Bilkent Architecture

GRADUATE STUDIES in ARCHITECTURE

VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE for GRADUATE STUDIES in ARCHITECTURE

Department of Architecture offers Master of Science in Architecture to equip students with advanced skills in architectural design and in-depth critical thinking on architectural theories. The graduate program invites students who would like to excel in using current technologies in design and broaden ways of creative thinking.

Graduate Studies in Architecture

Department of Architecture at Bilkent University offers a Master of Science degree in Architecture to equip students with advanced skills in architectural design and in-depth critical thinking on architectural theories. The graduate program invites students who would like to excel in using current technologies and broaden ways of creative thinking in architecture. This 2-year program has a research-based curriculum, with a thesis as the end product for the degree. Applicants are required to have a Bachelor of Architecture degree or a B.S. degree in a related field of design.

Gülnihan Atay, has received a grant from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Gülnihan Atay, a MSc. student in the Department of Architecture, has received a grant from the Committee on International Research and Education (CIRE) of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). We congratulate our student and her supervisor, our faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Zühre Sü Gül.

Department of Architecture at Bilkent University (BUDA) offers Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Architecture to equip students with advanced skills in architectural design and in-depth critical thinking on architectural theories. The graduate program invites students who would like to excel in using current technologies and broaden ways of creative thinking in architecture. This 2-year program has a research-based curriculum, with a thesis as the end product for the degree.

Areas of Specialization:
* History and Theory: Comprising topics related to social, cultural, historical, and theoretical aspects of architecture criticism, architecture and society/community, urbanism, preservation.
* Architectural Technologies: Comprising current technologies in architecture, design and construction (building science, structure, digital technologies, computation and acoustics.

All applicants are required to have a Bachelor of Architecture degree or a B.S. degree in a related field of design. Students with a B.S. degree in a related field may be requested to take several undergraduate courses in architecture to acquire necessary background in the field.

Admission requirements include ALES (Akademik Personel ve Lisansüstü Eğitimi Giriş Sınavı - Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Examination) scores, past academic records, reference letters, and a statement of purpose. Applicants who are not Turkish citizens and/or Turkish citizen applicants who are residents of another country may submit GRE exam results instead of ALES. All non-native speakers of English are required to submit a proof of satisfactory knowledge of English. Applicants who meet the requirements are invited for an interview upon which the applicant’s admission is decided.

Application deadline: 31 May 2023
Date of interview: 21 - 24 June 2023

Contact Person:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Şenyapılı, Department Chair
E-mail: burcu@bilkent.edu.tr For application requirements and more information: http://mfbe.bilkent.edu.tr/

Following the completion of at least 21 credit units of course work in the first year of study, the candidates must prepare and successfully defend a thesis through taking two seminar courses in their area of specialization. The duration of the program is four semesters.

Courses:

Course Code	Course Name	Course Credit
		Bilkent	ECTS
ARCH 513	Theory and Methodology	3	5
ARCH 514	Architectural Readings	3	5
ARCH 515	Topics in Architectural Technology	3	5
ARCH 516	Computational Design Technologies	3	5
ARCH 517 (ARCH417)	Advanced Visualization Studio	3	5
ARCH 533	Analysis of Buildings	3	5
ARCH 534	Structural Analysis	3	5
ARCH 550	Current Issues in Architectural Design	3	5
ARCH 563 (ARCH463)	Modern Turkish Architecture	3	5
ARCH 564	Space and Culture	3	5
ARCH 565 (ARCH465)	Contemporary Architecture and Theory	3	5
ARCH 566 (ARCH466)	Architectural Theory and Criticism	3	5
ARCH 590	ARCH Graduate Seminar	--	1
ARCH 599	Master's Thesis	--	71

Requirements:

		Course Credit
Course Code	Course Name	Bilkent	ECTS	Specifications / When to enroll
GE 500	Research Methods and Academic Publication Ethics	--	1	To be enrolled in the 1st and 2nd semester
GE 590	Academic Practices	--	12	To be enrolled EVERY semester
ARCH 590	(ARCH) Graduate Seminar	--	1	To be enrolled in the 3rd semester of the program
ARCH 599	Master's Thesis	--	71	To be enrolled EVERY semester except the 1st semester
ARCH513 (or GE512) *	1 Core Graduate Course	3	5	To be enrolled within the first year of the program
ARCH5XX *	2 Restricted Graduate Electives	3 credit (each)	5 credit (each)	Any ARCH5XX coded courses with minimum 3 credits
5XX or 6XX *	4 Graduate Electives	3 credit (each)	5 credit (each)	Any 5XX or 6XX coded courses with minimum 3 credits (with the consent of the program coordinator/advisor)
	Total	21

* at least 21 credit course work.

