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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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