Exploring Urban Troubleshooting

In this episode, Heath Gledhill and Tom Shield, founders of GledHill Shield, share their extensive experience navigating complex urban infrastructure projects. They discuss how early decision-making, constraints and collaborative design principles can transform city development. Whether you're an urbanist, engineer, architect, designer or planner, their insights challenge conventional project setups and advocate for more intentional, purposeful city shaping.

Key Topics:

• The importance of framing the core problem before designing solutions
• How constraints foster innovative and effective urban design
• The role of the business case in guiding project decisions and maintaining focus
• Challenges with briefs, approvals and stakeholder engagement in infrastruct ...