Green car parks of the future — integration of the RecRoad grid into urban greenery

The cities of the future are not just about intel­li­gent com­mu­ni­ca­tion sys­tems or ener­gy-effi­cient build­ings. They are first and fore­most spaces that com­bine the needs of peo­ple with care for the envi­ron­ment. One of the most impor­tant ele­ments of this urban trans­for­ma­tion are green car parks — mod­ern, func­tion­al and eco­log­i­cal alter­na­tives to con­crete park­ing areas. The RecRoad park­ing grid plays a key role in their imple­men­ta­tion.
It’s a solu­tion that not only allows for con­ve­nient park­ing, but also cre­ates green spaces that improve micro­cli­mates, pro­mote water reten­tion and bring nature back into cities.

Green car parks — the answer to urban challenges

Once iden­ti­fied sole­ly with paving stones and asphalt, car parks are now becom­ing an impor­tant ele­ment of sus­tain­able urban plan­ning. Grow­ing envi­ron­men­tal aware­ness, cli­mate change and the need to improve the qual­i­ty of life in cities are lead­ing design­ers and devel­op­ers to look for alter­na­tives to hard­ened, imper­me­able sur­faces.

A green car park is a space that:

• allows veg­e­ta­tion to grow in the urban space,
• sup­ports nat­ur­al water reten­tion,
• reduces the urban heat island effect,
• inte­grates with the sur­round­ing green­ery,
• improves the aes­thet­ics of the sur­round­ings.

All of these objec­tives can be achieved by using RecRoad park­ing gratewhich pro­vides a prac­ti­cal foun­da­tion for green infra­struc­ture.

RecRoad — a solution designed with the green in mind

The RecRoad grille is a prod­uct in 100% made from recy­cled mate­ri­als, which in itself makes it envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly. How­ev­er, it is not only its ori­gin that is eco-friend­ly — its func­tion is equal­ly impor­tant.

Thanks to its clever open­work design, the grille allows:

• fill­ing the space with soil or soil sub­strate,
  
• seed­ing with grass or low veg­e­ta­tion,
  
• cre­at­ing a sta­ble, per­me­able sur­face on which to park, walk or cycle.
  

RecRoad com­bines the dura­bil­i­ty and strength of a park­ing sur­face with the aes­thet­ics of a nat­ur­al land­scape. It allows the cre­ation of spaces that are both func­tion­al and visu­al­ly appeal­ing.

Functionality and aesthetics in one

Thanks to the use of RecRoad grilles it is pos­si­ble to achieve a com­pro­mise between usabil­i­ty and a green approach to urban plan­ning. A green car park cre­at­ed using it:

• main­tains load bear­ing capac­i­ty for pas­sen­ger cars and, with appro­pri­ate sub-base prepa­ra­tion, even for heav­ier vehi­cles,
  
• does not require hard sur­faces that heat up in the sun and retain water,
  
• remains aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing through­out the sea­son, espe­cial­ly if the right mix of hardy grass­es is used.
  

The RecRoad grille is avail­able in neu­tral colours (black, graphite), so that it blends in with the space and the veg­e­ta­tion com­ple­ments it nat­u­ral­ly.

Environmental benefits of green parking

Car parks cre­at­ed with RecRoad grids bring real envi­ron­men­tal ben­e­fits:

More green in the city

Increas­ing bio­log­i­cal­ly active areas helps to restore the urban ecosys­tem. Veg­e­ta­tion in car parks not only improves aes­thet­ics, but also increas­es oxy­gen, fil­ters air pol­lu­tion and pro­vides shel­ter for insects.

Improved water retention

The RecRoad grat­ing allows rain­wa­ter to soak into the ground nat­u­ral­ly, reduc­ing the load on stormwa­ter drainage sys­tems and pre­vent­ing flood­ing.

Reducing the heat island effect

Instead of heat­ed con­crete, green paving low­ers the ambi­ent tem­per­a­ture — espe­cial­ly on hot days.

Sustainable materials management

The use of recy­cled plas­tics and the recy­cla­bil­i­ty of the grid is part of a cir­cu­lar econ­o­my.

RecRoad in urban space — applications

Green car parks with RecRoad park­ing grille are per­fect­ly suit­ed to dif­fer­ent types of invest­ment:

• Car parks in hous­ing estates and at home
  They pro­vide park­ing space while blend­ing in with the green­ery of the estate.
  
• Pub­lic infra­struc­ture
  In parks, by gov­ern­ment offices, edu­ca­tion­al estab­lish­ments — green paving improves res­i­dents’ per­cep­tion of the space.
  
• Com­mer­cial build­ings and office build­ings
  Aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing green­ery around the com­pa­ny enhances its image as a social­ly and envi­ron­men­tal­ly respon­si­ble brand.
  

The future begins today

Green car parks are no longer the vision of tomor­row — they are a stan­dard in the design of mod­ern cities. Investors, local author­i­ties and devel­op­ers are increas­ing­ly opt­ing for solu­tions that com­bine con­ve­nience of use with care for the envi­ron­ment. The RecRoad grid from Samm­ler enables the cre­ation of such spaces with­out com­pro­mise — com­bin­ing the dura­bil­i­ty of the sur­face with the green, nat­ur­al char­ac­ter of the space.

Invest in the future. Choose RecRoad and cre­ate a car park that cares about the envi­ron­ment — and your users.