Barcelona’s sponge-street corridor

More than a green street First I wasn’t sure what I am seeing, I just knew I loved it! But what was it?. A park? A green street? An urban jungle? Cristóbal de Moura is so many things but mainly it shows how a street can also become part of the city’s water system. Here, planting, public space, sports and drainage are designed together, so rainwater is treated as a resource instead of a problem to push into the sewer as fast as possible . How the SUDS work The key idea is SUDS, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems . In some sections, rainwater from streets and nearby roofs is collected, filtered…