Kelly Shannon
Full Professor of Urbanism
KU Leuven
Faculty of Engineering Science, Department of Architecture
Program Director, Master of Human Settlements and Master of Urbanism, Landscape and Planning
Kelly Shannon studied architecture at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (1988) and the Berlage Institute in amsterdam (1994). she’s a practising architect and has worked for several international architecture firms. In 2004 she defended her doctorate thesis ‘Rhetorics & Realities, addressing Landscape Urbanism, Three Cities in Vietnam’ at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. she’s worked at the KU Leuven since 1997, where she teaches post-graduate design studios and a seminary on landscape and urbanism. Her research is focussed on the relation between urbanism and landscape, with special attention for the fast-changing regions in south and southeast asia. shannon writes for various european journals and regularly enters international design competitions.
