About

Researcher, engineer, architect

I am a computational design researcher with a background in both electrical engineering and architecture. My work uses data, simulation, machine learning and games to help people understand and shape cities and their heritage.

I hold a PhD in Architecture and Sustainable Design from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, where I was a doctoral researcher at the Future Cities Laboratory, and an MSc in Architectural Design Computing from Istanbul Technical University. I was a postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft and have taught at Columbia GSAPP, Istanbul Technical University and MEF University.

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Experience

Now
Current roles — to confirm TU/e · Tilburg University · Leiden UMC
2022
Adjunct Assistant Professor Columbia University, GSAPP — MS Historic Preservation Masterclass in machine learning
2020–2021
Postdoctoral Researcher TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Chair of Design Informatics IEBB 4.3 — digitising the renovation process: 3D printing and logistics
2019–2022
Adjunct Lecturer Istanbul Technical University, Architectural Design Computing Machine Learning in Architecture (MSc); Theory and Methods in Digital Heritage (PhD)
2019–2020
Adjunct Lecturer MEF University, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture ARC 451 Game Design
2016–2019
PhD Researcher Future Cities Laboratory — Big Data-Informed Urban Design and Governance PhD research and the Ideas for Tanjong Pagar project
2013
Architect and BIM Specialist Turkmall Real Estate Mall design; led the firm’s switch to BIM
2011
Design Computing Tuncer Çakmaklı Architects Dolapdere–Piyalepaşa regeneration; Çamlıca antenna tower competition
2009–2013
Student Assistant Istanbul Technical University, Architectural Design Computing

Education

2019
PhD, Architecture and Sustainable Design Singapore University of Technology and Design Understanding urban leisure walking behaviour: correlations between neighbourhood features and fitness-tracking data. Advisor: Bige Tunçer
2012
MSc, Architectural Design Computing Istanbul Technical University Automated code compliance checking: a system for checking fire codes. Advisor: Gülen Çağdaş
2009
Associate of Arts, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Bilkent University
2007
BSc, Electrical Engineering Bilkent University

Outside research

Before architecture I worked part-time as a mountain guide (2004–2009), leading climbs in the Taurus range and on Mount Ararat (5,136 m).