Conversations on Cities of Tomorrow

Hi everyone, and welcome to Meso Space Conversations on Cities of Tomorrow. I’m your host, Dr Hamed Tavakoli, a landscape architect, urban designer and researcher exploring how we can create better cities. This podcast asks one big question: how can we make our cities better places to live, today and for generations to come? In each episode, I speak with leading thinkers, researchers, designers and changemakers about climate resilience, urban greening, housing, infrastructure, governance and community. We go beyond what cities could be to explore how real change happens. Stay tuned...

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  Episode #7

  Good Cartels Good Cities: The Truth About Power and Collaboration in City Making. In conversation with Sarah Patterson

  Aug 22, 202642 minS1

  <p>Good Cartels, Good Cities: The Truth About Power and Collaboration in City Making</p><p>Important note: The following conversation includes reflections on family violence and systemic racism. Listener discretion is advised. </p><p>What really shapes a city?</p><p>Plans matter. Design matters. Policy matters.</p><p>But behind all of them are relationships, negotiations, power, trust and the way people choose to work together.</p><p>In Episode 07 of Cities of Tomorrow, Dr Hamed Tavakoli speaks with Sarah Patterson, strategic designer, Accredited Partnership Broker, founder of The Good Cartel Consulting, and TEDxCanberra speaker.</p><p>This...

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  Episode #6

  The Autistic Innovator: Reshaping Cities from the Inside Out. In conversation with Dr Sharon Zivkovic

  Aug 10, 202640 minS1

  <p>What is neurodiversity, and why do our cities still fail to design for it?In this episode of Cities of Tomorrow, host Dr Hamed Tavakoli sits down with Dr Sharon Zivkovic, Founder and CEO of Community Capacity Builders (including the Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship). Openly AuDHD — both autistic and ADHD — Sharon has spent two decades turning her neurodivergent mind into the engine behind frameworks, tools and social innovations that are reshaping how we think about cities, inclusion and entrepreneurship.Sharon shares her own story of growing up in Adelaide and realising early on that her mind worked differently, then...

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  Episode #5

  The Street Tree Scientist: Why Urban Greening Keeps Falling Short. In conversation with Dr Thami Croeser

  Jul 29, 202651 minS1

  <p>In this episode of Cities of Tomorrow, Dr Thami Croeser joins Hamed Tavakoli for a wide-ranging conversation about why Australian cities continue to fall short on urban greening, even when the evidence, strategies and targets are already in place.</p><p>Thami explains that the central problem is no longer a lack of research. Australian cities already know that trees reduce heat, improve health, support biodiversity, strengthen neighbourhood identity and make streets more liveable. The real challenge is delivery. </p><p>Too often, ambitious canopy targets are announced without the institutional structures, funding, land allocation and political support needed...

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  Episode #4

  The Poet of Cemeteries: How Memorial Grounds Become Places of Healing. In conversation with Florence Jaquet

  Jul 21, 202653 minS1

  <p>Episode 04 — The Poet of Cemeteries: How Memorial Grounds Become Places of Healing</p><p>What if a cemetery could be more than a place of burial? What if it could become a landscape of healing, memory, culture and public life?</p><p>In this episode of Cities of Tomorrow, Hamed Tavakoli speaks with Florence Jaquet, a landscape architect specialising in cemetery and memorial design. Born near Paris and trained in horticulture in Lille and landscape architecture in Geneva, Florence has worked across France, Switzerland, England and Australia. For four decades, she has helped reshape how cemeteries are planned and ex...

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  Episode #3

  Engineering Meets Ecology: Climate-Responsive vs Regenerative Civil Design — What’s the Difference? In conversation with David Worsley

  Apr 5, 202659 minS1

  <p>In this episode, Hamed Tavakoli sits down with David Worsley, founder of Worsley Consulting Engineers, to explore the evolving role of civil engineering in a climate-conscious world.</p><p>David shares his journey from early inspiration through games like SimCity to leading an innovative engineering practice, highlighting a critical shift in the profession—from focusing on “how” things are built to understanding “why” they are built. The conversation dives into how engineers can take on more strategic leadership roles, especially when involved early in project planning.</p><p>A key focus of the episode is WC3, Australia’s first purpose-buil...

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