We're often told that IwB is an experiment. And it's the nature of experiments that you don't always get the answers you were expecting. Our recent trip to Costa Rica threw up more than a few of these. For example the community of Matapalo, the small town that is the case study for our work, was most concerned about social issues like alcohol abuse. To be honest we'd arrived with some great town planning ideas, some beautiful schemes for the town square and some great housing concepts. We hadn't thought so much about tackling social issues directly and it was with some trepidation that we started to explain our ideas. Thankfully our thoughts were well received but it really did make us stop and think on our return to Canada. What are we really trying to achieve with this project?
So this last month has included a lot of discussion and rethinking. We're just coming out of this process clutching new project briefs and sunnier dispositions. The projects have changed quite a bit and (if we get our shiny new briefs approved tomorrow) we'll have something to start shouting about.
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