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Current heatwaves prove that the Dutch architecture and urbanism cannot cope with climate change. What are applicable design principles that will make Dutch neighborhoods heatproof? Cool Space targets the city center of the Hague, one of the most suffering cities of heat island effects in the Netherlands. The project proposes novel environmentally friendly building materials, forming a new typology with climatic and architectural values.
It creates pleasant gathering areas by cooling down the air in public space, around the buildings and in turn cooling down the building’s interiors.