De Dolfijn school
Golden Participation
Project information
Year: 2021–2023
Status: Construction Completed
Location: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Surface: 2097 m2
Client: Stichting Spaarnesant
Team: Renet Korthals Altes, Raquel Teixeira dos Santos
Description
We have designed a broadly supported climate-adaptive design for a large community/school square of De Dolfijn, Haarlem-Noord.
Intensive climate lessons in which the children designed their climate-adaptive interventions for their schoolyard. Teachers – and neighborhood participation. All parties – coordinating school board, climate adaptation municipality of Haarlem, community manager, teachers, children, parents, neighbors, adjacent playground praised the design and the process.
More about the design process here.












