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<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\tWe set up the Neighbourhood Innovation Lab (NIL) as a platform for urban innovation for different stakeholders to connect people with places through listening, testing prototypes, and launching new urban services & products. We help government departments, non-profit organizations, and developers build more human-centred, resilient, and equitable neighbourhoods.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t We are a design agency for urban innovation, create architecture and processes for social cohesion around citizens, businesses, institutions and governments. We work side by side with our clients and partners to gather insights, cultivate new strategies, and redefine how to use design to facilitate innovation and make architecture for a vibrant and livable urban…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3620,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/about.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n