Dublin: new skin for who

The renewal of Gran Canal Dock is an important moment for Dublin, an actual change of skin, where the architectural design wishes to be the bastion and the symbol of the renaissance of the city. It represents the highest moment of the Celtic tiger era when Dublin shows the ability to get out from a dark period, characterized by a high unemployment level. The inner-city urban fabric was full of a wide phenomenon of alcoholism, poverty, drug addiction, and social exclusion. The establishment of private authorities, in substitution to the traditional administration system of urban space by local government, it tries to operate to re-development of the field through the intervention of private investors. That way permits the aperture of a new season masterplan, and a new era for Dublin and entire Ireland, with a great opportunity for the city and its citizens. The planning of renewal concerns in the Greatest Dublin Area renovation, but mainly in the inner city and its fields, where the main aims are the social inclusion as EU directives, and a new face of the urban fabric that represents a real change of these districts. The Docklands renewal is the most emblematic example, that started with the Custom House intervention enterprises zone (CHDDA) and then turn to the other Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA). The KPMG report of 1996 has been an important reference for the achievement goals of social inclusion and urban mix, there is a willingness, of course in a parallel way to create a new area with new landmarks which may be a beacon to the entire city. They have engaged the most important architects to create a new great design of architecture there, but Gran Canal Dock gentrify does not represent a place for the real necessity of citizens, now.