SuDS in London - a guide
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5.24 Bo01 Võstra Hamnen<br />
Location<br />
Malmö<br />
Sweden<br />
Extent<br />
85ha<br />
Cost<br />
£3.3m (landscape construction only)<br />
Date<br />
2001<br />
Credits<br />
City of Malmö<br />
Government of Sweden<br />
Sydkraft AB (E.ON Svergie)<br />
Lokala<br />
Invester<strong>in</strong>gsprogram<br />
European Union<br />
Lund University<br />
<strong>SuDS</strong> components<br />
3Downpipe disconnection<br />
Permeable shared surface<br />
Summary<br />
Transformation of an <strong>in</strong>dustrial site to a<br />
neighbourhood with <strong>in</strong>tegrated off-grid<br />
susta<strong>in</strong>able water management.<br />
Project description<br />
The city of Malmö has developed <strong>SuDS</strong><br />
schemes s<strong>in</strong>ce the late 1990s. The Võstra<br />
Hamnen area is on a former <strong>in</strong>dustrial site<br />
and is <strong>in</strong> a key strategic location to<br />
accommodate city growth. The site was<br />
prone to flood<strong>in</strong>g and its soil<br />
contam<strong>in</strong>ated. The <strong>in</strong>ternational hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
exposition, Bo01, framed the first phase<br />
of development and allowed the City<br />
of Malmö to <strong>in</strong>stigate an exemplar <strong>in</strong><br />
susta<strong>in</strong>able urban regeneration. The<br />
project featured a new hous<strong>in</strong>g district<br />
of 500 apartments, with the public realm<br />
a significant contributor to achiev<strong>in</strong>g<br />
susta<strong>in</strong>ability goals.<br />
Objectives<br />
• Manage flood risks with an<br />
open storm water system<br />
• Create an exemplar <strong>in</strong><br />
susta<strong>in</strong>able urban design<br />
• Achieve off-grid susta<strong>in</strong>able dra<strong>in</strong>age<br />
• Use a scor<strong>in</strong>g system to achieve balance<br />
between development demands<br />
Actions and results<br />
• Swales and bioretention bas<strong>in</strong>s created<br />
high attenuation storage capacity and<br />
made an off-grid dra<strong>in</strong>age system possible.<br />
• The network of swales and bas<strong>in</strong>s<br />
complement the well-connected<br />
streets and spaces that characterise the<br />
foot and cycle networks <strong>in</strong> the area.<br />
• Meadows, woodlands, seashore and<br />
mar<strong>in</strong>e biotopes serve hydrological<br />
functions <strong>in</strong> relation to the <strong>SuDS</strong> and<br />
added a variation <strong>in</strong> site conditions<br />
for an abundance of species<br />
Rill<br />
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