How can the AA empower its members in developing their own agency? What we ideologically aim for as an institution is often more difficult than what we can do on a day-to-day basis. The project interrogates the elasticity of Hooke Park as a place of experimentation and engagement with its woodlands and reveals its limitations due to staff capacity and liability. A site nicknamed the “Island” is offered as an additional learning tool that broadens forms of engagement within Hooke Park. It is an isolated woodland owned by the AA but never used by anyone. The “Island” can be a learning context inviting actions of immediacy and visceral interaction with the woodland, thus aligning our operational capacities with the pedagogical ambitions of the school. The project is also a broader reflection on what educational institutions can strive to provide their students in a time where access to knowledge has drastically changed. Perhaps all we need from an educational institution today is the access to these spaces as tools of learning and to replace the old structure of the institution by multiple contexts that encourage the direct engagement from students. Please refer to my teammate Nicole for additional insight.