City Forest
Urban green spaces and architectural interventions that integrate forests, parks, and nature into city environments.
City forests represent a growing design approach that weaves natural systems into urban landscapes. These projects address how cities can incorporate vegetation, canopy structures, and woodland ecosystems to improve livability and ecological function.
The community explores vertical gardens and food production systems, pavilions nestled within forest canopies, residential designs that merge with forest edges, and educational spaces that blur boundaries between urban and natural environments.
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Atelier MA Builds a Twisting Timber Pavilion at the Edge of a French Forest Pond
Split chestnut shingles and triangulated larch frames welcome visitors to the Mormal forest in northern France's Avesnois region.
Rodrigo Nuñez Arquitectos Terraces a 900 m² Brick House into a Forest Edge in León
A single clay brick and timber define a dwelling that mediates between suburbia and a protected pine forest on a steep Spanish slope.
Michan Architecture and PARABASE Scatter Three Pavilions Beneath the Canopy of Chapultepec Forest
An international competition win delivers 70,000 square meters of new parkland architecture woven into Mexico City's most iconic urban forest.
Liyuan Foreign Language Primary School Integrating Forest, City, and Learning in Shenzhen
A forest-centered primary school in Shenzhen using vertical design, rooftop sports, and climate-responsive architecture to merge education, nature, and city life.
