Dear mr.

Carton,

In this letter we will explain what has changed in the neighbourhood, how the neighbourhood looks
like and how the daily life would look like.

What has changed?

Well, there is much more nature, for example on almost all buildings and there are bigger parks and
much more trees. There are bigger playgrounds in these parks, and those are completely surrounded
by forest, so it’s like a closed place of nature, with no technology and kids can have fun without
worrying about their surroundings.

Local companies are now all packed up in one very big building, with on each floor a separate
company.

In this neighbourhood there aren’t any houses anymore, but only high skyscrapers. The shopping
centre works like the company building, but instead of just one shop per floor there can be multiple
ones. On the highest floor there are appartements for the shop owners.

The sport halls work also like the company building: on each floor dressing rooms and different
sports.

People use public transport and the hydro loop for longer trips, but mostly they go walking. There are
also playgrounds on all roofs of the skyscrapers, and these are safe and have nature on it, too.

There are also central pick-up points where you can go to from a walking distance. There all the post
is kept until it’s picked up.

The police, fire brigade and hospital are all stacked above each other, too.

In this neighbourhood there still will be levels at school where the pupils will be divided into. There
are nine floors, two floors for each level (vmbo, havo, vwo and praktijkonderwijs) and one extra floor
for administration, the teachers, etc.

There are also some stations and no roads any more, except for busses, but they’re not shown on the
map because busses are public transport.

What does the neighbourhood look like and why?

More and more people come and there is a limited space on the ground. So that’s why there are
skyscrapers: to not use a lot of space, but still while being able to house as many people as possible.

Not only houses are build vertically, but also other buildings, for example the sport halls or the
shopping centre, for the same reason. This way there is a lot of space for parks and nature, places
where you can escape for a moment.

The public transport consists mainly out of trains, and sometimes of flying busses for areas where it’s
hard to build rails. All is electric. Also the hydro loop, which advances with the help of
electromagnetic rails.

On all buildings are plants, and there aren’t too many buildings packed together, so that there is little
to no heat stress.
The central pick-up points are spread out, so it’s at walking distance for everyone. There is one
central pick-up point that’s bigger, because it’s also used by the company building next to it, so
there’s much more post. The post is brought to the central pick-up points by special wagons in the
public transport.

The fire brigade is on the first floor, so it can get out of the building fast when there’s an emergency.
The Hospital has also a separate garage at the first floor so it can go fast out of the building when
there’s an emergency. The police has a garage too, but it’s placed deeper into the building so it takes
a minute or two more to go out of the building.

The school is made colourful and there are many plants, also many different plants. This is why the
pupils are very good in biology. Each floor in the school has its own resting place, but pupils can also
go to other floors during the breaks. The teachers have their own resting place on the 9 th floor.

The stations are positioned on strategic places in regard to the nearby environment. There’s one
station for the hydro loop, because it’s mainly used to travel from neighbourhoods to other
neighbourhoods and cities.

What is it like to live in the neighbourhood?

You wake up in the morning. You go to your fridge. Oh no! It’s empty. You forgot to fill it. So you walk
to the nearest train station and go out of the nearest train station to the shopping centre. You didn’t
forget your money. You enter the centre, and look up to the bord indicating the shops and stores. 2 nd
floor 3rd shop is where you can find your favourite cornflakes. You buy it, take the public transport
again and you’re home. You hear a very soft crying from above. Oh no, not that baby again. Lucky it’s
good isolated, otherwise it would be much worse. You eat, and walk again to your nearest train
station, to now go to work. After a few hours of work, you want to have a break. You want to do a
little sport, and go to the sport hall next to the company building. 5 th floor is the fitness hall. Then you
go back to work, and after a few hours when you’re done you go to the train station again. When
you’re before your skyscraper, you decide to have a nice little walk and go to the park. Ah, what can
nature be beautiful, you think while walking through the forest, to go to the fields behind them. Once
at home again you eat something, and then you go to sleep. The next morning it’s Saturday, and you
leave your skyscraper to go to another skyscraper, where your friends organized a party. All goes well
and everyone has fun, until someone fell unconscious on the ground. Someone nearby called the
ambulance, and this one came really fast. The next they you and your friends go visit the person at
the hospital, and find out everything is fine. The person was sleeping, but had a small smile on his
face. His daughter had had a ten for her biology test.

Sincerely Oliver Evrot and Stef Foppele