{"id":5919,"date":"2024-01-30T07:51:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T07:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5919"},"modified":"2025-10-05T03:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T03:53:19","slug":"ezgi-isbilen-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5919","title":{"rendered":"EZG\u0130 \u0130\u015eB\u0130LEN, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ezgi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ezgi.jpeg 425w, https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ezgi-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ezgi-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen, Ph.D.<\/strong><br>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: FF-409A<br>Tel: 1869<br>E-mail: ezgi.isbilen [at] bilkent.edu.tr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen received her PhD in Architecture and Design Research at Virginia Tech in 2023. Her research lies in the intersection of architectural theory, discourses on construction, tectonic imagination, and architectural representation. She has published her work as book chapters (Routledge, Spector) and peer-reviewed journal articles (Journal of Architectural Education, Footprint, Western Humanities Review); and has presented her work extensively at international conferences. Before joining Bilkent, \u0130\u015fbilen taught at Middle East Technical University and Washington Alexandria Architecture Center of Virginia Tech. She currently teaches fourth year architectural design studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications (Selected)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen (2023). \u201cDesert Dreams and Techno-Utopian Nightmares The Complex History of California City and the Colonial Gaze Towards the Desert\u201d Journal of Architectural Education 77|2: 265-277.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen (2023). \u201cThe Unbearable Lightness of an Open System: The Packaged House 1941-47\u201d Footprint 31: 67-84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen (2019). \u201cA Virtual City Scratched on Desert Dust: California City and the allure of the blank slate\u201d Western Humanities Review, 72|3:101-135.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Outstanding Doctoral Degree Student Award, Virginia Tech, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bauhaus LAB:Global Modernism Studies Research Fellowship, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AIA Norhern Virginia Chapter Scholarship, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCLA Graduate Symposium Travel Grant, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibitions and Lectures (Selected)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen (Curator), &#8220;Sogni D\u2019oro: Marco Frascari&#8217;s Dream House,&#8221; Exhibition paralleled Frascari Symposium III: Ceilings and Dreams, Washington Alexandria Architecture Center, Alexandria VA, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-container-1 is-position-sticky\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">People<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=5230\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5230\">Faculty<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=6176\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6176\">Graduate Students<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=6232\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6232\">Staff<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=4510\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4510\">Faculty Positions<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office: FF-409A<br \/>\nTel: 1869<br \/>\nE-mail: ezgi.isbilen [at] bilkent.edu.tr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,245],"tags":[135,152,151,161],"class_list":["post-5919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-former-faculty","tag-history","tag-architectural-representation","tag-tectonics","tag-theory-and-criticism"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5919"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6761,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5919\/revisions\/6761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}