Department of Architecture

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Academics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tonguç AKIŞ

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 1998
M.Sc. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 1995
“Urban Space and Everyday Life: Walking through Yüksel Pedestrian District (YPD)”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 2008                          “Teaching / Forming / Framing a Scientifically Oriented Architecture in Turkey between 1956-1982”

Research Interests

  • Urban Space
  • Architectural Education
  • Basic Design
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Prof. Dr. İpek AKPINAR

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture, 1990
M.Sc. in Arch.: Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture, 1993. 
Ph.D. in Arch.: University College London, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies. 2003. “The Rebuilding of Istanbul after the Plan of Henri Prost, 1937-1960: from secularisation to Turkish Modernisation”. 

Research Interests

  • Relations Between Modernity, City, Citizen, and Politics
  • Collective and Cultural Memory
  • Participation in the Design Process
  • Architectural, and Urban Design Education
  • Architectural Theory and History
  • Architectural and Urban Representation, Everyday Life, Architectural ethics.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep AKTÜRE

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 1990
M.Sc. in Arch.-Restoration: Middle East Technical University, Graduate Programme in Architectural Restoration, 1995, Dissertation: “Guidelines for Future Models of Conservation and Utilisation of the Theatre of Ephesos”, supervisor: Inst. Emre Madran, co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Cevat Erder  
Ph.D. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 2005, Dissertation: “A Typology of Ancient Theatres in Modern Spain and Greece – A Geo-Historical Approach”, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Cevat Erder

Research Interests

  • UNESCO World Heritage Programme
  • Conservation history of World Heritage sites
  • World Heritage places of religious and spiritual significance
  • Management of sites of memory
  • Archaeological landscape management
  • Modern uses of ancient performance buildings
  • Politics of cultural heritage management
  • Museum studies
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Prof. Dr. Tahsin BAŞARAN

Educational Background

B. Mech.Eng.: Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1991
M.Sc. in Mech.Eng.: Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics, 1995
Ph.D. in Mech.Eng.: Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energy, 2002

Research Interests

  • Building energy performance
  • Heat transfer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Thermal comfort
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Instructor Virginia COUCH

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986
M.Sc. in Arch.: Yale School of Architecture, 1991

Research Interests

  • Materials and methods of construction, including chemistry of building materials and deterioration of buildings
  • Structural design, including building failures
  • Use of natural ventilation and natural lighting in building design
  • Ecologically-friendly building materials
  • Ecologically-friendly development
  • Methods of teaching architecture
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Instructor Dr. Hasan Burak ÇAVKA

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 1999
M.A.Sc. in Civil Eng: The University of British Columbia, Department of Civil Engineering, Project and Construction Management Program, 2010, “Characterizing bottlenecks in building design coordination meetings”
Ph.D. in Civil Eng.: The University of British Columbia, Department of Civil Engineering, Project and Construction Management Program, 2017, “Understanding the transition to BIM for facility owners” 

Research Interests

  • Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  • Virtual design and construction (VDC)
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Prof. Dr. Şeniz ÇIKIŞ

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University,Department of Architecture, 1988
M.Sc. in Arch.: Izmir Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 1993
“Pedestrian Spaces at Urban Areas” (DEU, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, 1992, Prof. Dr. Orcan Gündüz)
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 1998
“Typological Transformation in Turkish Architecture During the Process of Prepherilisation” (DEU, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, 1999, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Türeyen)

Research Interests

  • Rural Architecture, Built Environment, and Development
  • Housing Architecture
  • Izmir, History and Built Environment
  • Architectural Education
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Assist. Prof.Dr. Uğur DEMİR

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Educational Background

B. Civil Engineering.: Kocaeli University, Civil Engineering 2007
M.Sc. in Structural Engineering.: Istanbul Technical University, , 2013. “Axial Behavior of High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites Wrapped by FRP Sheets”
Ph.D. in Structural Engineering.: Istanbul Technical University, Structural Engineering,  2020.  “Assessment of Seismic Performance of RC Members after Fire Exposure through Large-scale Testing”

Research Interests

  • Structural Earthquake/Fire Engineering
  • Reinforced Concrete Structures
  • Repair/Retrofit
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • High-Performance Concrete/Cement Composites
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice Günseli DEMİRKOL

