Young people design a climate-fair city

In collaboration with Waternet, the Van Eesteren Museum opened the education exhibition on Wednesday, January 29, in which young people show their designs for a climate-just city. What do the users of the future, today's young people, think about how the city can prepare for flooding? What do they think about the costs of protecting the city from the water? What kind of ideas do those who are different from scientists, architects and water boards come up with?

In the project Climate Equitable Design the Van Eesteren Museum and the Amstel, Gooi and Vecht Water Board ask young people about their ideas about climate adaptation and the equitable sharing of burdens. How do they imagine the city of the future?

33 fourth- and fifth-year students from two Amsterdam Technasiums, Damstede Lyceum and Metis Montessori Lyceum, investigated the Cramergracht area in Amsterdam Slotermeer. For six months, they worked in 9 groups on their research and presentation. The students were supervised by their teachers, architects and advisors from the Amstel, Gooi and Vecht Water Board. The exhibition of their projects will be on display for two weeks from 29 January 2025 in the reception area of the water board's headquarters.

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