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She graduated from the Department of Architecture at Çukurova University in 1994, and she had master's degree in 1997 in the field of architecture at Çukurova University with the thesis titled "The Role of Individualistic Perception in The Evaluation of Residental Immediate Environment”. She completed her doctorate in 2002 at Istanbul Technical University with the thesis titled "The Post-Occupancy Evaluation Model Considering Symbolic Performance in Mass Housing Settlements". Her researches primarily focus on architectural design, theory and criticism, environment and behaviour studies, space syntax, and architectural education.
Prof. Dr. Onur ERMAN, continues her researches as a Professor at the Department of Architecture at Çukurova University and leads the courses of Architectural Design, Theory of Design, Culture and Space Researches, Architecture and Context. She is married and has two children.
Tolga Ünlü has been a faculty member in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Çukurova University in Adana, Turkey, since 2020. Prior to that, he held various positions in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Mersin University from 2006 to 2020. He earned his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Middle East Technical University. His research focuses on urban morphology, urban design, and planning practice, paying particular attention to urban growth and the development of fringe belts, as well as the relationship between research and practice in urban morphology and planning. He has published articles and book chapters on the physical development and planning history of Turkish cities, as well as their morphological transformation. He played a founding role in the inauguration of the Turkish Network of Urban Morphology in 2014. In addition to his professorship at Çukurova University in Turkey in the field of urban morphology and planning, Ünlü has been a member of the Urban Morphology Research Group since 2012 and the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) since 2009. He served as Secretary General from 2021 to 2025.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Uşma
He completed his undergraduate education in Architecture as the top-ranking student of his faculty. In 2018, he received his master’s degree from the Department of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University, and in 2021, he earned his Ph.D. in the Architectural Design Program of the same department. His doctoral dissertation, titled “Developing a Model for the Evaluation of User Satisfaction in Energy-Efficient Housing”, was selected from among approximately 600 dissertations completed at Yıldız Technical University within the past three years and was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Award. He is the author of the books “Traditional Turkish Houses and Van Houses” and “Energy-Efficient Housing and User Satisfaction”, and the editor of the book “Sustainable Approaches in Architecture and Urban Design”. In 2023, he was honored with the “Academic Achievement Award” by Altınbaş University.
He is currently serving as a faculty member at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, where he also holds the position of Head of the Architecture Department. In 2024, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Florence in Italy. As of 2025, he has also been working as a visiting scholar at Nakhchivan State University in Azerbaijan, carrying out this role simultaneously with his academic duties in Türkiye.
His primary research interests include user experience and satisfaction in buildings and urban environments, vernacular architecture, sustainable architecture, and energy-efficient design.
Graduated from the Department of Architecture at Çukurova University (B.Arch 1997), she received her M.Sc. (2002) and Ph.D degree at Middle East Technical University in Restoration (Conservation of Cultural Heritage) Graduate Program in the Faculty of Architecture. She worked as a research assistant at the same university during her graduate education. Since September 2009, she has been working at Mersin University, Department of Architecture. Areas of study and interests; urban and architectural conservation, waqf institution and conservation, historical sources in conservation, Ottoman period commercial buildings and historical commercial centers.
Prof. Dr. Gülden Gümüşburun Ayalp received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Architecture from Çukurova University and completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Management) at the same institution in 2013. She began her academic career as a research assistant in 2007, was appointed Assistant Professor in 2013, promoted to Associate Professor in 2017, and achieved the rank of Full Professor in 2023. Her research focuses on sustainable construction, BIM technologies, architectural education, prefabricated building systems, leadership, and workforce management in the construction industry. She has actively served on the scientific and organizing committees of international conferences and currently serves as a Deputy Editor for the Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management journal.
Armağan Seçil Melikoğlu Eke completed her bachelor's degree in Interior Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University in 2005; her master's degree in Interior Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University in 2008; and her doctorate in Interior Architecture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2014. She began her academic career at Karadeniz Technical University in 2005 and continued at Istanbul Kültür University and then Trakya University. The researcher, who has won awards in architectural, furniture, and product design competitions, has conducted academic work at the national and international levels in her areas of interest, which include interior design, design education, and livable spaces.
Nermin Merve Yalçınkaya, Stratejik Çevresel Değerlendirmenin Türkiye’de yasal uygulama süreci ile ilgili doktora çalışmasını 2019 yılında tamamlamıştır. Temel çalışma alanları arasında Peyzaj Planlama, Etki değerlendirme Sistemleri ve Çevre Hukuku yer almaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra, kent planlama çalışmaları, ulaşım planlama, sektörel planlama süreçleri, yenilenebilir enerji, turizm-ekoturizm-kırsal turizm, kırsal kalkınma, bölgesel kalkınma ve sürdürülebilir kalkınma alanında bilimsel yayınları bulunmaktadır. Çalışma alanlarıyla ilgili ulusal ve uluslararası projelerde görev almış ve araştırmalar yapmıştır.
Prof. Dr. Elif Akpınar Külekçi is a faculty member at Ataturk University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture. Her research focuses on ecology, sustainability, landscape design and management, as well as urban and regional planning. She has conducted national and international projects on urban identity, cultural heritage, and ecological planning. Serving as an editor and board member in several peer-reviewed journals, Prof. Külekçi contributes to the preservation of sustainable landscapes and cultural values through her scientific work.
Tülin Selvi Ünlü is Associate Professor of Urban History and Urban Planning at the Department of City and Regional Planning at Çukurova University, Turkey since 2020. Before then, she studied as a researcher at the Centre for Mediterranean Urban Studies at Mersin University, from 2001 to 2020. Her research is focused on Mediterranean port cities, urban history, urban memory and oral history. Had published in national and international journals, contributing both theoretical and practical insights into urban memory and development of Mediterranean port cities. She has authored and edited several books on Mediterranean port cities and urban memory, including ‘Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities: A Study of Mersin, Turkey—From Antiquity to Modernity’ and ‘Mediterranean Port Cities Connectivity in Modern Times’.
Çukurova Üniversitesi Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi, Mimarlık lisans programından 2007 yılında mezun olan araştırmacı, İç Mimari alanda hizmet veren firmalarda özel sektör deneyiminin ardından lisansüstü eğitimine Çukurova Üniversitesi İç Mimarlık Ana Sanat Dalı’nda başlamış ve uzaktan iç mimari tasarım eğitimi konusunda hazırladığı tezi ile 2012 yılında yüksek lisans programından mezun olmuştur. 2011 yılından beri Çukurova Üniversitesi İç Mimarlık Bölümü’nde öğretim elemanı olarak görev yapmaktadır. 2020 yılında ana fikrin mekân tasarımına aktarılma süreci konulu tezini tamamlayıp Doktor unvanını alan araştırmacı, Teknik Resim Tasarı Geometri, Perspektif, İç Mimari Proje ve İç Mimarlık Semineri gibi dersleri yürütmektedir. Çalışma konuları, uzmanlık alanına paralel olarak iç mekan tasarımı ve tasarım eğitimi üzerine yoğunlaşmaktadır.
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