With support through a Building Resilience to Climate Change grant, Shoalhaven City Council was able to ensure that a planned urban revitalisation project captured adaptive responses, through the inclusion of a large scale public evaporative cooling structure. The brief required the design of an aesthetically pleasing sculpture that would also encourage fun and play, whilst enhancing amenity in the civic space. There is a noticeable evaporative cooling effect when the misting structure is operating. This actively reduces the urban heat island effect in an area which is predominantly concrete. The new landscape vegetation, and light coloured materials, will also contribute to the reduction in the heat. The integration of bright primary colours will encourage water play and use of the structure.
Read the full report brief here:
https://lgnsw.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/Environment/BRCC%20Case%20Studies/15.%20Shoalhaven_cooling_Nowra_CBD.pdf