Every sector of the city is accountable for fulfilling their civic duties. Government or private, we all have the role to be socially responsible.And of course, the citizens as well. The municipality and private sectors may have allowed for change to happen, but ultimately the actions of the citizens shapes society. And It would be fine if being social responsible just do not align with our best interest. However, there are times wherein being socially responsible actually conflicts with our best interest. it’s either this or that, sacrificing one with the other. Then more than ever, it’s harder for citizens to act on their roles, but rather than looking at how citizens fail to fulfill their role, it would be interesting to tackle how they’re are limited to either this or that in the first place. Rather than looking at the choices that individuals make.

We want to take a step back and look at the choices and opportunities provided for them. Choices and opportunities largely provided by private companies. However, we move around the city, how sustainable we are in our consumption, sometimes when it comes to how responsible we can be. They make the first choice.We want to change our perspectives from the individual scale to confront the private sector AND THEIR social responsibility – to the citizens. On how they can open up more opportunities for citizens to take on a decisive role. For them to set up enabling conditions for citizens to be more involved.

But how exactly do we get private companies to serve the public’s interest because they definitely have their own And much more apparent.

In the case of CityBloc it Is 2 sectors, the private and public sector exchanging services and resources. They collaborate to make programs that benefit public interest so the very core are the citizens. Any exchange between the 2 should in effect positively impact citizens or improve public engagement and for that to happen, we need something to hold these down. A social responsibility code of sorts.   This would mean that this model could only apply under a specific code with certain responsibilities. A code that factors in our public interest. The public interest is “the welfare or well-being of the general public” and society

What if we make it so that their social responsibility coincides with their own interests. Wherein doing public good is not detrimental to business, wherein it’s actually beneficial to them. And this would be where the public sector comes in.What if we make it so that their social responsibility coincides with their own interests? Wherein doing public good is not detrimental to business, wherein it’s actually beneficial to them. And this would be where the public sector comes in. The sharing economy is already one of the fastest growing business trends in history. Businesses run by private companies to facilitate exchange and collaboration among citizens.

• A gathering of people with different backgrounds
• adapting a coworking space setup
• explain how each player benefits from joining the workshop
• What is given and what is gained from this collaboration

Possibility of an Output

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The collaboration of ADIDAS and the BVG in BERLIN is a great example of a collaboration of private and public sectors, but in this case, we don’t know where the idea came from and who is responsible for a collaboration like this.

Ramps made of recycled Products of a specific Company for Wheelchairs, Strollers to improve the Accessibility in a City is another great Idea which could be an Output of the Workshop.

Output: Barrier-free MobilityThis is just an example of a simplistic Output but the Citybloc-Workshop could leed to a more complex thing. The possibility of output can also leed to complex topics like AI. The CityBloc has a huge potential to create through collaboration and participation intelligent and responsible outputs.

CityBloc is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Master in City & Technology 2019/20 by Students: Andrew Saltzman, Jochen Morandell, Rovianne Santiago and Faculty: Julius Streifeneder and Kathrin DiPaola