Cultural programme in Arnhem
During the summer, Umbra Pavilion helped bring Audrey Hepburnplein to life, celebrating solar energy with the people of Arnhem. Part of this was a cultural programme built around three ZONdagen (SUNdays), organised by Bureau Ruimtekoers, which brought together young and old. Each ZONdag offered something different: a tour of the pavilion with Pauline van Dongen, cyanotype workshops, building a solar neighbourhood with 'Bouwplaats Zonnestad', solar viewing with Sterrenwacht Presikhaeven, 'Zonnige Deuntjes' with Bovenste Knoopje Open, a Solar Soundwalk, solar cooking, and more; all in celebration of the sun and its power.
Alongside the ZONdagen, the municipality of Arnhem hosted an information fair at the pavilion about heat stress and its effects on the city and it's residents. With organisations including GGD, Rode Kruis, and Groen Arnhem.
These events turned the pavilion into a lively place for Arhem residents to come together and experience the importance of shade in the built environment, but also to gather around to discuss heat in our cities, the potential of solar design, and are relationship with the sun.
