Esin Boyacioglu received her BArch degree from ADMMA, MArch and PhD from Gazi University, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences. She is teaching architectural design, contemporary architecture and housing courses at Gazi University.  She took part in many architectural design competitions and has awards/honorary mentions from several. Boyacioglu is author of various presentations, articles and chapters in books on history and theory of modern architecture.

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T. Elvan Altan is the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Middle East Technical University. Her research focuses on 19th and 20th century architecture, and historiography. She teaches architectural history courses and has published in national and international journals and books on these topics.

She is the co-editor of "Rethinking Architectural Historiography" (2006), "Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimari Mirasının Korunması" [Conservation of Twentieth Century Architectural Heritage] (2009), "Bruno Taut Türkiye'de / Bruno Taut in der Turkei" [Bruno Taut in Turkey] (2010), "Cumhuriyet’in Mekânları / Zamanları / İnsanları" [Spaces / Times / People of the Republic] (2010), and "Bina Kimlikleri. Ankara. Cumhuriyet’in 50 Yılı" [Building Identities. Ankara. 50 Years of the Republic] (2012).

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Havva Alkan Bala was born in 1972 in Konya. She graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1995. She received a ph.D. degree from Selçuk University in 2003. She participated to Lund University, Architecture and Built Environment (LTH), Housing Development and Management Division SWEDEN. (as a guest lecturer).

She had been member of editorial boards such as Science Journal of Education and Humanities and Social Sciences.

She has national and international conference papers, presentations, publications which focus on architectural design, education and urban development. She has been Associate Professor in Selçuk University since 2012.

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Professor Dr. Meral holds a professional degree in architecture from IDMMA, (1977) and a Ph.D. from Istanbul Technical University (1986).

She has taught architectural design –theory, design Technologies, collective design and  computer aided design courses at Yildiz Technical University (1987- ) She has national and international publications which focus on her research topics.

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Sema Soygeniş who was born in Ankara has completed her secondary and high-school education at Robert College. Received Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1982 and Master of Architecture degree in 1984 in Istanbul. She received a fellowship from University at Buffalo and a Master of Architecture degree in Advanced Building Technology program at School of Architecture and Environmental Design at University at Buffalo in 1986. She worked as architect in USA between 1986 and 1990. She founded her architectural studio in 1990. She is currently a faculty member (Dean: 2013- ) at Bahçeşehir University School of Architecture and Design.

In addition to numerous articles, her publications include the books; ‘Thinking and Visioning Architecture’ and ‘An Urban Commentary’. Her architectural projects were published as two monographs titled Buildings and Projects 1982-1997 (1997) and Buildings + Projects 2 (2003), and were exhibited at Baltimore American Institute of Architects Gallery, University at Buffalo, Dyett Gallery of School of Architecture and Planning Moscow House of Architects and many cities in Turkey. In addition to numerous articles, her publications include the books; ‘Thinking and Visioning Architecture’ and ‘An Urban Commentary’.

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Sibel Bozdogan holds a professional degree in architecture from Middle East Technical University, (1976) and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1983). She has taught architectural history and theory courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1986-1991), MIT (1991-1999) and the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University (since 2000). She has also served as the Director of Liberal Studies at the Boston Architectural Center (2004-2006) and has taught at the Graduate Architecture Program of Istanbul Bilgi University (2006-2011). Starting in 2014-2015, she has accepted a position to Chair the new Architecture Department of Istanbul Kadir Has University. Her interests span cross-cultural histories of modern architecture and urbanism in Europe, America, Mediterranean and the Middle East with a specialization on Turkey.

In addition to numerous articles on these topics, her publications include a monograph on the Turkish architect Sedad Hakki Eldem (1987), Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey (1997) co-edited with Resat Kasaba; her seminal Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic which won the 2002 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award of the Society of Architectural Historians and the Koprulu Book Prize of the Turkish Studies Association; and most recently, Turkey: Modern Architectures in History, co-authored with Esra Akcan.

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Ryadi Adityavarman has a multidisciplinary academic background including architecture, interior design, and historic preservation with professional practice experience in international projects from furniture to large scale building design.

He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Faculty of Engineering at Universitas Parahyangan, with additional formal studies in Interior Design at the School of Fine Arts at Institut Teknologi Bandung, and in Anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Universitas Padjadjaran.