Visiting Scholar

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Educational Background

B. Civil Engineering.: Middle East Technical University, 1999
M.Sc. in Structural Engineering.: Middle East Technical University, 2001, “Constructing the enclosed garden in urban context: Jean Nouvel’s Foundation Cartier”
Ph.D. in Structural Engineering.: Middle East Technical University, 2009, “The Turkish Grand National Assembly complex: An evaluation of the function and meaning of parliamentary spaces”

Research Interests

  • Design, Theory, Methodology and Criticisim in Architecture
  • Urban Design: urban areas on the public-private axis, sustainable cities
  • Urban Landscape: industrial landscape, green infrastructures, pedestrian movement
  • Representation in Architecture: design language, space and politics, power structures, monumental architecture, representational spaces
  • Digital Design in Architecture: Digital Representation and Visualization, Decision support systems in design
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Prof. Dr. Fehmi DOĞAN

Dean

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University,Department of Architecture, 1994
M.Sc. in Arch.: Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998
“Award-winning Mosque Projects by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003
“The Role of Conceptual Diagrams in the Architectural Design Process: Case Studies of the First Unitarian Church by Louis Kahn, the Staatsgalerie by Stirling & Wilford Associates, and the Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind”

Research Interests

  • Study of the architectural design process from programming to conceptual development to post-occupancy evaluation
  • The relationship between representational systems and thinking processes in design
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Zeynep DOĞAN

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University,Department of Architecture, 1999
M.Sc. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2000
“Architecture and Metaphor: An Inquiry into the Virtues of Metaphorical Expressions in Architecture”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2005
“Using Machine Learning Techniques for Early Cost Prediction of Structural Systems of Buildings”

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Construction Management
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Assoc. Prof. Zeynep DURMUŞ ARSAN

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 1992
M.Sc. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 1997
“Designing New buildings in Old Settlements: A Case Study in Eski Datça, Muğla, Turkey”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2004
“A Critical View of Sustainable Architecture in Turkey: Proposal for the Municipality of Seyrek”

Research Interests

  • Development and human settlements: North and South, sustainable development and architecture, sustainable architecture in Turkey
  • Cultural anthropology and material culture
  • The condition of displacement: migration, tourism, second home, third space of migrant
  • Energy efficiency in buildings: measurement of energy performance of buildings and Turkey, energy simulation of buildings, energy retrofitting of existent buildings
  • History of construction
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Instructor Dr. Berk EKİCİ

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Yaşar University, Department of Architecture, 2011
M.Sc. in Arch.: Yaşar University, Department of Architecture, 2014, “Multi-performance Based Computational Design in Architecture: Integrated High-rise Buildings” 
Ph.D. in Design Informatics: Technische Universiteit Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, 2022, “Towards Self-sufficient High-rises: Performance Optimisation using Artificial Intelligence”

Research Interests

  • Computational Design
  • Performance Based Design
  • Machine Learning and Optimization in Architecture
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Prof. Dr. Erdem ERTEN

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University,Department of Architecture, 1994
M.Sc. in Arch.:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
“Questioning Horatio Greenough’s Thoughts on Architecture: The Teleology of Functionalism”
Ph.D. in History and Theory of Architecture: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
“Shaping “The Second Half Century”: The Architectural Review 1947-1971”

Research Interests

  • 19th and 20th century architecture and urbanism (concentration on Post-WWII)
  • Eighteenth and 19th century British aesthetic theory and landscape architecture
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Instructor Dr. Can GÜNDÜZ

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 1998
M.Sc. in Arch.: Carnegie Mellon University, 2000
Ph.D. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 2012

Research Interests

  • Cultural Political Economy of Urban and Regional Production/Consumption
  • Visual Thinking in Socio-Spatial Research
  • Computer Aided Design
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Prof. Dr. Mustafa Emre İLAL

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Yıldız Technical University, Department of Architecture, 1993
M.Sc. in Arch.: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 1996
Ph.D. in Arch.: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 2001

Research Interests

  • Building performance
  • Acoustics
  • Information technology
  • Computer aided design
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Assoc. Dr. Ülkü İNCEKÖSE

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Architecture
M.Sc. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1999
“The Concept of Equilibrium and its Effects of Change from Static to Dynamic on Architectural End-Products”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2006
“Instrumentalisation of Natural Science for the Reconstruction of Architectural Knowledge: Lissitzky, Doesburg, Meyer, Teige”

Research Interests

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Prof. Dr. SERDAR KALE

Vice Rector

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture, 1992
M.Sc. in Construction Project Management: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 1994
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 1999

Research Interests

  • Construction management, technology and innovation management, and performance evaluation.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Altuğ KASALI

