Impluvium

The IMPLUVIUM project designs a rainwater collection system in 4 buildings belonging to the Valladolid City Council, for reuse in a school/urban garden.

The project was designed for 2 educational centres (in flood-prone areas of Valladolid and therefore at higher risk) and in 2 civic centres also located in flood risk areas. The aim of the project is to promote the transition towards a society adapted to climate change in which the consumption of resources, in this case water, is as efficient and sustainable as possible, especially in contexts prone to long periods of drought as is the case of the city of Valladolid and with areas at high risk of flooding.

This transition entails the generation of new jobs and demands for bioclimatic architecture, adopting the philosophy of the circular economy, which in our project will focus on schools and civic centres. In addition, the purpose of rainwater reuse is the irrigation of school or urban gardens, as social tools that promote urban agriculture, sustainable food, create social fabric and are a network of social integration at the local level.

From an economic and social point of view, the project emphasises the importance of a key resource such as water and the importance of its rational use. The approach, although innovative, actually emphasises that in nature processes are often cyclical (water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle…), thus connecting the concept of circular economy with its basis in a rational management of natural resources.