Serkan Mertyürek received his undergraduate (1997) from the City and Regional Department, and his MSc (2000) from Urban Design, METU. His Ph.D. (2023) degree is from the Department of Interior Architecture, Çankaya University. He is currently acting as a full-time Instructor, Dr. in the Department of Interior Architecture at Çankaya University, where he has been working as an academic since 2000. His professional expertise covers issues concerning the design of interior environments, the design and manufacturing of furniture systems, and aiding computer-based technologies in design and manufacturing. He is interested in researching the built environment, specifically public spaces and buildings, and particular forms of border spaces -urban interiors- with an interdisciplinary approach.