Sirous Ghanbar zadeh

Sirous is a Principal and Urban Designer with a background in architecture. He has been instrumental in developing complex master plans for campuses, waterfronts, downtowns, and new communities across North America, the UK, and Asia. His work with First Nation communities in Canada includes serving as the lead urban designer for an extensive master plan for the ʔəy̓alməxʷ/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighborhood— a 90-acre site within the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh (MST) nations. He is also leading urban design efforts for the Tewin Master Plan for the Algonquins of Ontario, as well as master plans for Huu-ay-aht and Haisla Nations in BC. Additionally, he is guiding the Kingsway and Edmonds redevelopment master plans for BC Housing and the City of Burnaby, and played a key role in developing a precinct plan for Surrey’s new City Centre.

In campus planning, Sirous has contributed to the University of Ottawa Campus Master Plan and Precinct Plans— recipients of multiple awards— as well as the Simon Fraser University Burnaby Campus Plan, Brock University’s Student Housing Study, and Cardiff University’s Urban Design Framework in Wales. He was the lead designer for the Niagara Complete Streets regional plan and Ottawa’s Scott Street Community Design Plan, which support infill development and public realm improvements around the Tunney’s Pasture LRT station. His other projects include a Downtown Cultural Hub master plan in Oakville, a Brownfield Opportunity Area master plan in Buffalo, NY, community design for Carling-Bayview in Ottawa, a commercial district development called Marche Central in Montreal, and a master plan framework for the KamSheung Road New Development Area in Hong Kong.

Sirous is also active in academia, serving as a sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor at Vancouver Island University.