The significance of the subsurface in urban renewal

Hooimeijer, Fransje; Maring, Linda

doi:10.1080/17549175.2017.1422532

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“…Most instruments that produce 2D and 3D information are aimed at visualization of the urban project above ground level. In connecting the subsurface with surface developments, several researches have been conducted by looking into the representation of surface and subsurface as one united space (Hooimeijer and Maring, 2018). The System Exploration Environment and Subsurface (SEES) and the Subsurface Potential Map are instruments developed with this aim in mind.…”

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“…Cities need to also implement green strategies that control their microclimate in order to reduce health problems related to heat stress; new urban systems need to be implemented, as energy suppiles and demands change and new technologies in dealing with sewer treatement are introduced. In all these issues, the subsurface plays a crucial role in future urban development, and its inclusion both a natural and engineered space will bring about innovation in both the urban development process and the construction of urban systems (Hooimeijer and Maring, 2018).…”

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Distributed Agency Between 2D and 3D Representation of the Subsurface

Hooimeijer

Campenhout

2018

International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling

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Although severely altered, the urban subsurface is the base of the natural system, and is crucial for a stable, green, healthy, and liveable city. It is also the technical space, the engine room of the city where vital functions such as water, electricity, sewers, and drainage are located. This hybrid state needs to be recognized when designing resilient and durable (subsurface) infrastructure within urban renewal projects, so as to properly employ the parameters of both natural and technical systems. Interdisciplinary work is needed in order to be able to link natural systems (a) the water cycle, (b) soil and subsurface conditions, (c) soil improvement technology, and (d) opportunities for urban renewal (e.g. urban growth or shrinkage) in an efficient way. The importance of implementing “boundary spanning” when doing interdisciplinary work that deals with the effects of climate change is a widely recognized method, and has been an object of study in the city of Rotterdam in the past decade. The particular need for a “distributed agency” became clear during several research projects dealing with climate change, because it enables different actors to contribute to the development of the project at different phases. The representation of the city as both a natural and technical construction has been tested through the use of 2D and 3D information, which has played a significant role in enabling designs to incorporate the dimension of the subsurface. 2D and 3D information needs to anticipate different scales of specific planning and/or design phases, and they must also address various topics of the subsurface. For each phase of urban development, the distributed agency between 2D and 3D information is investigated and reflected upon. Conclusions are then drawn on the relationship between 2D and 3D information, and how it could relate in a productive, boundary spanning act that is inclusive of the subsurface. Based on these potential connections, the design of a new concept which implements boundary spanning as a facilitator is presented.

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Section: Subsurface Representation and Modellingmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Distributed Agency Between 2D and 3D Representation of the Subsurface

Hooimeijer

Campenhout

2018

International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling

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“…The resolution to these challenges cannot only be engineering solutions but will have to be found through participating better in natural systems and integrating spatial design. This paper is part of a larger research project, Intelligent Subsurface Quality, that explores further the concept of Reversed Engineering with Nature that aims to find symbiosis of engineered urban systems with the natural system (Hooimeijer and Maring, 2018). The understanding of the urban system as a hybrid system is important to give way to the natural system in the urban context.…”

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Subsurface visualization in the planning products of disaster scapes in the USA and Japan

Hooimeijer

Sugano

Böing

et al. 2021

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and

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Global challenges of ongoing urbanization especially in areas with increased coastal, fluvial and pluvial flooding cannot be solved by mere engineering solutions. Reversed Engineering with Nature is a concept that puts the natural system central, but it does seek symbioses with engineering systems into a new hybrid condition. This spatial hybridity is not only about integrating natural and engineered systems but also in considering surface and subsurface as one united space. Anticipating global challenges by synchronizing natural and engineered system and the spatial planning of surface and subsurface means innovating governance processes and products. This paper focusses on the question on how to integrate information the natural and engineered systems in surface and subsurface in urban development plans. The study of a series of plans for the case studies, New York (USA) and Natori (Japan), both struck by natural disasters, should expose the role of technical information. Especially the impact of an disaster to which usually engineering solutions are installed is an important test factor in this study. The conclusions show that the role of the spatial plan defines the visualization, to work consciously with the effects of climate change, it is important to include the subsurface information.

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“…Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is an attractive technological option suitable for large buildings and utilities as well as capable to enable important storage capacities [2,3]. Moreover, the utilization of GSHP operating within the urban subsurface space, is an efficient and resilient alternative for sustainable generation of heating and cooling energy in a district level [4].…”

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Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) for District Heating and Cooling: A Novel Modeling Approach Applied in a Case Study of a Finnish Urban District

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Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) combined with ground-source heat pumps (GSHP) offer an attractive technology to match supply and demand by efficiently recycling heating and cooling loads. This study analyses the integration of the ATES–GSHP system in both district heating and cooling networks of an urban district in southwestern Finland, in terms of technoeconomic feasibility, efficiency, and impact on the aquifer area. A novel mathematical modeling for GSHP operation and energy system management is proposed and demonstrated, using hourly data for heating and cooling demand. Hydrogeological and geographic data from different Finnish data sources is retrieved in order to calibrate and validate a groundwater model. Two different scenarios for ATES operation are investigated, limited by the maximum pumping flow rate of the groundwater area. The additional precooling exchanger in the second scenario resulted in an important advantage, since it increased the heating and cooling demand covered by ATES by 13% and 15%, respectively, and decreased the energy production cost by 5.2%. It is concluded that dispatching heating and cooling loads in a single operation, with annually balanced ATES management in terms of energy and pumping flows resulted in a low long-term environmental impact and is economically feasible (energy production cost below 30 €/MWh).

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The significance of the subsurface in urban renewal

Cited by 16 publications

References 22 publications

Distributed Agency Between 2D and 3D Representation of the Subsurface

Distributed Agency Between 2D and 3D Representation of the Subsurface

Subsurface visualization in the planning products of disaster scapes in the USA and Japan

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) for District Heating and Cooling: A Novel Modeling Approach Applied in a Case Study of a Finnish Urban District

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