Blueprint for liveable urban spaces

Climate-resilient, heritage-compliant, tourist-friendly: an innovative rainwater management system with ACO solutions is taking shape at Berlin‘s Gendarmenmarkt Square.

For the Berlin Senate, the redevelopment of the Gendarmenmarkt Square symbolises sustainable urban redevelopment that meets the challenges of climate change. Thanks to a comprehensive system rainwater is collected, cleaned and discharged in a controlled manner back into the water cycle.

The square, a tourist hotspot, is being modernised with new natural stone and underground infrastructure solutions, such as channel and infiltration systems. ACO supplied solutions specially tailored to the requirements of the square to prevent flooding and stabilise the groundwater
level.