how to make a watersquare?
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how to make a water square ?
Dirk van Peijpe
New York
Climate Week
September 2016
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our watersensitive portfolio
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the watersquare = plaza + waterstorage
on a sunny day after a cloudburst
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principles
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a very simple idea
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a plaza > 90% of the year waterstorage > 10% of the year
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the watersquare model
model by Jeroen Bodewitz
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site > deltacity Rotterdam
onderschrift
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rain
sea river
groundwater
water comes from all sides
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the problem of combined sewers
a 19th century infrastructure reaches its limits
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the problem of combined sewers
Combined Sewer Overflows cause floods and pollute surface waters
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Rotterdam rain risk map
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what if the city just holds it own water?
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clean water from the square
Collection of the Museum of Water
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the watersquare in Rotterdam
photo by Ossip van Duivenbode
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waterstorage spaces
480000 US gal
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during + after a cloudburst
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a fine piece of engineering
section of the watersystem
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orchestration of rainwater
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water to experience and enjoy
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safety and hygiene = design
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a place for people to enjoy
kleine tekst onderschrift activities
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the afternoon break
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a lazy afternoon
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a meeting place for many
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the sunday morning church
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green to enjoy
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create an open design process!
onderschrift
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we didn’t have our design already in the pocket
create an open design process!
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a set of 48 reference cards for every group to pick their own preferences
create an open design process!
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create an open design process!
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the‘no silo’watersquare team
Watermanagement / Construction / Road works / Health Department
Geotechnics / Maintenance hard surfaces /Greenery and Maintenance
Public lighting / Planning Department/ Communication / Design
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a political will to act
the watersquare is embedded in a ‘waterplan Rotterdam’
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a watersquare pays off
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4 Mio
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a succes to share with others
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