Heat square

The summers are becoming warmer and drier. But when it does rain in the Netherlands, it rains long and hard. The streets are flooding and the water has nowhere to go. How can we adapt to the changing climate in the Netherlands? How can we keep our feet dry?

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Case: climate adaptive transformation Heat Square

After the transformation, the Heat Square will become a climate-adaptive and cooling square. Here, with design principles, numerous innovations and research questions will be gathered in the coming years in order to design our city more pleasantly against heat stress. The square offers great opportunities for research by TU Delft, among others.

In order to address all the challenges, measurements will be done by researchers. With this, they are developing simulation models together with entrepreneurs that provide insights into heat stress. These insights will be brought together in practical design guidelines that will be drawn up in co-creation with municipalities, design agencies, contractors, water boards and other relevant parties.