Department of Architecture

RESEARCH
ASSISTANTS

	Betül Aktaş Sulayıcı B.Arch., METU room: 315 phone: (210) 6233 Fields of interest: sustainability indicators for buildings, performance analysis, off-site construction, prefabricated housing, industrialized building systems
	Caner Arıkboğa, PhD B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 414 phone: (210) 7287 Fields of interest: theory of architecture, planetary urbanization, architecture and city, logistics landscape
	Gizem Nur Aydemir, PhD B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 407 phone: (210) 6209 Fields of interest: sustainability in built environment, renewable energy for buildings, energy retrofits, building refurbishments, energy efficiency analytics
	İdil Bilici B.Arch., METU room: 409 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architectural representation, display environments, exhibition spaces and fashion design, interdisciplinary and experimental design research
	Yusuf Bera Bilici B.Arch., M.Sc., Gazi University room: 427 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architectural criticism, architectural theory and ethics, architectural design
	Mustafa Eren Bük B.Arch., M.Arch., METU room: 409 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: modular design, user integration in design, user persona, virtual environments, serious games
	İlkim Canlı Akyol B.Arch., M.Arch., METU room: 414 phone: (210) 7287 Fields of interest: building energy performance, climate change, large language models, artificial intelligence, data-driven modeling approaches for urban-scale building energy
	Seda Cengiz, PhD B.Arch., İzmir University of Economics; M.Arch., ITU; Ph.D., İzmir Institute of Technology room: 423 phone: (210) 6217 Fields of interest: conservation of cultural heritage, traditional rural architecture, conservation of timber frame building techniques, sustaining cultural memory, cultural landscapes, traditional building techniques, historic buildings and sites
	Ayça Nilüfer Çalıkuşu, PhD B.Arch., SU; M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 409 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: sustainability, sustainable development, higher education, architectural design studio, curriculum, architectural education
	Meltem Çetiner B. Arch., Gazi University; M.Sc., METU room: 423 phone: (210) 6217 Fields of interest: cultural heritage conservation, archaeological sites, interpretation and presentation of archaeological sites, universal design, accessibility, human rights of people with disabilities
	Gökçe Nihan Demirel, PhD B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 313 phone: (210) 6212 Fields of interest: structural design, tall buildings
	Bengisu Derebaşı, PhD B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 403 phone: (210) 6230 Fields of interest: architectural representation, architecture and language, print culture
	Doğa Dolay B.Arch, METU room: 423 phone: (210) 6217 Fields of interest: conservation of cultural heritage, water heritage, modern heritage, architectural heritage
	Simay Cansu Ekici, PhD B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 315 phone: (210) 6233 Fields of interest: architectural conservation, industrial heritage, conservation of modern architecture, social sustainability
	Melis Erdem B.Arch., Bilkent University; M.Arch., METU room: 427 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architectural representation, visual language, temporal image, spatial narrative, embodied perception, architecture promenade, urban culture, metropolitan life, architectural theory and criticism
	Kübra Nesrin Erdoğan B.Arch., M.A., METU room: 405 phone: (210) 6204 Fields of interest: post-war italian architecture, gender studies and feminism, history of modern architecture, representation in architectural historiography
	Serda Buket Erol B.Arch., M.Arch., METU room: 406 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architectural theory and history, urban design, public spaces, social equity
	Ebru Evin B.Arch., METU room: 414 phone: (210) 7287 Fields of interest: architectural representation, architectural theory, spatial injustice, post-anthropocene / anthropocene studies, architectural agency, politics of space
	Beste Fakıoğlu Gedik, PhD B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 427 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: tall buildings, structural systems, built environment
	Kaya Emre Gönençen B.Arch., M.Sc., METU room: 409 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: building-integrated agriculture, urban agriculture, circularity in built environment, urban symbiosis, building performance
	Gizem Güner, PhD, [on leave] B.Sc., Bilkent University; M.A., Ph.D., METU room: 405 phone: (210) 6204 Fields of interest: urban design, gender studies, architectural historiography, narrated spaces, architecture and literature
	Bilge Alp Güney, PhD room: - phone: - (210) - Fields of interest:
	Dilara Güney B.Arch., M.Arch., METU room: 406 phone:(210) - Fields of interest: building performance, building information modeling, machine learning-based energy simulations, GIS-based simulation visualization
	Nadide Gür, PhD B.Arch., Gazi University; M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 414 phone:(210) 7287 Fields of interest: architectural design, computational design, spatial perception, generative design, neuro-architecture
	Fisun Güven room:- phone:(210) - Fields of interest:
	Tuğçe Halıcı B.Arch., M.Sc., METU room: 315 phone: (210) 6233 Fields of interest: conservation of cultural heritage, disaster risk management of cultural heritage, vulnerability assessment, disaster risk management of cultural heritage, climate change adaptation
	Elif Kaymaz, PhD, [on leave] B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 323 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architecture and the city in late Ottoman Empire and Turkey, planning history, cinema studies, digital humanities, entangled modernities, urban rituals, spaces and practices of moving image exhibition, urban demolition/destruction, actor-network theory
	Elif Miray Kısaer, [on leave] B.Arch. TOBB ETU; M.Sc. METU room: 423 phone: (210) 6217 Fields of interest: architectural conservation, cultural heritage management, conservation of modern heritage
	Sinan Cem Kızıl, PhD B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 414 phone: (210) 7287 Fields of interest: architectural design and theory, philosophy, territoriality, urban form, social and political theory
	Nilüfer Kızılkaya Öksüz, PhD B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 313 phone:(210) 6212 Fields of interest: development of building materials and structures, fire safety design, fire-resistant materials
	Gökhan Okumuş, PhD B.Arch., Uludağ University; M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 315 phone: (210) 6233 Fields of interest: Conservation and Management of Natural and Cultural Heritage Sites, Sustainability of Multi-Layered Cultural Landscapes, Urban Complexity, Gölyazı (Apolyont) Bursa, Conservation of Modern Heritage
	Öncü Özalp, PhD B.Arch., IUE; M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 313 phone: (210) 6212 Fields of interest: architecture and culture, politics of design, architectural theory and design, architecture and aesthetics
	Berre Özkoç B.Arch., Bilkent University; M.Arch., METU room: 403 phone: (210) 6230 Fields of interest: architectural design, architecture and representation, spatial narrative, display environments, theory and design
	Merve Öztürk B.Arch., Eskişehir Osmangazi University; M.Sc., METU room: 315 phone:(210) 6233 Fields of interest: conservation of industrial heritage, conservation of modern heritage
	Hüseyin Polat B.Arch., Eskişehir Osmangazi University; M.Arch., METU room: 427 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architectural design, architectural theory and criticism, industrial tectonics
	Orçun Sena Saraçoğlu B.A. Bilkent University; M.A., METU room: 405 phone: (210) 6204 Fields of interest: interior design, early islamic architecture, seljuk and ottoman architecture, cosmological patterns and symbolism in architecture, philosophical repercussions in architecture
	Sezin Sarıca, PhD B.Arch., M.Arch., Ph.D., METU room: 405 phone: (210) 6204 Fields of interest: design epistemology, architectural pedagogy, hermeneutics of architectural form and image, curatorial methodologies, display environments, architectural representation methods
	Semih Solak [Research Assistant Representative] B.Arch., M.Sc., Gazi University room: 427 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: production of space, architecture and literature, urban space, narrated spaces
	Elif Gökçen Tepekaya, PhD B.Arch., M.Arch., ITU; Ph.D., METU room: 313 phone: (210) 6212 Fields of interest: architectural design and theory, architecture and representation, architectural space, urban museums, urban and society, gender
	Fatih Topak, PhD, [on leave] B.Arch., M.Sc., Ph.D., METU room: 423 phone: (210) 6217 Personal Web Page Fields of interest: intelligent environments, IT in architecture, human-building interaction, building automation systems
	Feyza Topçuoğlu, PhD, [on leave] B.Arch., M.Sc., Bilkent University; Ph.D., METU room: 403 phone: (210) 6230 Fields of interest: public space, urban culture, architectural and urban design, urban transformation and regeneration, theory of architecture, modernization of turkey
	Selin Tosun, PhD B.Arch., METU; M.Arch., Architectural Association; Ph.D., METU room: 414 phone: (210) 7287 Fields of interest: urbanism, sustainable development, smart cities, spatial justice
	Başak Tükenmez B.Arch., M.A., METU room: 425 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: history of modern architecture, domestic architecture, house and daily life, media, consumption
	Dilara Yaraş Er B.Arch., Izmir University of Economics; M.Arch., METU room: 409 phone: (210) - Fields of interest: architectural theory, rural and urban landscape, politics of space, social and environmental justice, gender studies
	Ozan Yetkin B.Arch., M.Sc., METU room: DDS phone: (210) - Personal Web Page Fields of interest: artificial intelligence in design, computational design, machine learning, generative AI, automation algorithms, geometry optimization, data visualization