Vice Chair of Department

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Mimar Sinan University, 2003
M.Sc. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, 2006, “An Evaluation of non-classroom spaces of private elementary schools in İzmir: investigating factors affecting interactions among students”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2013 “An ethnographic study of the role of evidence in problem-solving practices of healthcare facilities design teams”

Research Interests

  • Design Studies
  • Environment and Behavior Studies
  • Healthcare Design
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Prof. Dr. Tuğçe KAZANASMAZ

Educational Background

B.Arch.: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture,2000
M.Sc. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2002
“Lighting in Hospital Architecture: Effectiveness of Lighting Systems for Inpatient Departments; A Case Study on İbn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2005
“An Investıgation on the Planimetrıc Design Efficiency of Inpatient Departments in Healthcare Facilities”

Research Interests

  • Architectural lighting
  • Daylighting Performance in Buildings
  • Environmental Control in Buildings
  • Energy Efficient Design (Energy Performance of Residential Buildings)
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kıvanç KILINÇ

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Çukurova University, 1999
M.Sc. in Arch.: Middle East Technical University, 2002
Ph.D in Art History: State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY), Graduate Program in the History and Theory of Art and Architecture, 2010
“Constructing Women for the Republic: The Spatial Politics of Gender, Class, and Domesticity in Ankara, 1928-1952”

Research Interests

  • Historical Development and Contemporary Practices of Social Housing in Turkey and the Middle East
  • Early Twentieth Century Residential Culture in Turkey
  • Informal Urban Development and the Housing Problem
  • Urban History, Memory, and Identity (20th C.)
  • Islamic Art and Architecture
  • Basic Design Education
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Prof. Dr. Koray KORKMAZ

Chair of Department

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 1995
M.Sc. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1998
“A Research on Structural Design Approaches within the Scope of Theory and Application”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, 2004
“An Analytical Study of the Design Potentials in Kinetic Architecture”

Research Interests

  • Structural design and space organisation
  • Deployable structures, kinetic architecture
  • Building technology
  • Earthquake resistant building design
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Part-time Instructor Atahan TOPÇU

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Bilkent University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, 2017
M.Sc. in Arch.: Architectural Association School of Architecture, 2019

Research Interests

  • Architecture and Urbanism
  • Residential architecture
  • Building physics and manufacturing techniques
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Işıl UÇMAN

Visiting Scholar

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2003
M.Sc. in Arch.: İstanbul Bilgi University, Architectural Design, 2007 
Ph. D. in Arch.: İstanbul Yıldız Technical University, Architectural History and Theory, 2012 

“Change in the Space-Time Conception and Architecture in the Ottoman Empire”

Research Interests

  • Architectural History and Theory
  • Architectural Design Discource and Approaches
  • Architectural Education
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru YILMAZ

Vice Chair of Department

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 1995
M.Sc. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1998
“A Study on Technological Expression in Architecture”
Ph.D. in Arch.: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2004
“Determination of the Place Concept in Reproduction Process of Built Environment: Kordon, İzmir as a Case Study”

Research Interests

  • Architectural and urban design
  • Architectural history and theory
  • Urban history
  • Critical Practices at the intersection of art and design
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Research Assistants

Res. Assist. Berkay Batuhan BOSTAN

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Building Modeling Information (BIM) implementation and performance analysis
  • Project Management
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Res. Assist. Deniz CANARAN

Educational Background

B.Arch: Izmir University of Economics, Department of Architecture, 2015
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2018
Ph.D. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Urban space
  • Public space
  • Collective memory
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Res. Assist. Ilgın ÇATAROĞLU

Educational Background

B.Arch: Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2020
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Architectural lighting
  • Daylighting Performance in Buildings
  • Human-centric lighting design
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Res. Assist. Elif NAZ ÇELİK

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2021
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Structural fires / earthquakes
  • Structural repair / retrofit
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Res. Assist. Aslıhan ÇEVİK

Educational Background

B.Arch: Yeditepe University, Department of Architecture, 2016
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2020
Ph.D. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Design Cognition
  • Design Representation
  • Design in Virtual Reality
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Res. Assist. Tansu DEĞİRMENCİ

Educational Background

B.Arch: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture (2017)
M.Sc. in Arch: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, Restoration Program (2020)
Ph.D. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Cultural Heritage
  • UNESCO World Heritage Programme
  • Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Res. Assist. Özüm DÜLGEROĞLU

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2017
M.Sc. in Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Housing Discourse
  • Architectural and Spatial Utopias
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Res. Assist. Ceren ERGÜLER