He received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Science in Architectural Studies degree from the University of Texas with graduate works in Environmental Building Systems at Virginia Tech. Previously he has taught as a full time faculty at several nationally ranked interior design and architecture programs in the nation including at Savannah College of Art and Design, Syracuse University, Wentworth Institute of Technology and Texas Tech University.

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Acalya Allmer has a professional degree in architecture from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey (B.Arch, 1997). She received a M.Sc. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (2003) followed by a Ph.D. degree in architecture from the same university (2005). The title of her dissertation was “Towards a Draped Architecture: An Examination of Theatricality, Virtuosity, and Ambiguity in the Recent Works of Frank O. Gehry, and Others.” She has taught history-theory courses and graduate seminars at the University of Pennsylvania (2000-2005).

Allmer is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, Turkey. Her research focuses on architectural representation, architecture in cinema, and autonomy of surface in contemporary architecture. She has various articles on these topics published in both national and international professional journals (such as Architectural Theory Review, Architectural Research Quarterly, Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, MADE, On Site Review). Her work entitled Archi-Couture has recently been exhibited at the virtual Museum of Architecture.

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He was born in Trabzon in 1972. He started K.T.U. Engineering Architecture Faculty Interior Architecture Department and was graduated in 1997. In 1998, he was assigned as researcher in 1998 to K.T.Ü. Science Institute Architecture Department.  
In 2001, he completed his master thesis named “an experimental study about the effect of surface coating materials on internal space perception at semantic dimension”.In 2005 he completed his doctorate study named “graphical design on walls which are interior space surfaces: an analysis study in beneficial and syntagmatic means.” Same year he was assigned as lecturer to K.T.U. Architecture Faculty. In 2008, he was assigned as assistant professor to K.T.U. Architecture Faculty.

He took part in research and application projects. Moreover, he attended local and international scientific events by “article, announcement, seminar, etc.”

He is still working as a lecturer in K.T.U. architecture Faculty and continues his duty as Head of Interior Architecture Department.

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Esin Kasapoğlu, graduated with a BSc. Degree from the Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul Technical University, in 1990. She received her MSc degree from Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, Building Construction Management Program in 1992. The theme of master thesis was inquiring the relationship between main and subcontractors in construction industry.

She received her PHd degree also from Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, Building Science program in 2000. The theme of doctorate thesis was inquiring the relationship between job dissatisfaction and job leaving in architectural design offices. After working for different architectural offices for ten years, she has been working for Istanbul Kultur University, Department of Architecture since 2000.

She is currently an associate professor for two years. Her research interests are in the area of construction and project management, building materials, architectural technology and architectural acoustics. She has two articles published in international journals indexed by SCI-Exp, twenty-five international or national congress papers and eight published articles in national or international journals.

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Guido Cimadomo holds a professional degree in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Architectural History, Theory and Composition, University of Seville. He teaches History and Theory of Architecture at University of Malaga since 2010, where is Academic Coordinator for International Mobility.

He is expert member of the ICOMOS CIPA scientific committee for the Documentation of Cultural Heritage. His practice with office in Seville works on the design of cultural and sport facilities and on heritage rehabilitation. Books published include “Borderland transformations. Influence of borders on the territory” (Publicia, 2015) and “Architectural classical language through the vision of Cesare Brandi” (Ediciones Asimétricas, forthcoming).

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He graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1999.

She received her ph.D degree from Middle East Technical University in 2009. Demirkol who has been the Associate Professor in Anadolu University has various articles which are published in both national and international academic journals which focus on architecture and power/politics, aesthetics, urban space and landscape architecture.

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Mehdi Sabet received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Parsons School of Design & The New School in 1979. He received a Master of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1978.

He has been Associate Professor of Foundations & Interior Design College of Arts and Creative Enterprises in Zayed University. He has various articles which are published in both national and international professional journals which focus on architectural-design education and sustainability.

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Murat Cetin has completed his B.Arch and M.Arch degrees in M.E.T.U. Having received a national scholarship he completed his PhD. in University of Sheffield. He conducted his academic studies in verious universities such as Balıkesir University, Yeditepe University, King Fahd University (KFUPM - S.Arabia) throughout the years.

He published his various works in several national and international platforms. He also took place in architectural practice and some of his projects were awarded. He also participated in various architectural design competitions some of which won awards. He ran international workshops and participated exhibitions. He also conducted funded international research projects. He currently teaches at Kadir Has University as an Associate Professor.