** Following the completion of at least 21 credit units of course work, preferably in the first year of study, the candidates must prepare and successfully defend a thesis by the end of their second year. The expected duration of the program is four semesters.

** Students with a B.S. degree not in architecture but in a related field will be expected to take three (3) undergraduate courses in architecture in addition to the regular course load requirement to acquire necessary background in the field.

** After fulfilling the course load required for the degree, the student can enroll to additional courses.

Contact Person:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Şenyapılı, Department Chair
E-mail: burcu@bilkent.edu.tr For application requirements and more information: http://mfbe.bilkent.edu.tr/

ADVISORS:

Asistant Professor
Email: aysu.berk[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #structure #building science #architecturaltechnologies

Dr. Aysu Berk’s research interests are shaped around the relationship between structural system-form, architectural geometry, construction and construction process of free-form structures and the importance of material selection in this process.

Instructor
Email: ayse.henry[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #conservation #historical sites #historical environments

Dr. Ayşe Henry’s research interests focus specifically on the Late Antique and Byzantine periods, covering general themes such as the space and divinity and the conservation of historical sites.

Associate Professor, Department Chair
Email: burcu[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #computer aided design #history of architecture #design education

Dr. Burcu Şenyapılı Özcan’s research interest are architectural design, design education, computer-aided design, history of architecture and e-learning.

Associate Professor, Associate Dean
Email: batuman [at] bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #urban politics #architectural politics #history and theory of architecture & urbanism

Dr. Bülent Batuman’s research areas include social production and politics of built environment, history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism, and urban politics.

Instructor
Email: deniz.ucer [at] bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #structural systems #construction materials #environmental impact analysis

Dr. Deniz Üçer Erduran has experience in teaching structural systems, construction materials, and environmental impact analysis.

Visiting Assistant Professor
Email: giorgio.gasco [at] bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #architectural design #20th century architectural history and theory

Dr. Giorgio Gasco’s research interests cover architectural design, design education, 20th century architectural history and theories. Gasco continues his research on the restoration work of the early Republican principles in Turkey, design education and the concept space.

Instructor
Email: selen.duran[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #design process management #building design development #process optimization

Dr. Özge Selen Duran is specialized in design process management, interdisciplinary project and process optimization, as well as sustainable lifecycles in multidisciplinary building design developments.

Instructor
Email: segah[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #criticism #culture #society #urbanism #memory

Dr. Segah Sak’s research is interdisciplinary and lies in the intersection of architecture, urban issues, memory studies, digital humanities, and environmental psychology.

Instructor
Email: yigit.acar[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #digital humanities #data mining #computerized presentation techniques

Dr. Yiğit Acar’s research interests include theory of architecture and urbanism, data mining, artificial intelligence and visualization.

Assistant Professor of Practice
Email: zuhre[at]bilkent.edu.tr

Areas of interest: #architectural acoustics #noise control #acoustical materials

Dr. Zühre Sü Gül continues her research on room acoustics, building acoustics, noise control in buildings, vibration isolation, acoustical materials, coupled spaces, modeling of sound fields by diffusion equation.

Yılgın, Cem. "Utzon's Middle East: The Reinterpretation of the Traditional Middle Eastern Architecture in the Work of Jørn Utzon." Master's thesis, advisor Chen-Yu Chiu, 2022.

Şenel, Ayşenur. "Claiming Mosque Space: Women's Agency in Mosque Architecture in Contemporary Turkey." Master's thesis, Advisor: Bülent Batuman, 2022.

Atay, Gülnihan. "Acoustical Characterization of Clay Pots in Ottoman Architecture through Experimental and Numerical Analysis Methods." Master's thesis, Advisor: Zühre Sü Gül, 2022.

Sunsal, Beliz. "The Effect of Modular Systems on Spatial Design and Diversity: Analysis through Constructed Modular Buildings." Master's thesis, Advisor: Aysu Berk, 2022.

Erdoğan, İlknur. "Female Experience of Space: Readings from Two Novels." Master's thesis, Advisors: Giorgio Gasco and Segah Sak, 2022.

Makinacı, İrem Merve. "The Role of Structural Systems and Building Materials in Sustainable Post-Expo Use of World Expo Pavilions." Master's thesis, Advisor: Aysu Berk, 2022.

Güngör, Ezgi Nur. "Archipelago as a Tool to Study Urban Form: The Case of Ankara." Master's thesis, advisors Giorgio Gasco and Yiğit Acar, 2022. Demir, Buse. "Prospects, Policies and Practices of Mass Housing in Turkey, 1960s – 1980s: Housing the Middle Class with the Sincan – Elvanköy New Town Experiment." Master's thesis, Advisor: Giorgio Gasco, 2022.

