In the face of a climate emergency, the project rests upon the idea that sustainability should be fundamental to the creation of architecture. In order to do so, a deep rethink about relationships to buildings and methods for creating buildings is needed.

In 'The School of Architectural Ignorance', the curriculum turns academics that are specialised in climate research into the tutors of architecture students. Their lack of knowledge about architecture is an advantage, allowing for inventive thinking. The students are taught in a way that places the environment at the heart of their thinking, influenced by the constant mutations of the clay-constructed school as it reacts to its environment.

The internal climate of the building varies in accordance with the external climate. Wet, humid or cold spaces resulting from weather variations are encountered in the building, challenging current energy-intensive approaches to climate control in buildings. The building uses local materials extensively, even where they may not be appropriate. As a result of this localism, the building gets damaged and breaks more easily, forcing a constant cycle of maintenance by its users. A more intense relationship between user and building is proposed, allowing students to learn about architecture in a different way.