Rain brings blessing Ostfildern

In a glass house, a visual link is created between the exhibition area and the built reality, which is thus constantly present.

The visitor is shown the background, developments and state of knowledge in urban water management with a special focus on stormwater management on objects and display panels. Even the flooring bears witness to the development. Visitors enter the exhibition via an ancient Roman pavement, can draw water from a soda fountain, enter the glass street and leave the exhibition via water-permeable pavements. Aesthetic representations of water serve as points of attraction and arouse interest in the exhibition theme. A water wall in the entrance area, a fog zone, a vortex funnel and a water labyrinth are examples of exhibits. This will also make the exhibition an experience for families with children.

The special feature of the exhibition will be that individual building blocks of stormwater management will be set up as interactive models. For example, children and adults can have a green roof watered in a water garden and record the difference in quantity between rainfall events and runoff. Further models will include permeable pavements, open gutters, channels, troughs and cisterns. There will also be a functional model with implemented stormwater management components in Scharnhauser Park. Intensive citizen participation and a steering committee of local residents made it possible for this park to become the realization of the dreams and hopes of local residents.