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Betül Aktaş Sulayıcı

Caner Arıkboğa, PhD

Gizem Nur Aydemir, PhD

İdil Bilici

Yusuf Bera Bilici

Mustafa Eren Bük

İlkim Canlı Akyol

Seda Cengiz, PhD

Ayça Nilüfer Çalıkuşu, PhD

Meltem Çetiner

Gökçe Nihan Demirel, PhD

Bengisu Derebaşı, PhD

Doğa Dolay

Simay Cansu Ekici, PhD

Melis Erdem

Kübra Nesrin Erdoğan

Serda Buket Erol

Ebru Evin

Beste Fakıoğlu Gedik, PhD

Kaya Emre Gönençen

Gizem Güner, PhD, [on leave]

Bilge Alp Güney, PhD

Dilara Güney

Nadide Gür, PhD

Fisun Güven

Tuğçe Halıcı

Elif Kaymaz, PhD, [on leave]

Elif Miray Kısaer, [on leave]

Sinan Cem Kızıl, PhD

Nilüfer Kızılkaya Öksüz, PhD

Gökhan Okumuş, PhD

Öncü Özalp, PhD

Berre Özkoç

Merve Öztürk

Hüseyin Polat

Orçun Sena Saraçoğlu

Sezin Sarıca, PhD

Semih Solak

Elif Gökçen Tepekaya, PhD

Fatih Topak, PhD, [on leave]

Feyza Topçuoğlu, PhD, [on leave]

Selin Tosun, PhD

Başak Tükenmez

Dilara Yaraş Er

Ozan Yetkin