Prato Urban Jungle brings forward a new concept of open spaces and green areas of the city, where nature is an active tool for safeguarding citizens’ health.

Divided into 3 pilot areas and carried out by the Municipality of Prato with European funds of UIA Urban Innovative Actions, the project implements various scales of Urban Forestry interventions to radically improve the social and environmental quality of the urban context.

The intervention sees the participation of Stefano Boeri Architetti in the redevelopment of the Consiag – Estra site, a classic office building, and the regeneration of the Prato public building residences.

Among the Nature-Based Solutions and the innovative technologies employed:

• the increase in green permeable surfaces and the creation of vertical and horizontal green surfaces;
• the improvement of buildings’ energy efficiency through vegetation isolating shields;
• the creation of new social spaces, thanks to the transformation of the parking lots into common green areas;
• the exposure reduction of buildings to air and noise pollution;
• the construction of a Urban Forest, available to all citizens, that mitigates the impact of the high-traffic avenues.
• the transformation of the unused roof into a green roof, making it an island of biodiversity, usable by employees as a place for socializing, for small events or physical activity.
• a social garden, as a place accessible by the residences’ inhabitants.