Kelly Shannon

Kelly Shannon teaches urbanism at KU Leuven, is the Programme Director of the Master of Human Settlements (MaHS) and Master of Urbanism, Landscape and Planning (MaULP) and a member of the KU Leuven's Social ad Societal Ethics Committee (SMEC). She received her architecture degree at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh), a post-graduate degree at the Berlage Institute (Amsterdam), and a PhD at the University of Leuven, where she focused on landscape to guide urbanization in Vietnam. She has also taught at the University of Colorado (Denver), Harvard’s GSD, University of Southern California, Peking University and The Oslo School of Architecture and Design amongst others. Before entering academia, Shannon worked with Hunt Thompson (London), Mitchell Giurgola Architects (New York), Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Genoa) and Gigantes Zenghelis (Athens). Most of her work focuses on the evolving relation of landscape, infrastructure and urbanization. She has numerous publications and works on design research consultancy projects, primarily to the Vietnamese and Flemish governments.

Education

• PhD KU Leuven (1997 — 2004)
• Master Berlage Institute (1992 — 1994)
• B. Arch Carnegie Mellon University (1983 — 1988)

Companies

• Prof. Dr. KU Leuven (1997)
• Director, Graduate Program Landscape Architecture + Urbanism University of Southern California (2015 — 2017)
• editor JoLA Journal of Landscape Architecture (2010 — 2015)
• Professor of Landscape Architecture The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) (2012 — 2014)
• prof gsd (2011 — 2011)

Skills

The most important

• Scientific Writing
• SketchUp
• Qualitative Research

Other

Lecturing, Urban Regeneration, Regional Planning, Comprehensive Planning, Urban Studies, Public Space, Sustainability, Design Research, Sustainable Design, Landscape Architecture, Architectural Design, Urban, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Urbanism