MEHMET RIFAT AKBULUT; B.C.P., M.C.P., Ph.D.
Graduated from Urban and Regional Planning Department of METU (1986). Received Master in Urban Conservation in 1992 at Mimar Sinan University, Ä°stanbul and Ph.D. in 2004 from the same university. Teaches and continues his research on urban history, urban transformation and spatial analysis, at the Urban and Regional Planning Department of the same university. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

SEHER BAÅžLIK; B.C.P., M.C.P., Ph.D.
Graduated from Urban and Regional Planning Department of the Mimar Sinan University (1993). Received Master’s degree in Urban Planning in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2008 from the Urban and Regional Planning Department of Mimar Sinan UniversityÄ° stanbul. Teaches and continues her research on urban transformation, advanced spatial models and analysis at the Department of Informatics of the same university. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

GÜLEN ÇAÄžDAÅž; B.Arch, M.Arch, Ph.D.
A graduate of Ä°stanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, has taught at the same institute since 1981. A professor since 1997, she served as the vice chair to the dean (1994-1997) and as the chair of Architectural Design (2004-2007). Is currently the department head of Informatics, coordinator of the graduate program in Architectural Design Computing, and department head of Architecture. Her main research area is architectural computing. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

ÅžENÄ°Z ÇIKIÅž; B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Graduated from METU Department of Architecture; currently works at Ä°zmir Institute of Technology as Associate Professor. Completed her master’s and doctoral studies at Dokuz Eylül University. Her fields of research are; housing history, mass housing and architectural education. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

BÄ°RGÜL ÇOLAKOÄžLU; B. Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Received her B. Arch (1987) and Msc. (1990) from YTU. Completed her PhD. thesis in “Computational Design” at MIT (2001). Currently teaches at YTU and Yeditepe University in Ä°stanbul. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

HALÄ°ME DEMÄ°RKAN; B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Received B.S. (1978) and M.S. (1981) in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. (1989) in Architecture from METU. Currently working as professor in the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department at Bilkent University. Areas of interest are creativity in architectural design process, design education and human factors in computer-aided design.

ELÄ°F ERDOÄžAN; B.Arch, M.Arch.
Holds a B.Arch. from METU (2007), and an M.Arch. in Biodigital Architecture from Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (2009). Her research studies are concentrated on computational structuring of design processes by re-interpreting natural form generation. ınterests include computational and algorithmic design processes, biomimetic architecture, adaptive and interactive structures, and digital fabrication techniques. Currently employed at İstanbul Bilgi University as research assisstant, while continuing her graduate studies at METU. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

MUALLA ERKILIÇ; B. Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D.
Received B. Arch. and M. Arch. degrees from METU Department of Architecture, Ankara, Turkey and Ph.D. Degree from University of Edinburgh, Department of Architecture, UK (1994). Currently teaching on architectural design and universal design at METU, Department of Architecture. Fields of interest are architectural theory and criticism, architectural education, architectural practice, and universal design.

ARZU GÖNENÇ SORGUÇ; B.ME, M.Sc. ME, Ph.D.
Graduated from Department of Mechanical Engineering, METU, Ankara, Turkey and received her Ph.D. from the same department. Currently employed as Associate Professor at Department of Architecture, METU, Ankara. Her research and teaching interests centre on acoustics, software technologies, environmental control and performance based design, structural systems and their design, mathematics in architecture, computational design and its technologies and computer-aided engineering (CAE) techniques and computer-aided manufacturing. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

LEMAN FÄ°GEN GÜL; B.Arch, M.Sc., MDes.Sci., Ph.D.
Received B.Arch. (1993) and M.Sc. (1996) in the Urban Conservation Program at Mimar Sinan University in Ä°stanbul: her MDesSci (2003) in Digital Media, and Ph.D. in Architecture (2007) at the University of Sydney. Was a lecturer and tutor at the University of Sydney, and a research fellow at the University of Newcastle (Australia). Worked as associate professor at the International University of Sarajevo, before joining the TOBB Economy and Technology University in 2011. Her research interests include investigating design cognition in virtual worlds, computer-supported cooperative work, design teaching, and digital architecture and fabrication. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

