Technology: Decentralised Rainwater Management

© GHB Landskabsarkitekter/Steven Achiam
© GHB Landskabsarkitekter/Jacob Damkjær
© ©SLA/Jens Lindhe © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018
© ©SLA
© Ingenieurgesellschaft Prof. Dr. Sieker
© GHB Landskabsarkitekter/Steven Achiam
Either too much or too little water – this is the dilemma currently confronting many cities around the world. Increasingly heavier rainfall leads to flooding, at the same time in many places the groundwater level is sinking.

Here targeted, decentralised rainwater management can help, while also offering ­design potential for public spaces. (Harald Sommer)