The demand for terrain paving to create climate adaptive and nature inclusive living environments is growing. Swaans Infra offers SoliDrain, a unique modular paving system for the softening and greening of parking and transfer areas, driving lanes, routes and living areas. It is an integral system of concrete elements, grass mixture and soil package. Heat stress, drought and flooding are reduced by improving water retention in the soil to create a cool, green and water-rich environment.
SoliDrain Connect
SoliDrain Connect is the latest product in the series, designed by Blom&Moors for Swaans Infra. The series of large-size concrete elements has a high-quality appearance and offers a great deal of design freedom and flexibility. Due to the well defined formats, the series is not only suitable for the realisation of parking spaces, but also for lounging areas and routes in representative locations such as residential areas, office and business parks or in the countryside. The range offers a choice of options between open and more closed, allowing the desired balance between infiltration, walkability and appearance to be attuned to the location.
Design
The elements have a friendly, no-nonsense appearance. Characteristic is the large variation in the length of the rounded slots and the skin with the natural structure of basalt. By varying the length of the slots, a lively interplay of lines is created. The subtle profiling of the trenches includes an edge that serves as a marker for the application of the soil package, the growing space for the grass and the sweeping out of the element. Because turning green is turning green when the grass stays green!