ÖZLEM KARAKUL; B.Arch, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Received B.Arch. (1998), M.Sc. in Restoration (2002), Ph.D. in Restoration (2011) at METU Department of Architecture; teaches on conservation of historic settlements and restoration of traditional buildings as Assistant Professor in the Fine Arts Faculty at Selçuk University. Areas of interest and research topics are conservation of historic sites, new building in historic settings, culture- space relations, tangible and intangible cultural heritage relations.  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

MARKO KIESSEL; B.A., PhD in Archaeology
Studied Classical Archaeology, Art History and History in Trier, Köln and Bologna. Has Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology and adjunct scholar at the Universität Trier (2005). Since 2006, Assistant Professor at the Cyprus International University. Has research on late Roman, modern and post-modern architecture, Roman pottery and architectural sculpture. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

ÅžULE KILIÇ YILDIZ; BA, MA.
Graduated from the department of Art History at Ä°stanbul University (2001), where she later received MA degree (2004). Currently a Ph.D. student in History of Architecture at METU. Employed in the General Directorate of Cultural Artifacts and Museums, Ankara, Turkey. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ö. BURCU ÖZDEMÄ°R SARI; B.CP., M.CP., Ph.D.
Studied City and Regional Planning at METU, received Ph.D. in Political Science (2010) from TU Dortmund, Faculty of Spatial Planning. Worked at METU as a research assistant (2001-2007). Currently teaching ‘Urban Economics’ at METU, Department of City and Regional Planning as part-time instructor. Areas of interest are housing studies, urban economics, and household behaviour. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

ÇAÄžLAR FIRAT ÖZGENEL; B.Arch
Holds a B.S. in Physics from METU; works in the field of acoustics, and CAD simulation programming. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

MÄ°NE ÖZKAR; B.Arch, M.Arch, Ph.D.
Trained as an architect at METU, holds an SMArchS in design inquiry and a PhD in design and computation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After employment at METU (2004-2011) and adjunct status at Ä°TU (2009-2011), is currently an associate professor at Ä°stanbul Technical University where she teaches computational theory and design in architecture. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

SELVA SUMAN; B.A., M.A.
Received her B.A. in Business Administration and M.A. in History of Art and Architecture at BoÄŸaziçi University (Ä°stanbul). Currently Ph.D. student at the Art History Department at Ä°stanbul Technical University. Areas of research interest are history of architecture and visual culture, transformations in the Ottoman cultural world, the new architectural vocabulary, and changing patronage patterns in eighteenth-century Ä°stanbul. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

GÖKÇE ŞİMÅžEK; B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Received B.Arch. (1996) at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, and M.Sc. in Restoration (2002), Ph.D. in Restoration (2009) at METU Faculty of Architecture. Currently employed as Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art, Adnan Menderes University in Aydın. Research topics and areas of interest are preservation of immovable archaeological heritage, interventions and their impacts on cultural heritage and preservation education for public. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

ÅžULE TAÅžLI PEKTAÅž; B.Arch, M.F.A, Ph.D.
Received B.Arch (1997) from METU, M.F.A (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) degrees from Bilkent University, where she currently teaches. Was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, Engineering Design Centre, UK. Areas of interest include design methods, Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) and CAAD education.

ASU TOZAN; B.Arch, M.Arch, Ph.D.
Has Bachelor’s in Architecture from Eastern Mediterranean University; Master’s and Ph.D. in Architecture from Ä°TU (2000; 2008). Her doctoral thesis is titled “Urbanization and Architecture in Cyprus as an Example of Colonial Modernization (1878-1960)”. Assistant Professor at Eastern Mediterranean University, since 2011. Has research on modern and post-modern Cypriot architecture. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

DEVRÄ°M YÜCEL BESÄ°M; B.Arch, M.Arch, Ph.D.
Has Bachelor’s and Master degrees in Architecture from METU (1992; 1995), and a Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture from Ankara University (2007) Practiced in different architectural projects from 1992 to 2005. Has been employed at Girne American University from 2005 on. Has research on postmodern architecture, traditional Turkish housing, urban design, spatial organization. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

ÇAÄžRI HAKAN ZAMAN; B.Arch
Graduated as architect from Ä°stanbul Technical University, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the Architectural Design Computing Program at the same institute, where he lectures on computer aided design at the Işık University School of Fine Arts. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it