Public spaces for water : a design notebook

Description

This illustrated notebook highlights the need for a change of paradigm in current flood management practices, one that acknowledges the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary benefits brought by public space design. Reassessing and improving established flood management methods, public spaces are faced with a new and enhanced role as mediators of flood adaptation able to integrate infrastructure and communities together in the management of flood water as an ultimate resource for urban resilience. The book specifically introduces a path towards a new perspective on flood adaptation through public space design, stressing the importance of local, bottom up, approaches. Deriving from a solution-directed investigation, which is particularly attentive to design, the book offers a wide range of systematized conceptual solutions of flood adaptation measures applicable in the design of public spaces. Through a commonly used vocabulary and simple technical notions, the book facilitates and accelerates the initial brainstorm phases of a public space project with flood adaptation capacities, enabling a direct application in contemporary practice. Furthermore, it offers a significant sample of real-case examples that may further assist the decision-making throughout design processes. Overall, the book envisions to challenge established professionals, such as engineers, architects or urban planners, to work and design with uncertainty in an era of an unprecedented climate. Public Spaces for Water Contents Illustrations Figures Table Acknowledgments Preface Foreword Introduction 1 Public spaces for water Introduction 1 Climate change adaptation through local, “bottom-up” initiatives 2 The key role of public space in adaptation endeavors 3 Potential advantages of applying flood adaptation measures Discussion Notes 2 Categories and types of flood adaptation measures applicable in the design of public spaces Introduction 1 Urban greenery 2 Urban furniture 3 Rooftop detention 4 Reservoirs 5 Bioretention 6 Infiltration techniques 7 Stream recovery 8 Opendrainagesystems 9 Floating structures 10 Wet-proof 11 Raised structures 12 Coastal barriers 13 Floodwalls 14 Barriers 15 Levees Flood adaptation categories and types of measures applicable in the design of public spaces Note 3 Portfolio screening Introduction 1 Caixa Forum square 2 ExpoBoulevard 3 Jawaharlal Planetarium Park 4 Dakpark 5 Oliveiras rooftopgarden 6 ParkGüell 7 Parc Diagonal Mar 8 Benthemplein square 9 Escola Industrial 10 Parque Oeste 11 Parque da Cidade 12 UMass Design Building 13 Taasinge Square 14 Can Caralleu 15 Praça do Comércio 16 Elmer Avenue 17 Ribeira das Jardas 18 Eixo Verde e Azul 19 Cheonggyecheon river 20 Banyoles old town 21 Pier Head 22 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 23 Kronsberg hillside avenues 24 Yongning River Park 25 Bèsos River Park 26 Passeio Atlântico 27 Elster millstream 28 Barra do Douro North Jetty 29 Sea Organ 30 Blackpool seafront 31 Wells Quayside 32 Kampen waterfront 33 Corktown Common Discussion Note 4 Discussion Glossary, abbreviations, and acronyms Glossary Abbreviations and acronyms References Index