# Expansive Rooftop Gardens Wassim Melki Hopes Plans to Create Beirut Wonder Forest By Katherinev123 | Published 2012-01-05 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beirut-wonder-forest References: [wired](http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/04/beirut-wonder-forest) & [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Beirut.Wonder.Forest) Rooftop gardens are everywhere these days, but it's typical to see them in small bits here and there, rather than on a blanket scale. Wassim Melki of StudioInvisible hopes to change that with his Beirut Wonder Forest project, which was inspired by Bablyon's hanging gardens. Melki's goal is to create rooftop gardens throughout Beirut, but he wants to do so using a simplified method since, as he points out, most conventional rooftop gardens are quite complex. What he proposes is [putting trees in large planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rijnvliet) to create the Beirut Wonder Forest; putting only one tree atop each building in the city would allow for 18,500 more trees. This is the same number of trees in New York City's Central Park. Melki and his team at StudioInvisible will soon be presenting their project and plans to Beirut's municipal authorities and the [Ministry of Environment](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-standard-singapore). For more information about the Beirut Wonder Forest Project, visit the team's Facebook page. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.8/10 - Popularity: 78% | Activity: 87% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Larger-scale Rooftop Gardens:** The trend towards larger-scale rooftop gardens presents an opportunity for simplified and more accessible methods of creating green spaces on rooftops. - **Urban Greening:** The trend towards urban greening opens up opportunities for transforming city rooftops into lush gardens, bringing nature back to the concrete jungle. - **Sustainable Landscaping:** The trend towards sustainable landscaping encourages innovative approaches like using large planters to create green spaces on rooftops, minimizing the complexity of conventional rooftop gardens. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Architecture:** The architecture industry can explore new design techniques and methods to integrate larger-scale rooftop gardens into building structures, creating sustainable and aesthetically pleasing environments. - **Urban Planning:** Urban planning professionals can incorporate rooftop gardens into city development plans as a strategy for urban greening, improving air quality and enhancing the urban landscape. - **Environmental Services:** The environmental services industry can provide solutions and consultation for implementing sustainable landscaping practices on rooftops, contributing to the creation of green spaces in urban areas. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Forest Tower Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wonderwoods-vertical-forest.md) - [Urban Roofscape Projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/central-yards.md) - [London-Based Garden Roofscapes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roof-garden.md) - [Greenery-Filled Skyscraper Terrarium](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/terrarium-cheongdam.md) - [Renewed Urban Rooftops](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heineken-seoul-rooftops.md) - [Plant-Covered Concrete Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/villa-kd45.md) - [Nature-Connecting Design Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vert-installation.md) - [Light-Filled City Center Gardens](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/secret-garden-2.md) - [Mangrove Forest-Inspired Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/once-upon-a-forest.md)