Shannon Bassett

Shannon Bassett is a Canadian-American architectural and urban designer. Her research, teaching, writing and practice operate at the intersection(s) of architecture, urban design and landscape ecology. She holds a MAUD from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a BArch with Distinction from Carleton University. Her design and research work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including at the Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture (2012) and was featured in the ensuing book publication, “Learning from Tri-ciprocal Cities: The time, the place, the people”, published by ORO Editions. Her work has also been displayed at the BUGAIK International Architectural Exhibition with the Busan Chapter of Architectural Institute of Korea. She was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant for (Re)Stitch Tampa. Ensuing from this research platform was the publication, “(Re)Stitch Tampa: Designing the Post-War Coastal American City through Ecologies”, published by ACTAR. She has practiced architecture and urban design at award-winning firms in both Boston and Ottawa, in addition to working as a Junior Architect at the National Capital Commission in Ottawa. She serves as: an Advisor to the City of Ottawa Planning Advisory Committee an Elected Board Member of the Building Technology Educator’s Society, and an appointed member on the Sustainable Built Environment Committee (SBEC) with the OAA. In 2011 she was awarded the Pullara Award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for her demonstrated leadership and service to both the profession and the community. She is fully bilingual – English and French – (Ontario Secondary School French Immersion Diploma) and speaks rudimentary Mandarin.

Education

• MAUD-Masters of Architecture in Urban Design Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2003 — 2005)
• Bachelors of Architecture with Distinction Carleton University (1992 — 1998)
• Glebe Collegiate Institute

Companies

• Inaugural Chair - Democrats Abroad Environment & Climate Crisis Council ECCC Canada Chapter Democrats Abroad (2022)
• Elected Board Member - Democrats Abroad Toronto Chapter-Member at Large Democrats Abroad (2021)
• Professor of Architecture and Ecological Urbanism Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne -McEwen School of Architecture (2018)
• Invited Professor-BIADW (Busan International Architectural Design Workshop)-CAMPUS ASIA Pusan National University (2015)
• Elected Board Member-Board of Directors-BTES (BTES.org) BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS SOCIETY INCORPORATED (2020 — 2022)
• Faculty Architecture and Urban Design-School of Architecture and Urban Planning University at Buffalo (2014 — 2022)
• Board of Directors IACP-International Association for China Planning (2011 — 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design University of South Florida_School of Architecture and Community Design (2007 — 2014)
• professor of architecture Wentworth Institute of Technology (2000 — 2007)

Skills

• Writing
• Architectural History
• strategic development and planning

Other

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