Oschatz becomes a sponge city: an innovative project for the summer!

Oschatz becomes a sponge city: an innovative project for the summer!

Oschatz-West, Deutschland - The city of Oschatz plans to have an extensive transformation on the so -called "sponge city" in order to counter the challenges of climate change and the increasing temperatures in the coming summers. The winter weather region is currently experiencing, but heat waves with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius are already forecast for the summer of 2025. According to lvz.de Use irrigation of trees to improve the city climate.

The "Oschatz Blau-Green" project, which was launched a year ago, joined the implementation phase in 2025. The city council unanimously decided to award the planning for the project to the landscape architecture office GfSL in Leipzig, which brings costs of 135,723 euros. The Oschatz-West residential area is chosen as the starting point, where the roof drainage is to be integrated into the natural groundwater system. A central element of the project is the underground collection of rainwater of six essential apartment blocks, which is fed into the groundwater. In addition, Oschatz was awarded for his project idea at the Simul Plus competition and received 150,000 euros in prize money.

Research on Schwammstadt infrastructures

The concept of the sponge city, which is also taken up in other cities such as Leipzig and Dresden, aims to make urban spaces more resistant to the effects of climate change. ioew.de reports that the implementation of blue-green infrastructures, such as ponds and green roofs, is of crucial importance. These elements are intended to store, use and derive rainwater in order to cope with the challenges of heavy rain events.

A successful structure of these infrastructures requires comprehensive changes in the existing socio-technical system. The project examines which conditions are necessary to successfully implement the sponge city strategy. The aim is to develop suitable political instruments that support the establishment of such blue-green infrastructures and meet the demands of the population. The first part of the project focuses on the realization of the sponge city principle to adapt to climate change, while the second part is devoted to the modernization of roofs.

The transformation to the climate silver silence of Schwammstadt is promoted by detailed analyzes and the development of standard solutions that are intended to help municipalities and owners take suitable measures. The first results were recently presented at a conference of the Society of Environmental toxicology and Chemistry.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien