Tomorrow's cities: Park with four seasons under one roof
By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter
Everyone has a favourite season but if you visited Milan last month, you could have experienced all four in one place.
The brainchild of Italian architect Carlo Ratti, the garden used climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at the same time.
The different seasons were represented in four undercover pavilions in a 500-sq-m space in Milan's main square, Piazza del Duomo.
The display was intended to raise awareness of the issue of climate change and make a statement about the need to make cities greener.
And, of course, in the age of the Internet of Things, the plants were connected to digital sensors that measured water, temperature, humidity and nutrients to make sure they remained as healthy as possible.
