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Are you interested in the citizen engagement in urban areas and its effects? What do you think about the need for updating our educational systems? How can professionals check their egos?

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Interview with Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the citizen’s role, educational reforms, giving back to the environment, and many more.

Noel Tighe is an Associate Director at Denton Corker Marshall. Registered in the United Kingdom he is a member of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Australian Institute of Architects. In career spanning 30+ years, he has undertaken leading roles on multi-award-winning projects in the commercial, education and civic sectors, in Australia, Europe and Southeast Asia. Noel is a Green Star Accredited Professional and has brought this knowledge to lead projects with award winning sustainable credentials including:

• Manchester Civil Justice Centre in the UK
• Asia Square in Singapore
• Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney

He has extensive experience in the restoration and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings on projects such as:

• Hampton Court Palace in the UK
• Abbotsford Convent in Collingwood, Melbourne
• New exhibition galleries at the Heritage Listed Australian War Memorial in Canberra

Noel has demonstrated a commitment to informing and empowering communities to the development of their local environment. This experience was instrumental for the successful campaign to preserve Melbourne’s Abbotsford Convent for community use and later works to convert the estate into one of Australia’s leading arts precincts.

You can find out more about Noel through these links:

• Noel Tighe on LinkedIn;
• Noel Tighe at the Office of the Victorian Government Architect;
• Noel Tighe at Denton Corker Marshall;
• Projects at Denton Corker Marshall;
• Sol Perez Martinez at the Civic engagement and Urban Studies Centres, University College London – Noel mentioned the study about civic engagement in architecture and urban issues;
• Streetwork – The exploding school by Colin Ward and Anthony Fyson – the book Noel mentioned;

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.015I – Interview with Luke Housego about Mortal Engines 😀 ;
• No.031R – City attachment and use of urban services;
• No.069I – Interview with Dr Éva Kereszty about needed educational reforms;
• No.078I – Interview with Ammon Beyerle about uncomfortable but needed and robust conversations;
• No.086R – Advancing landscape sustainability science;
• No.087I – Interview with Paul Brookbanks about the connection to the environment;
• No.093I – Interview with Jeni Paay about research raising questions which are uncomfortable;

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