Trees of Buenos Aires Changing the Appearance of the City

Maria Luisa Musso

School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract: The color of a city is not limited to the inherent color of the facades of their buildings. It must be considered the perceived color in all its complexity and all the elements which form the urban landscape, as buildings, equipment, trees. With regard to vegetation, important areas of Buenos Aires show modified the appearance by the trees in different seasons of the year. These sections refer only to the trees that produce changes in the appearance.

Key words: ornamental trees, trees and ecosystem, Charles Thays, visual appearance