PRESENTATIONS
Conference and Panel Presentations
Invited keynote lecturer, “Designing with the Inviolable Elements of Urban Nature,” delivered at the 6th International Digital Landscape Architecture Conference & Digital Landscape Week, Southeast University, October 21, 2023, Nanjing. Program.
Discussion moderator, “The Breath of Form: The Air of Buildings, Gardens, and Paintings.” Symposium organized by Architecture Internationalization Demonstration School (Southeast University), School of Architecture (China Academy of Art) and Asian Architectural Archive Center (Southeast University), June 17-18, 2023. Program.
Co-organizer and session moderator, "Archiving and Activating: Archival Materials and Asia’s Architectural Past and Future." Organized by the Asian Architectural Archive Center at Southeast University, August 27-28, 2022, Nanjing. Event website.
"Life 'Oriented Otherwise'," presented at Constructions and Locations: Festschrift in Honor of David Leatherbarrow, May 19-20, 2022. Organized by the Weitzman School of Design, Philadelphia. Event website.
"Making Sense in the Exchange: Weaving the "Turkish House"," presented at Practical Aesthetics: Communicative Construction, “ARCHITECTURE: PRACTICAL AESTHETICS” SERIAL FORUM (II), October 9-10, 2021. Organized by Architectural Internationalization Demonstration School, Southeast University (China). Program and abstracts.
"Of the Woods and the City: Le Corbusier's Studio/Apartment 24 NC," presented at SEU ARCH International Online School Advanced Lecture Series on Architecture's Urbanity, July 6- 24, 2020. Organized by Southeast University Department of Architecture (China). Program.
"Not Two Worlds But One: The Nature of Urban Architecture," presented at the "Production of Climate Responsive Urban Environments" Conference organized by Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center, May 22-24, 2019, Istanbul. Info and abstracts.
"Layered Horizons of the City: The Case of Soli Pompeiopolis," presented at AACCP 2018 Architecture, Archaeology and Contemporary City Planning, a scholars workshop organized by Mersin University Department of City and Regional Planning, Turkey, the Architecture Department of the University of Florence, Italy, and the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. November 21-24, 2018, Mersin. Conference Theme: Multilayered Settlements.
"Kritik" [Critical], presented at the 47th Meeting of the "Communication Group of the Department Chairs of Architecture Schools," organized by MEF University, November 2-3, 2018, Istanbul.
Session Moderator, Session title: "Mimarlık Eğitiminde Etkileşim" [Interdisciplinary Approaches in Architectural Education], 46th Meeting of the "Communication Group of the Department Chairs of Architecture Schools," organized by Cukurova University, May 4-5, 2018, Adana.
"'Havalar, Sular ve Yerler' Değişirken Mimarlık" [Architecture in the Age of Changing 'Airs, Waters, Places'], presented at the discussion panel titled "Küresel İklim Değişirken Mimarlık ve Kent" [Architecture and City in the Age of Climate Change], organized by the Turkish Chamber of Architects Mersin Chapter in recognition of the World Architecture Day, October 4, 2017, Mersin. News article in Turkish.
"Soli Pompeiopolis Antik Kenti Viranşehir Caddesi Yaya ve Bisiklet Yolu Düzenlemesi" [Viranşehir Street Pedestrian and Bicycle Path Design in the Ancient City of Soli Pompeiopolis], poster presented at 4th National Symposium of Architectural Preservation Projects and Implementations, Sep. 22-23, 2017, Tekirdağ (with Sema Uğurlu).
“Kültürün Yüzü Olarak Mekân” [Space as the Expression of Culture], presented at the Media, Culture, and City PhD Program Seminars, April 27, 2016, Mersin.
“Mekân, İmar ve Kentin Kayıp Öyküleri” [Space, Construction, and the Lost Stories of the City], presented at the Studies on Media, Culture, and City Symposium. Symposium theme: “Interdisciplinary Readings on Space, Cinema and the New Media.” Nov. 12-13, 2015, Mersin.
“Creation of Form or Expression of the Material’s Nature? A Longstanding Duality in Architecture,” presented at ARCHTHEO '15: IX. Theory and History of Architecture Conference, Nov. 5-7, 2015, Istanbul.
Moderator and translator of the public lecture titled “Local Engagement,” presented by Timur Ersen at the “Mimar Sinan Memorial Day,” organized by the Turkish Chamber of Architects Mersin Chapter, April 6, 2015.