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Z. Ozlem PARLAK BICER, Architect, MSc, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Erciyes University, and the Chair of Department of Building Science of Architecture, since 2006.

She is an academic member of Erciyes University (since 1996). She is also the co-founder of the Argeus Architects in Kayseri.

She had been a Guest Researcher at Building Research Institute at Japan, in 2008. She has several papers, articles on the research & development on architecture, building science, construction management, building management, education on construction theory, these were published both in national and international journals. She has been the director of many research projects.

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Graduated from the Department of Interior Architecture at Mimar Sinan University in 1988. Got MA from the same university with the thesis “Furniture Sold and Consumed in İstanbul”. Started to work as a Research Associate in the Department of Interior Architecture at Mimar Sinan University in 1995. Completed the doctoral thesis with the title “Space and Furniture in Early Republic Period Houses” in 2002 and became Assistant Professor in 2003. Currently gives lectures on History of Design, Furniture, Interior Architecture Projects and Early Republic Period Spaces courses at the Department of Interior Architecture, and Experimental Designing courses at the Department of Architecture and Department of Interior Architecture in the same university. Also continues to lecture on History of Industrial Design, Interior Architecture Projects and Popular Arts courses as a guest academician in different universities.

H. Sebnem Uzunarslan has many national and international papers, articles and workshop studies and she also provides counseling services in various interior architecture projects, design and applications.

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Sebnem Yalınay Çinici was born in 1967. She graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU) Department of Architecture as B.Arch in 1989, where she took her M.Arch degree in 1991 and Ph.D. in 1999. She completed her Post-Doctorate Study at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, supervised by Kenneth Frampton in 2001. She pursued her academic career at METU, Department of Architecture, from 1992 to 2006. In 2003 she founded and initiated Digital Design Studio in the Undergraduate Program of METU, Department of Architecture. 

Her major field of research is architectural design and contemporary computational technologies. She has numerous national and international publications. She has been working as an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Architecture at Yildiz Technical University since 2006; and delivering courses in the Graduate Program of Architectural Design at İstanbul Bilgi University.

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Yasemen Say Özer was born in Ankara, in 1962. She graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1987. 

She took her Ph.D. in 1997 in Yıldız Technical University.

She has numerous national and international publications. She has been working as an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Architecture at Yildiz Technical University.

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Yonca Erkan was born in 1972 in Istanbul. She graduated from Yıldız Technical University in 1993. She received her ph.D degree from Istanbul Technical University in 2007. She has been Assistant Professor in Kadir Has University since 2008.

She had participated to international workshops, conferences, exhibitions and organizations such as ICOMOS and UNESCO. She has various articles which are published in both national and international professional journals.
Her research focuses on architectural representation, restoration, reconstruction, sustainability and urban space.

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Aysegül Kuruc studied architecture at Yildiz Technical University (YTU). 

She had her master degree on Dimensions of Aesthetical Approach: Culture and Meaning in Architectural Design at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU) and had her phD from the same university’s Architectural Design Issues Program on Colour and Culture in Architectural Design Process. 

She instructs both in “Architectural Design and Application Project” studios for undergraduate and Architectural Project studios for graduates. In both programmes, she instructs elective courses headed as “Colour in Architecture”, “Different Dimensions in Architectural Design”, “Graphical Communication in Architecture” and “Spatial Organization and Colour in Local Architecture”. 

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Yıldız AKSOY, is the Department Head of Urban and Regional Planning and

Department Head of Architecture of Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Istanbul

Medeniyet University, Istanbul. Yıldız AKSOY who was born in Agrı, graduated from

Istanbul University. She received Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree in 1991. She

received her master and Ph.D. degree also from Istanbul Technical University. She pursued

her academic career at Bahcesehir University, Department of Architecture, from 2002 to

2011. She was appointed as the Vice Dean at Istanbul Aydın University Architecture and

Design Faculty and also Head of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Department

between 2012-2016. Her research topics are focused on landscape design, landscape planning,

urban development, cities and green areas, ottoman gardens, urban regeneration etc. She has

various articles which are published in both national and international professional journals.

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Zeynep Halu completed her Bachelor’s studies in the Architecture Department of İstanbul Technical University. She got her master’s degree and PhD from ITU Faculty of Architecure, Architectural Design Program. During her graduation studies she was a visiting researcher in TU Dresden as a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholar.

