Overhanging balcony planters made of precast elements: The Trudo Vertical Forest in Eindhoven
Figure: Stefano Boeri/Giovanni Nardi
Figure: Stefano Boeri/Lorenzo Masotto
Figure: Stefano Boeri/Giovanni Nardi
Figure: Stefano Boeri/Giovanni Nardi
Figure: Stefano Boeri/Paolo Rosselli
Following the example of his Milanese “Bosco Verticale” project involving two residential towers, renowned Italian architect Stefano Boeri designed a 70-meter-high vertical forest to live in situated in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. The overhanging balcony planters carrying the 125 trees are made of precast concrete. This article is an excerpt from the full project report published in our “Beton Bauteile 2025” yearbook.
No, you will certainly never be able to swing from one balcony to the next like Tarzan did on the liana – and that’s not what you should do anyway. Nonetheless, the greenery of the Eindhoven “vertical forest” commissioned by the Trudo housing society is, as its name suggests, extending in the vertical direction. Designed by renowned Milan-based architect Stefano Boeri, the 70-meter-high residential tower has 18 stories, each including eight loft apartments providing 50 m² of living space and a clear ceiling height of 3.50 m starting from the fourth level. On the one hand, this enormous height...
