Current:


  • EMERGING LANDSCAPES | THE STORY OF TOPOLOGICAL GROUND OF BENGHAZI

    EMERGING LANDSCAPES | THE STORY OF TOPOLOGICAL GROUND OF BENGHAZI

    Emerging landscapes—shaped by ecological and cultural crises, technological advancements, and shifting paradigms—are redefining architecture`s ground. In this evolving context, re-situating architecture by examining its disciplinary…

  • Beyond the Physical: Technological Adaptation in Architecture

    Beyond the Physical: Technological Adaptation in Architecture

    In an era where digital and physical realms are increasingly intertwined, architecture must evolve to embrace emerging technologies. This lecture explores how Extended Reality (XR),…

  • Site Trip to Adana

    Site Trip to Adana

    Images from the studio site trip to Adana. Studio: Arch 402 Spring 2025Instructor(s): Özge Selen Duran, Giorgio Gasco, Begüm Peker, Melis Sözen

Recent Studios & Courses:


  • City Rooms: Sustainable Strategies of Openness in Sirkeci

    City Rooms: Sustainable Strategies of Openness in Sirkeci

    Openness is a multifaceted concept applied across disciplines like art, philosophy, political sciences, architecture, and urbanism. Despite its diverse interpretations, it consistently conveys ideas of inclusiveness and adaptability. Historically, openness evolved from the flexible systems of Baroque art to modern approaches like incomplete, adaptable structures and participatory design. It can be understood through structural, performative,…

  • New Residential Landscape

    New Residential Landscape

    ARCH 301 is a thematic design studio focused on exploring the core principles of architectural design through the creation of a medium-small scale urban hybrid housing complex. The course challenges students to integrate residential units with shared facilities and communal functions, encouraging innovative approaches to collective living. It promotes the exploration of typologies like social…

  • A House to Live and Share: a home for the resident, a rest for the guests

    A House to Live and Share: a home for the resident, a rest for the guests

    In Fall 2024, ARCH201 studios explored residential architecture, focusing on the house as both a personal and social space. Students were tasked with designing a home tailored to a specific user, incorporating a portion of the residence for short-term rental. The project emphasized flexibility, contextual awareness, and addressing contemporary challenges related to housing and mobility…

  • Prêt-à-porter

    Prêt-à-porter

    In Fall 2024, in the second and final module of the semester, FA101 students explored the transformation of two-dimensional art into three-dimensional compositions. The project required selecting an artwork from the Ankara State Museum of Painting and Sculpture and deriving 3D abstractions through art analysis techniques introduced in the lecture “From Observation to Creation.” The…

Past Studio Works:


  • The Rough Cut
  • Lake Point
  • Integration with History
  • WATER SPORTS FACILITY IN EGIRDIR LAKE
  • Reconceptualize Urban Mass Housing
  • Around the Core
  • PRODUCTION SPINE
  • New Residential Landscape
  • An Embassy Residence in Ankara: Home on Another Land
  • Continuum
  • The Green Divide
  • Gordion Excavation House
  • The Buzzing Question
  • Order in Chaos
  • FA 101 Fall 2012
  • Triadic Motion

Research Stories:


Department of Architecture Bilkent University FF-304A
06800 Ankara – TURKEY

Email: arch@bilkent.edu.tr

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