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Waterpleinen: Recreating Rain Reserviors as Dynamic Public Parks

11/29/2009
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  • Waterpleinen by Floria Boer and Marco Vermeulen
    For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook - over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to increase by <b>5%</b> with an increase in intensity of <b>10%</b>. Rather than pouring heaps of money into expanding the sewer systems, officials have decided to turn to designers Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/waterpleinen-rain-reserviors-a-dynamic-public-spaces/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Waterpleinen by Floria Boer and Marco Vermeulen
    For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook - over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to increase by <b>5%</b> with an increase in intensity of <b>10%</b>. Rather than pouring heaps of money into expanding the sewer systems, officials have decided to turn to designers Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/waterpleinen-rain-reserviors-a-dynamic-public-spaces/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Waterpleinen by Floria Boer and Marco Vermeulen
    For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook - over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to increase by <b>5%</b> with an increase in intensity of <b>10%</b>. Rather than pouring heaps of money into expanding the sewer systems, officials have decided to turn to designers Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/waterpleinen-rain-reserviors-a-dynamic-public-spaces/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Waterpleinen by Floria Boer and Marco Vermeulen
    For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook - over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to increase by <b>5%</b> with an increase in intensity of <b>10%</b>. Rather than pouring heaps of money into expanding the sewer systems, officials have decided to turn to designers Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/waterpleinen-rain-reserviors-a-dynamic-public-spaces/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Waterpleinen by Floria Boer and Marco Vermeulen
    For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook - over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to increase by <b>5%</b> with an increase in intensity of <b>10%</b>. Rather than pouring heaps of money into expanding the sewer systems, officials have decided to turn to designers Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/waterpleinen-rain-reserviors-a-dynamic-public-spaces/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Waterpleinen by Floria Boer and Marco Vermeulen

For cities that are settled below sea level, dealing with copious amounts of rainfall year round can be a destructive challenge. But as the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute predicts, Rotterdam has an even damper outlook - over the next century rainfall in the area is expected to increase by 5% with an increase in intensity of 10%. Rather than pouring heaps of money into expanding the sewer systems, officials have decided to turn to designers Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen....

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