Her research interests focus on architectural design, human activities in urban space, walkability, architectural morphology, design education and design methods.  She was a visiting researcher in the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) organization which was dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces. Besides her prize winner design projects mostly focused from urban scale to architectural scale she is interested with the intersection of all fragments. She has national and international publications, including translations, considering urban space, walkability, housing, design methods and design education issues.

Dr. Halu is still teaching in Yeditepe University Faculty of Architecture both at undergraduate and graduate level. 

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Alessia Riccobono (1986) got her Master degree in Architecture cum laude at University of Palermo. From 2011 to 2013 she was PhD Candidate at the University of Palermo in "Recovery of Ancient Contexts and Innovative Processes in Architecture", where in February 2014 she acquired the title of PhD presenting a dissertation titled "Architectural Design in the Digital Era. Identifying computer influences and new expressive trends in current Architecture". 

From 2011 to 2015 she was teaching assistant in Architectural Design in the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering at University of Palermo. During her PhD studies, she was Visiting research Scholar at Delft University of Technology. Currently she is Lecturer in Architecture and Design History at the Köln International School of Design, an Institute of Cologne University of Applied Sciences. 

Her main research interests are Architectural Design and Theory, History of Architecture and Criticism. She attended several conferences, presenting and publishing the result of her academic research. She is also freelance architect and building engineer. She has worked mainly in Italy, where she has often collaborated with Pellitteri & Associates Studio in Palermo. 

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Manfredi Saeli, engineer and architect (Italian/EU certifications), is a scholar in “Architectural Technology” and “History of Constructive Technologies”. Laurea (BA+MS) in “Construction Engineering and Architecture” (2006), M.Sci in “Nanotechnology for Cultural Heritage” (2008), Ph.D. in “Construction Engineering” (2011), Post-doc in “Nanocomposite Materials” (2013-14). In 2013 he was awarded by the Italian Academic Society of Architectural Technology “Ar.Tec.” for Promotion in Research.

From 2008 he has been collaborating at the Department of Architecture (DARCH), Polytechnic School of the University of Palermo (Italy) where focuses his research on either historical architecture (knowledge, restoration, rehabilitation and reuse) and nanocomposite materials in construction (design, production, testing, high performance buildings). He is author of about 40 scientific publications reviewed in international scientific journals and presented in international and national conferences and has collaborated and spent time at University College London (UK) (2008-2009), Columbia University (USA) (2009-2010) and Universidade de Aveiro (PT) (2013-2014). 

In Italy he works as an engineer/architect and is a member of the Italian Institute of Professional Engineers (Section of Palermo), of the Architectural League of New York, and of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. He is also accredited as Technical Consultant of the Law Court of Palermo and of the Office of the Peace Officers of Palermo.
 

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Sabine Storp studied in Venice and Milan before finishing her studies at the Weissenhof Art Academy in Stuttgart. After this she taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture and London Metropolitan University where she held the position of Deputy Head for Architecture, The CASS, London Metropolitan University. She is currently teaching at the Bartlett School of Architecture in the Degree and is the Co-ordinator for the Short Course Programmes.

The main focus of the teaching in the Undergraduate unit UG1 is ‘Housing’ with a strong focus on the current housing crisis in the UK. 

Sabine is Co-founder of Storp Weber Architects based in London working on a series of private and public projects ranging from residential architecture and schools in both Germany and the UK. 

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Dr. Johannis Tsoumas was born in Piraeus, Greece and had a wide range of studies in the areas of Art and Design. He studied 3D Design at Harrow College of Higher Education and Middlesex Polytechnic (BTEC Higher National Diploma / B.A (Hons), 1989), M.A.(History of Design) at Middlesex University, London, England (1993). He has obtained his Ph.D in the History of Art from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2002) and has participated in several national and international conferences with particular emphasis on the 19th century art and design history. He has many publications in both Greek and international scientific journals and is the author of three books on design and culture (The History of Decorative Arts and Architecture in Europe and America (1760-1914) (Athens: ION Publications, 2005), The Emergence of Plastics Culture in Greece (1950-1970) (Athens: ION Publications, 2007) and Women in Greek print ads in the 1960s (Vienna: Caesarpress-academic publishing, 2015). He currently works both at the University of West Attica, Department of Art and Design and the Hellenic Open University as an Art and Design Historian. Areas of research interests: nineteenth century design, art and decorative arts history, twentieth century European popular, visual and material culture.

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