Based in Amsterdam's industrial north, this project proposes a kindergarten-level school where equity and eco-idealism are at the core of all social and infrastructural practices.

At a time when the climate clock is narrowly running its course, future generations will be the ones living in the aftermath of the current climate crisis. To overcome the threat of disaster, they must get used to a Solarpunk way of living: embracing renewable energies and self-sustaining practices, creating green agrarian communities while using advanced eco-friendly tech. The Solarpunks rid feelings of climate doomerism and envision a hopeful future in which humanity rescues itself from its fate.

The project’s initial aim is to attempt to realise this vision and to demonstrate an example of future solar design in reaction to the movement of ‘solar living’ which has gained traction in the Netherlands. Its following aim is to explore how this new lifestyle can be communicated through the architecture and to its next-generation users, the children. How will they be able to understand and adopt Solarpunk, and how can the building be designed to stimulate interaction and learning with these concepts?