Ensar Temizel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Contact

Office: FF307-A
Tel: 1817
E-mail: temizel [at] bilkent.edu.tr
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Ensar Temizel’s research is focused on the exploration of historical and contemporary
intersections between architecture and computer technologies, with a particular interest
in the field of cybernetics. He is primarily engaged in investigating the role of
cybernetics in machine intelligence research in architecture inspired by the work and
legacy of Gordon Pask. Temizel earned his Ph.D. in Architecture from Middle East
Technical University in 2022 and completed his post-doctoral research at Carnegie
Mellon University in 2024. His research has received support through grants and
awards, including scholarships by TÜBİTAK and a fellowship by the Canadian Centre
for Architecture.

 

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Publications (Selected)

Temizel, E. (2025), “ARCHITRAINER: Building Interaction at the Intersection of
Architecture, Cybernetics, Psychology, and Technology,” Kybernetes, Vol. ahead-of
print, No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-08-2024-2170

Temizel, E. (2020), “The Cybernetic Relevance of Architecture: An Essay on Gordon
Pask’s Discourse on Architecture”, Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference on
Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Werner, L.
C., Koering, D. (eds.), vol.1, Tredition, Hamburg, pp. 471-480.
https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2020_366.pdf

Grants and Scholarships (Selected)

TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), International
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (2023-2024)

Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Doctoral Research Residency Program (2020)

Invited Lectures (Selected)

South China University of Technology, Department of Architecture (24 April 2024)

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design (2 October 2023)