To brighten things up as Italians await the vaccine, the government has turned to urban planner and architect Stefano Boeri. Best known for making so-called vertical forests out of Milan skyscrapers, Boeri has sought to help his country with architectural flower power — designing 1,500 pavilions with a primrose theme where the vaccine will be distributed. “We began to think that the message had to be so direct that even the pavilions should resemble flowers,” Boeri said. The next question became which flower to choose, a complicated decision in a country where flowers are often identified with political parties. “The primrose is the symbol of the vaccination,” Boeri said.

Source: bd News24 December 28, 2020 14:48 UTC