Foundation for the Future of Cities
The Foundation for the Future of Cities is a research foundation dedicated to the ecological transition of cities
Focus of the Foundation is plants: a central theme of the research and the main source of inspiration for the answers provided.
The Foundation studies and evaluates strategies and solutions for increasing the environmental quality, resilience, sustainability, and adaptive capacity of urban areas to the effects of global warming and climate change
The very presence of the plant world within urban contexts is of vital importance in the Foundation’s planning, where the natural and built environment participate in creating a place of well-being, equity and sustainability.
Urban forestation, green roofs and facades, widespread strategies of greening and demineralization of cities transform the dominant idea of population centers into potential “urban jungles.” A change in vision that is achieved through finding new solutions and through effective outreach to the population.
The term “urban jungle” should not evoke the idea of a dangerous place but, on the contrary, a place participating in the natural environment that, consciously and through modern and technologically advanced use of trees, will help transform our cities into a safe and healthy ecological niche.
Supervisory Board
Stefano Boeri (Presidente), Luciano Cimbolini, Alberto
Giuntoli, Massimo Labra, Enrico Testa.
Administrative Director
Giorgia Fazzini
