✅ Making cities resilient to floods

About 44% of all disaster events around the world are flood-related.

In our new explainer episode, we show how ‘sponging’ cities can help them overcome the challenge of flooding while strengthening the local ecology, and boosting the economic and social well-being of residents.

In this episode, you will learn:

🟡 What a sponge city is (and how it works)

🟡 The benefits of ‘sponging’ cities (beyond flood-resilience)

🟡 Projects that demonstrate the principles and benefits of a sponge city at various scales (and what we can learn from them)

🟡 Why developers should be in favour of sponge city initiatives (they can save millions in costs)

And much more!

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Thank you to Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction for supporting season 5 of Ecogradia.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro
01:43 What is a sponge city?
02:08 Features of a sponge city
04:16 Is ‘sponging’ expensive?
04:44 Benefits of a sponge city
08:19 The man who pioneered sponge cities
09:01 Yanweizhou Park | Jinhua, China
09:46 Why Bangkok and Jakarta are sinking
10:39 Tebet Eco Park | Jakarta, Indonesia
11:36 Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park | Bangkok, Thailand
12:13 Copenhagen’s Cloudburst Management Plan
13:14 Sankt Kjelds Plads | Copenhagen, Denmark
14:06 How sponge cities can profit: Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park | Singapore
15:46 How sponge cities can profit: Portland | USA
16:21 Outro

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This episode features the following projects:

Yanweizhou Park | Jinhua, China (2014)
Designed by Turenscape

Tebet Eco Park | Jakarta, Indonesia (2022)
Designed by SIURA Studio

Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park | Bangkok, Thailand (2017)
Designed by LANDPROCESS

Sankt Kjeld’s Square & Bryggervangen | Copenhagen, Denmark (2019)
Designed by SLA

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park | Singapore (2012)
Designed by Henning Larsen

Also featuring:

Fish Tail Park | Nanchang, China (2022)
Designed by Turenscape

Benjakitti Park | Bangkok, Thailand (2022)
Designed by Turenscape + Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park | New York City, USA (2018)
Designed by SWA/Balsley + Weiss/Manfredi in collaboration with Arup

Houtan Park | Shanghai, China (2010)
Designed by Turenscape

High Plains Environmental Center | Loveland, USA
Designed by Hauser Architects

Thammasat Urban Rooftop Farm | Bangkok, Thailand (2019)
Designed by LANDPROCESS

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital | Singapore (2010)
Designed by CPG Consultants in collaboration with RMJM Architecture

Shangrao Xinjiang Ecological Park | Shangrao, China
Designed by Turenscape

Telok Blangah Hill Park | Singapore

Interlace Apartments | Singapore (2013)
Designed by OMA in collaboration with RSP

Jiangsu—Victoria Sponge City Innovation Park | Kunshan, China
Designed by CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

Quzhou Luming Park | Quzhou, China (2015)
Designed by Turenscape

OCT OH BAY Retail Park | Shenzhen, China (2021)
Designed by Laguarda.Low Architects

Tanghe ‘Red Ribbon’ Park | Qinhuangdao, China (2007)
Designed by Turenscape

Sanya Mangrove Park | Sanya, China (2019)
Designed by Turenscape

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