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2021
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Architectural Sociology
  • Public Space
  • Urban Space
  • Conflict Theory and Architecture
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Res. Assist. Betül ERGÜN

Educational Background

B.Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2017
M.Sc. in Arch:İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2022, ‘Comparative Energy Performance Analysis of Hemp-Clay as  Building Block Material’
Ph.D. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Building energy performance assessment
  • Sustainable building materials
  • Characterization and performance assessment of building materials
  • Earthen architecture and building techniques
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Res. Assist. Dr. Nil Nadire GELİŞKAN

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2012
M.Sc. in Arch: İstanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture, Program of Architectural History, 2015
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2022

Research Interests

  • Architectural History and Theory
  • Urban History
  • Urban Morphology
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Res. Assist. Dr. Mümine GERÇEK

Educational Background

B.Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2013
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Building Physics
  • Energy in Buildings
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Res. Assist. Ece GÜLEÇ

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2017
M.Sc. in Arch: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Tactical Urbanism 
  • Spacio-cultural production practices 
  • Marginal Space
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Res. Assist. Şebnem GÜR

Educational Background

B.Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2007
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2017, Design of Single Degree-of-Freedom Planar Linkages with Antiparallelogram Loops Using Loop Assembly Method
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Kinetic Architecture
  • Transformation and Motion in Architecture
  • Deployable Structures
  • Scissor Structures
  • Folded-plate Structures
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Res. Assist. Yeliz KESKİN

Educational Background

B.Arch: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 2016
M.Sc. in Arch: Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 2019
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture 

Research Interests

  • Designing and preserving archaeological sites
  • Participatory architecture
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Res. Assist. Dr. Merve Ayten KILIÇ

Educational Background

B.Arch: Yaşar University, Department of Architecure, 2010
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Permacultural approaches
  • Sustainability sceanrios ve Local Sustainability
  • Energy efficient design
  • Carbon Footprint
  • Sustainable Architecture
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Res. Assist. Özge KURBAN

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Architecture (2012)
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architectural Restoration (2019)

Ph.D. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture 

Research Interest

  • Vernacular architecture
  • Architectural historiography
  • Rural heritage
  • Oral history
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Res. Assist. Gönenç KURPINAR

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2017
M.Sc. in Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Computer Aided Design
  • Literary Spaces
  • Utopias
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Res. Assist. Nazmiye ÖZTAŞ

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2015
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2017
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Urban Intervention
  • Alternative spatial practices
  • Civil Initiative
  • Art & Design collectives
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Res. Assist. Yasemin ÖZTÜRK

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Energy Efficient Lighting Design
  • Daylighting Performance
  • Room Acoustics and Noise Control
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Res. Assist. Dr. Işılay Tiarnagh SHERIDAN GÜN

Educational Background

B.Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2013
M.Sc. in Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture (MSc Program in Conservation in Cultural Heritage)
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Architectural Design
  • Documentation in Archaeological Sites and 3D Modelling
  • Documentation and Conservation of Cultural Heritage
  • Industrial Architecture, History and Industrial Heritage
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Res. Assist. Buse Ezgi SÖKÜLMEZ

Educational Background

B.Arch: Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture, 2019
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2023
Ph. D. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture    

Research Interests

  • Architectural History and Theory
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Res. Assist. Dr. Özge Deniz TOKÖZ

Educational Background

B. Arch.: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture (2015)
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architectural Restoration (2018)
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture 

Research Interest

  • Conservation and presentation of archaeological sites
  • Heritage sites management
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Res. Assist. Müjde YAR

Educational Background

B.Arch:Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Architecture, 2013
M.Sc. in Arch: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Ph.D. in Arch:  İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

Research Interests

  • Kinetic Architecture
  • Deployable Structures
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Prof. Dr. Ela ÇİL (Retired)

Educational Background

B. Arch.: Yıldız Technical University, 1992
M.Sc. in Arch.: Yıldız Technical University, 1995
University of Michigan, Master of Science, 2001
Ph.D. in Arch.: University of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Architecture, History and Theory of Architecture, 2005
“Exploring the Construction of the Identities of Kula, a Place in Aegean Anatolia”

Research Interests

  • Place studies: through the relationship between construction of identity, collective memory, and spatial practices
  • Analysis of space: morphology, typomorphology, space syntax
  • Relationship between spatial perception and the senses
  • Architectural education: first year design studios, evaluation and assessment
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