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  • International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

    International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

  • International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

    International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

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Research Stories

  • How Spatial Representation Shapes Generative Design

    How Spatial Representation Shapes Generative Design

    Our faculty member Berfin Yildiz’s newest article, “Gradient-based representation for open-plan residential layout generation with architectural evaluation,” is now available online in Frontiers of Architectural Research. The study proposes a gradient-based representation for generating open-plan residential layouts, addressing the limitations of conventional approaches that rely on discrete functional labels. By representing architectural space as continuous…

  • International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

    International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

    The “International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context – Tuscia 2026” is a design workshop organized by the Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEA) at Sapienza University of Rome. Set within the Tuscia region of northern Lazio—an area of extraordinary cultural and historical significance—the summer school brings together Italian and Turkish students…

  • International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

    International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context 2026

    Sapienza Roma University, Department of Civil, Building andEnvironmental Engineering (DICEA)&Bilkent University, Department of Architecture (BUDA)International Summer SchoolArchitectural Design within Historical Context – Tuscia 2026Rome, June 15-19, 2026 The “International Summer School: Architectural Design in Historical Context_Tuscia 2026” is a design workshop organized by the Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEA) at Sapienza University…