Yavuzyiğit, Bilge Begüm. "Placemaking During the Pandemic: Exploring the Spaces of Celebrations in Turkey through Twitter." Master's thesis, Advisors: Burcu Şenyapılı and Segah Sak, 2022.

Naeemaee, Rozhin. "Assessment of Reverberance Perception and Preferential Acoustical Conditions in Educational Atriums." Master's thesis, Advisor: Zühre Sü Gül, 2022.

Gülşen, Meltem Nur. "Negotiating Archeology and Urbanization at Bodrum Peninsula." Master's thesis, advisors Bülent Batuman and Ayşe Henry, 2022.

Adeeb, Ali Haydar. "An Archeoacoustic Study of Cappadocia; Acoustical Identification of Religious and Secular Indoor Spaces." Master's thesis, Advisors: Zühre Sü Gül and Ayşe Henry, 2022.

Kara, Naciye. "A Survey on the Emotional Responses of Users to Building Forms: Focusing on Digitally Manipulated Curvilinearity." Master's thesis, Advisor: Aysu Berk, 2021.

Gökoğlu, Münevver Duygu. "Revealing the Potential of Human-Centered Design in Architecture." Master's thesis, Advisor: Aysu Berk, 2021.

Cengu, Suard. "Visibility-Based Assessment of Urban Form: An Alternative Perspective for the Residential Development in Urban Peripheries." Master's thesis, Advisor: Bülent Batuman, 2021.

Gürata, Deniz. "What a Kitchen Can Be: A Food-Centric Approach." Master's thesis, Advisor: Bülent Batuman, 2021.

Bayatlı, Semire. "The Role of Toponymy in Neoliberal Urbanization, Case Study: İncek, Ankara." Master's thesis, Advisor: Bülent Batuman, 2021.

Lale, Nilgün. "Tracing Conservative Modernization of Turkey between 2010-2020: School Architecture in Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula." Master's thesis, Advisor: Giorgio Gasco, 2021.

Roshani, Mahya. "Social Affordances of Residential Open Spaces: Case Study of Dikmen Valley, Ankara." Master's thesis, Advisor: Bülent Batuman, 2020.

Barut, Berrin. "Architecture and Cinema: Analysis of the Relationship between Narrative and Architectural Space in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy." Master's thesis, Advisor: Aysu Berk Haznedaroğlu, 2020.

Yazıcı, Beyza. "Biomimetic Acoustic Metamaterial Design for Architectural Applications." Master's thesis, Advisor: Zühre Sü Gül, 2020.

Baiborieva, Zhamilia. "Building of a 'New' Architectural Tradition in Kyrgyzstan: The Case Study of the Open Air Park Manas Ayili." Master's thesis, Advisor: Giorgio Gasco, 2020.

Tabrizi, Helyaneh Aboutalebi. "Islamic Feminism as an Inquiry into the Creation of Mothers’ Paradise Women-Only Park, Tehran." Master's thesis, Advisor: Chen-Yu Chiu, 2019.

Bozkurt, Eda. "The Changing Dynamics of the Architectural Profession in Turkey, 1960s-1970s: The Rise of Participatory Design and the Experimental Case of İzmit New Settlements Project." Master's thesis, Advisor: Giorgio Gasco, 2019.

Yousefimehr, Ali. "Smart Cities: Analyzing Themes and Concepts of Smartness in Urban Environments." Master's thesis, Advisor: Giorgio Gasco, 2019.

Erdem, Aslı. "A Coordinate System Proposal for Investigating the Changing Body-Space Relationship Regarding Interactivity." Master's thesis, Advisor: Burcu Şenyapılı Özcan, 2019.

Öztürk, Selen. "A Classification Matrix Proposal for Digital Fabrication Techniques in Architecture." Master's thesis, Advisor: Burcu Şenyapılı Özcan, 2018.

Gürel, Adel. "Cognitive Comparison of Using Hand Sketching and Parametric Tools in the Conceptual Design Phase." Master's thesis, Advisor: Burcu Şenyapılı Özcan, 2018.

Pehlivan, Feyza. "REading the Transformation of Konya Culture Park as an Urban Space" Master's thesis, Advisor: Meltem Gürel, 2018.

ADMISSIONS:

COURSES and DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:

Aysu Berk Haznedaroğlu, Ph.D.

Ayşe Henry, Ph.D. (co-advisorship only)

Burcu Şenyapılı Özcan, Ph.D.

Bülent Batuman, Ph.D

Deniz Üçer Erduran, Ph.D (co-advisorship only)

Giorgio Gasco, Ph.D

Özge Selen Duran, Ph.D (co-advisorship only)

Segah Sak, Ph.D. (co-advisorship only)

Yiğit Acar, Ph.D. (co-advisorship only)

Zühre Sü Gül, Ph.D.

CONCLUDED THESES: