Steve Smith - What really matters when planning the cities of the future

01/20/23 • 25 min

In this episode we speak to Steve Smith; Founder and Director of Urban Narrative, which he set up following extensive experience working on large-scale master planning projects across the globe. Urban Narrative specialise in the very first part of a project, which Steve believes is the most important stage; setting the brief.
Steve is an expert in urban research and interactive design and his experience working on projects across Europe, Asia and Australia makes him the perfect guest to talk about how the cities of the future should be designed and what matters when working with clients on setting the direction of a project, and how successful projects should be measured.

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Mark Hallett - What is it like to be one of the pioneers of Sustainable Regeneration?

In this episode we speak to Mark Hallett; Development Director at Igloo Regeneration, Board of Pobl Group and Non-Executive Director of the Design Commission of Wales.

Mark has an incredible track record in housing, development and architecture.

His extensive experience in delivering Large Scale Urban Regeneration projects that act as catalysts for wider redevelopment means that he is the perfect guest to discuss what is required to build more Sustainable Cities in the Future.

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Steve Gilchrist - The Circular Economy and the role it plays when planning the cities of the future

In this episode we speak to Steve Gilchrist; Project Director at Grosvenor; Author of Steve’s Newsletter and organiser of the Circular Steel Event, which focuses on the current challenges and possible solutions to steel reuse.
Steve specialises in sustainability and innovation and his experience in Contracting, Civil/Structural Design and Project Management make him another great guest to talk about how the cities of the future should be designed and which role the Circular Economy will play in the planning process.