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Our Dublin
People Change Places
The Institute without
Boundaries (IwB) presents
OurDublin: a transformative
proposal that reimagines
public service delivery for
cities now and in the future.
In 2012–13, the IwB
partnered with Dublin City
Council, Design Twentyfirst
Century and the Dublin
Institute of Technology to
address one of the most
important challenges facing
Dublin: increasing demands
on public services with
fewer resources to provide
them. After nine months of
research and design
development, with
contributions from DCC,
citizens of Dublin and
design students from
around the world, IwB is
pleased to present our
conclusions in this
publication, OurDublin.
The 2010/11 academic year
was the second year of the
City Systems project at the
IwB. The year’s project
attempted to understand
how to build more resilient
cities. The team’s focus was
on resolving the challenges
facing Lota, a small
municipality in Chile. Lota
was brought to the IwB’s
attention by Latin American
Canadian Art Projects, a
Toronto arts organization,
that partnered with the city
after the February 2010
earthquake. The complex
problems facing this
municipality were an ideal
case study for the IwB’s
interdisciplinary approach
to whole systems design
and social innovation.
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