Hello! My name is Shannon (Onlam) Hui, and I am an interdisciplinary designer and urban planner with a deep passion for community-driven design and programming. I have led an award-winning proposal to reimagine the Brooklyn Bridge, advocated for affordable housing as a Norman Foster Foundation Scholar, and supported tenant and small business organizing efforts in the Lower East Side as an ANHD/Morgan Stanley Community Development Fellow. 

I hold an M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, where I received the New York Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Award, and a B.A. in Architecture and Psychology, with a minor in Science and Public Policy, from Barnard College. Born and raised in Hong Kong, I spend my days supporting park development in underresourced communities, and my nights researching nighttime equity in New York City. 

Hats I have worn

🎓 Urban Design and Planning Consultant for Arup, NYC Public Design Commission, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

👑 GIS and Data Explorer on Solar Infrastructure and Construction Scaffolding

🧢 Graphic Designer for Small Business and Tenant Community Organizing in the Lower East Side

👒 Nighttime Design, Healthy Housing, and Reproductive Justice Researcher and Advocate

🎩 Lighting Design Concept Visualizer

⛑️ UI/UX Designer for Early-Stage Start-Up Supporting Prenatal and Postpartum Care

My on-going commitments

🎐 Doing right by and honoring the communities I serve

🎐 Making space for and uplifting historically underrepresented voices

🎐 Nurturing meaningful relationships over time

🎐 Challenging my internal biases and pre-existing belief systems

🎐 An abundance mindset in co-design and engagement processes

🎐 Deeply understanding what is and has already been there, before thinking about what could be