Given what NU is building I'd have to say this is the best new dorm in the city hands down.
Id say best new building period.
Yup, you could say I like this one
Youll have to get a real version of this one soon:
Youll have to get a real version of this one soon:
Minus the mature trees ... if any trees at all. Trees do not like being planted hundreds of feet in the air.
cca
You're also looking at a stepped terrace. The mid-section has denser vegetation.
It doesn't matter how much you step it. The higher you go, the worse off the tree actually is. CCA is an architect. He knows what he's talking about.
This is an article specifically about trees on skyscrapers, but the same principles apply, if not only just for the spreading of roots:
http://www.archdaily.com/346374/can-we-please-stop-drawing-trees-on-top-of-skyscrapers/
Yeah, I'm aware of the CC Garage Deck. It was an amazing urban oasis.http://www.yelp.com/biz/cambridge-center-roof-garden-cambridge
Here's an example of a roof garden across the river in Cambridge. Six floors up, (about the same height as what's proposed to be planted on at Boylston West), and it has a few decent sized trees! We lived in a new high rise here in Atlanta (the Metropolis)with a pool deck above the parking garage! Fairly large trees were placed in very large pots and survive to this day, 15 years later! We're talking a few floors above the street, not 50 floors up. It's quite doable!