RESEARCH
 ASSISTANTS

Ömer Faruk Ağırsoy [on leave]

B.Arch., M.Arch., METU
room: 414 phone: (210) 7287  

Fields of interest: architectural design, computational design, interdisciplinary design, urban sustainability, landscape infrastructure

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

B.Arch., M.Arch., METU
room: 414 phone: (210) 7287  

Fields of interest: theory of architecture, planetary urbanization, architecture and city, logistics landscape

Gizem Nur Aydemir

B.Arch., M.Sc., METU
room: 407 phone: (210) 6209  

Fields of interest: sustainability in built environment, renewable energy for buildings, energy retrofits, building refurbishments, energy efficiency analytics

Çağrı Burak Başkol

B. Arch., Eskişehir Osmangazi University; M.Sc., Gazi University
room: 427 phone: (210) - 

Fields of interest: design ontology, architectural theory, digital design theory, architectural design, philosophy

Elif Bekar

B. Arch., Gazi University; M.Arch., METU
room: 414 phone:(210) 7287  

Fields of interest: design in historical context, design methods, architecture and representation 

Elif Bilge

B.Arch., Kocaeli University; M.A., METU
room: 405 phone: (210) 6204   

Field of interest: ancient domestic architecture, ancient Anatolia, ancient Greece, domestic architecture and daily life in antiquity 

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

Dr. Seda Cengiz

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

B.Arch., SU; M.Arch., METU
room: 409 phone: (210) -

Fields of interest: sustainability, sustainable development, higher education, architectural design studio, curriculum, architectural education

Ayşen Çerşil

B.Arch., Çankaya University; M.Arch., METU

room: 425 phone: (210) 6217  

Fields of interest: social sustainability, collective housing, traditional Turkish houses, typological studies

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

Eser Delice

B.Arch., METU
room: 409 phone: (210) -

Fields of interest: sustainable architecture, building energy performance, urban heat island, computational tools of climate analysis, data driven analysis

Gökçe Nihan Demirel [on leave]

B.Arch., M.Sc., METU
room: 313 phone: (210) 6212  

Fields of interest: structural design, tall buildings

Bengisu Derebaşı

B.Arch., M.Arch., METU
room: 403 phone: (210) 6230  

Fields of interest: architectural representation, architecture and language, print culture

İrem Diker Gökçe

B.Arch., M.Sc., METU

room: 423 phone: (210) - 

Fields of interest: conservation of cultural heritage, rural heritage

Simay Cansu Ekici

B.Arch., M.Sc., 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., METU
room: 406 phone: (210) -

Fields of interest: architectural theory and history, urban design, public spaces, social equity

Ertuğ Erpek

B.Arch., METU
room: 323 phone: (210) -

Fields of interest: Architectural and Urban Design, Architectural Discourse, Contemporary Architectural Theory, Architectural Criticism, Virtual Place Design, Digital Theory

Beste Fakıoğlu

B.Arch., M.Arch., METU
room: 427 phone: (210) -

Fields of interest: tall buildings, structural systems, built environment

Pınar Gökçınar Balkan

B.Arch., M.Arch., İzmir Institute of Technology
room: 427 phone: (210) - 

Fields of interest: cultural heritage, conservation of cultural heritage, urban conservation, historic environment, architectural conservation

Dr. Gizem Güner

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

Dr. Bilge Alp Güney

room: - phone: - (210) -
Fields of interest: 

Dilara Güney

B.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

B.Arch., Gazi University; M.Arch., 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

B.Arch., M.Arch., 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

Nihan Büşra Kezer

B.Arch., Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi; M.Arch., METU
room: 414 phone: (210) 7287  

Fields of interest: architectural design, housing and culture, spatial perception, history of modern architecture, Turkish architecture in the republican period

Elif Miray Kısaer

B.Arch. TOBB ETU; M.Sc. METU
room: 423 phone: (210) 6217  

Fields of interest: architectural conservation, cultural heritage management, conservation of modern heritage

Dr. Sinan Cem Kızıl

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

B.Arch., M.Sc., METU
room: 313 phone:(210) 6212  

Fields of interest: development of building materials and structures, fire safety design, fire-resistant materials 

Gökhan Okumuş

B.Arch., Uludağ University; M.Sc., 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

B.Arch., IUE; M.Arch., 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

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

B.Arch., METU; M.Arch., METU
room: 403 phone: (210) 6230  

Fields of interest: display environments, architectural representation methods, large-scale exhibitions, architectural exhibitions

Semih Solak

B.Arch., M.Sc., Gazi University

room: 423 phone: (210) 6217  

Fields of interest: production of space, architecture and literature, urban space, narrated spaces

Elif Gökçen Tepekaya

B.Arch., M.Arch., ITU
room: 313 phone: (210) 6212  

Fields of interest: architectural design and theory, architecture and representation, architectural space, urban museums, urban and society, gender

Dr. Fatih Topak

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

B.Arch., Bilkent University; M.S. Bilkent University
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

[Research Assistant Representative]

B.Arch., METU; M.Arch., Architectural Association
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
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: computational design, automation algorithms, machine learning, geometry optimization, design and objective space exploration