It is "unacceptable" that Milan's now iconic Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) twin skyscrapers should have been cited as one of the possible inspirations for a mooted Gaza Riviera plan reportedly being drawn up by Israel and the United States with the voluntary displacement of Palestinian from the Strip upon receipt of $5,000 a head, Milanese starchitect and designer of the Forest, Stefano Boeri, told ANSA Monday.
"The Riviera Plan for Gaza is a horrendous and violent projection of an unacceptable and perverse future, which presupposes the deportation and forced diaspora of thousands of families already exposed to a constant threat of death", Boeri, interviewed by ANSA, commented on the post-war American plan for the Strip.
"I find it a dark paradox," he added, "that among its inspirations is also an image of Milan's Bosco Verticale, the prototype of an architecture that, on the contrary, promotes harmony with nature and the history of places and which in recent years has demonstrated around the world its ability to accommodate not only housing for the wealthy but also social housing for rent, public spaces, and healthcare services."
