buildings with geothermal energy, solar panels and green roofs, such as The Barclays Center. The building is covered with sedum, a low-maintenance greenery that gives the stadium both beauty and sustainability.

If grass can grow on a massive structure at one of Brooklyn's busiest intersections, then why can't flowers bloom in the sky near Times Square?

“One of the main reasons you don’t see these vertical walls anymore is because of the difficulty of maintenance, watering, and cold weather,” Vural said.

“However, irrigation technology will help with care and watering. Asiatic lilies are hardy enough to survive the winter, he said. “If we provide the right conditions, the lilies will thrive.”

Not only do flowers create a beautiful natural aesthetic, flower beds provide natural insulation and carbon absorption. The more plants, the cleaner the air in the place of pollution. Imagine how Midtown Manhattan smells of enchanting aromas!

“When this is done, nature will reward us,” Vural concluded.