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Summary of the basic data of the analysed multi-family residential buildings completed between 2013 and 2022 that are a combination of architecture and greenery_ Author's own elaboration
| name | Vivalto Building | Bosco Verticale | Trudo Vertical Forest | Gardenhouse (mixed-use apartments) | Vindmølle bakken Housing (cohousing) | Gardenia Apartments | House Of The Flying Trees | Maison New Farm | Zuiderzicht Antwerp Residential Complex | |
| location | Quito/Ecuador | Milano / Italy | Eindhoven / Holland | Los Angeles / USA | Stavanger/Norway | Rohrmoser, San José / Costa Rica | Riga / Latvia | New Farm / Australia | Antwerp / Holland | |
| years | 2013 | 2007–2014 | 2017–2021 | −2020 | 2017–2020 | −2021 | −2021 | −2021 | 2014–2021 | |
| designer | Najas Arquitectos: Esteban Najas Raad | Stefano Boeri Architetti | Stefano Boeri Architetti | MAD Architects | Helen & Hard | Studio Saxe | Open AD | Graya + Joe Adsett Architects | KCAP Architects & Planners + evr-Architecten | |
| client | COIMA Sgr (ex HINES Italia s.r.l.) | Sint Trudo | Palisades Capital Partners LLC | Solon Eiendom and Indigo Vekst | Saxe Development Group | R. Evolution City | Frank Developments | Triple Living | ||
| multi-family housing typology | single-module development / tower block | |||||||||
| multi-module development | ||||||||||
| corridor | ||||||||||
| gallery | ||||||||||
| mixed with single-family housing (low-rise, high-dense) | ||||||||||
| forms of introducing greenery | flower pots along internal railings | |||||||||
| flower pots along external railings | ||||||||||
| green wall | ||||||||||
| backyard garden (at ground level) | ||||||||||
| green roof | ||||||||||
| green balcony / loggia | ||||||||||
| green terrace | ||||||||||
| atrium |
Summary of analyzed urban buildings combining the multi-family residential function with agriculture in 2010–2021_ Author's own elaboration
| name | Self-Sufficient Skyscraper | Home Farm | S*Park | Taisugar Village Circular | Grow Community | Secret Gardens | Evergreen 365 | ||
| location | New York, USA | Singapore | 26th & Lawrence Streets Denver, USA | Wudong, Gueiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan | Bainsbridge Island, New York, USA | Zac EAI, Quartier de la Cité Créative, Montpellier, France | Grochowska / Bukowska Str., Poznań, Poland | ||
| year | design | 2010 | 2014 | n.d. | 2017 | 2012–2014 | 2021 | 2013 | |
| realisation | n.d. | n.d. | 2018 | 2021 | 2014–2020 | 2024 | 2016 | ||
| designer | Terreform | SPARK Architects | Tres Birds | Bio-Architecture Formosana | Davis Design Studio | Vincent Callebaut Architects, Emmanuelle Navarro | Pracownia Architektoni czna Insomia | ||
| client | Venice Biennale of Architecture | World Architecture Festival 2015, HSB Medical | Westfield Company, Inc. | Taiwan Sugar Corporation | Bainbridge Island Holdings, Bainbridge Community Development LLC | Bouygues Immobilier + Vestia Promotion | Masterm Bukowska sp. z o.o. | ||
| plot area [ha] | 0.86 | 4.94 | 1.13 | 1.39 | 3.20 | 0.56 | 0.33 | ||
| floor area by function[sqm] | residential | 14,864,55 | 32,791.01 | 17.075,95 | 28.580,53 | 16.915,15 | 8.950,00 | 5.150,00 | |
| agricultural | 56.490,01 | 14.800,00 | 668,91 | 1.387,90 | 144,00 | 90,00 | 84,00 | ||
| commmercial | 25.213,99 | 13.846,05 | 650,32 | 1.609,50 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 1.723,00 | ||
| indoor parking | 0,00 | 24.985,70 | 1.858,06 | 4.500,00 | 4.248,00 | 3.673,00 | 1.900,00 | ||
| number of overground storeys | 35 | 11 | 2–3 | 2–8 | 2–3 | 6–7 | 1–6 | ||
| number of underground storeys | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| housing | multi-family housing typology | single-module development / tower block | |||||||
| multi-module developlet | |||||||||
| corridor | |||||||||
| gallery | |||||||||
| single-family housing typology | detached | ||||||||
| semi-detached | |||||||||
| terraced | |||||||||
| parameters | apartments' usabe floor area [sqm] | 55,74–74,32 | 36–165 | 48,23 – 215,72 | 25–48 | 92–145 | 41,3–119,70 | 41,5–93 | |
| number of apartments - multi-family housing | 128 | 300 | 91 | 351 | 155 | 117 | 51 | ||
| number of apartments - single-family housing | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| number of parking lots | n.d. | n.d. | 139 | n.d. | 178 | 118 | n.d. | ||
| commercial usable floor area [sqm] | 20.810,36 | 13.846,05 | 0 | 1387,9 | 0 | 41 | 1700 | ||
| greenhouse area [sqm] | 36.656,16 | 7500 | 668,91 | 503 | 144 | 90 | 84 | ||
| inhabitant's profile | multigenerational families (2+2+1–3) | ||||||||
| atomic families (1 – 2) | |||||||||
| statistical (2+1–3) | |||||||||
| power-supply systems | RES | solar panels | |||||||
| wind turbines | |||||||||
| traditional | |||||||||
| n.d. | |||||||||
| roof geometry | above residential function | flat | |||||||
| gable | |||||||||
| above parking | flat | ||||||||
| flat - green | |||||||||
| above greenhouse | gable | ||||||||
| saw-tooth | |||||||||
| flat | |||||||||
| forms of introducing greenery | flower pots along internal railings | ||||||||
| flower pots along external railings | |||||||||
| green wall | |||||||||
| backyard garden (at ground level) | |||||||||
| green roof | |||||||||
| forms of introducing the cultivation | greenhouse types | rooftop | |||||||
| indoor | |||||||||
| at ground level | |||||||||
| soil-based cultivation types | container farming | ||||||||
| soil-based | |||||||||
| aquaponic | |||||||||
| facade material | masonry | ||||||||
| glass and steel | |||||||||
| steel plate | |||||||||
| concrete | |||||||||
| wood | |||||||||