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Lindebo Cloudburst Boulevard Holds Its First Major Storm
Understory Studio
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Understory
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Late in August, a cloudburst dropped 68 mm of rain on Copenhagen's Lindebo district in under two hours, the heaviest storm since the Cloudburst Boulevard opened in 2020.
The street did exactly what it was designed to do. The planted verges soaked up the first rainfall, and the central granite channel carried the rest safely toward the harbour. Flow sensors along the route recorded the channel running at about 80 percent of its design capacity at the peak of the storm.
No basements on the street reported flooding. By the next morning, the channel was dry again, and cyclists were back on the boulevard.
"This is the storm the street was built for," said Elena Voss, founding principal at Understory. "Seeing it work, with neighbours watching from their doorsteps, is the best result we could have asked for."
The district will share the full storm report later this year.
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