Drainker architect hopes ceramic paving will go Europe-wide

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Jorge Corrales, an architect at the Institute of Ceramic Technology in Castellón, explains more about the Drainker project and its vision to help mitigate climate change.

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00:00This paving made of ceramic tiles could be a game-changer in the future of urban drainage.

00:07It's designed to soak up water when it rains heavily in urban areas.

00:12Smartregion spoke to an architect behind the project in Castellón, in Spain.

00:18Drinker is a permeable pavement that is obtained thanks to the union of different ceramic tiles.

00:30This pavement has a series of relieves that allow the separation of the pieces

00:35and allows us to obtain a multijuntable pavement that supports the drainage of the water in the ground.

00:42One of the main characteristics of this product is its elevated drain capacity,

00:47which, once installed, can exceed the levels of permeability of 10.000 liters per meter per hour.

00:53To evaluate the permeability of this pavement,

00:55we have a study that allows us to measure the time that takes the pavement

01:01to infiltrate a certain amount of water.

01:07We have designed a product and industrialized process

01:10that allows us to carry out a real scale production by the companies of the ceramic sector.

01:16It would be a success that this type of product could be incorporated

01:22in projects, both nationally and europe,

01:25and, above all, that allow us to mitigate the effects of climate change

01:30and improve the gestion of the water in the cities.

01:34That's better than it is.

01:37That's true.

01:40Progressive technology.

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