Session Moderator, "Mersin from the Perspective of Healthy Cities - Happy Cities," discussion panel organized by the Turkish Chamber of Architects Mersin Chapter in recognition of the World Architecture Day, October 16, 2014, Mersin.
Session Moderator, "Women in Architecture," discussion panel organized by the Turkish Chamber of Architects Mersin Chapter in recognition of International Women's Day, March 14, 2014, Mersin.
"From Venustas to Aesthetics: On Beauty in Architecture," 2nd Turkish Congress of Aesthetics: Changing Geographies, Changing Paradigms, Oct. 24-26, 2013, Mersin.
"Soli-Pompeiopolis Neden bir Güneş Kentidir?" [Why is Soli-Pompeiopolis the “City of the Sun”?], presented at the panel discussion titled "Cities, Ports, Earthquakes," 4th Soli Sun Festival, June 19, 2013. Organized by the Municipality of Mezitli.
“Mustafa Arif Yavuz Evi” [Mustafa Arif Yavuz House], presented at the 7th Meeting of DOCOMOMO Turkey: Local Perspectives of Modernity in Turkish Architecture, Dec. 16-18, 2011, Mersin (with M. Ucar and S. Konak).
“Seeing the World: Theoria for Sustaining Symmetria with the Cosmos,” presented at ARCHTHEO ’11 Theory of Architecture Conference: Theory for the Sake of Theory, November 23-26, 2011, Istanbul.
“Ancient Horizons of Contemporary Architecture: ‘Form’ or ‘Force’?” presented at Mersin in History Colloquium 4: Mediterranean Cities: Antiquity as Future?, Oct. 20-22, 2011, Mersin.
“Mimari Tasarım, Sunum ve Üretimde Dijital Araçların Kullanımına Dair Bir Tanıtım” [An Introduction to the Use of Digital Tools in Architectural Design, Representation, and Production], opening speech to the Architecture Workshop “Impact of the Digital Tools on Architectural Design,” April 17, 2009, Mersin.
Invited Talks
"Topoğrafik bir Mersin Öyküsü" [A Topographical Story of Mersin], presented at the "METU Seminars" series organized by the METU Alumni Association of Mersin, December 16, 2019, Mersin.
"Metropol'ün Kentsel ve Mimari Öyküsü" [Urban and Architectural Story of the Metropol Building], presented at Myrna Art Festival, October 29, 2019, Mersin.
"Mersin ve İklim Krizi" [Mersin and Climate Crisis], presented at Climathon Mersin, October 25, 2019. News article.
"Kentin 4 Elementi" [4 Elements of the City], presented at Pecha Kucha Mersin, September 4, 2019. On Instagram.
"İklim Mücadelesinin Etiği, Estetiği ve Tekniği" [Ethics, Aesthetics and Technics of Climate Action], presented at the 24th General Assembly of the City Councils in Turkey, April 28, 2018, Mersin.
“Mimar Sinan'dan Alınacak Üç Ders” [Three Lessons from Mimar Sinan], presented at the opening ceremony of the Mimar Sinan Park and Monument, organized by Turkish Chamber of Architects Mersin Chapter, April 26, 2017, Mersin.
“Mekânın Değişen Anlamı” [On the Changing Attitudes Towards “Space”], presented as the 107th of the public lecture series called “Ideational Practices in Arts,” organized by Sokak Book House, Nov. 5, 2016, Mersin.
“Güneş Kenti Soli Pompeiopolis” [Sun City Soli-Pompeiopolis], presented at the Urban Dreams Workshop, organized by the Turkish Chamber of Architects Mersin Chapter, July 1, 2015, Mersin.
“Archaic Forces in the Modern House: Manifestations of Ancient Themes in the Work of Le Corbusier,” presented at “A Swiss in the Mediterranean: International Le Corbusier Seminar,” Dec. 12, 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus. Abstract.
“Malzemenin (Bitmeyen) Doğası: Betonun Bağlamsal Nitelikleri Üzerine” [The (Unfinished) Nature of the Material: On the Contextual Qualities of Concrete], presented at the 9th Betonart Architecture Workshop, July 2010, Mersin.
“Form, Nature, or Forces: Material Questions in Architecture,” presented at the University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, Nov. 11, 2008, Houston.
“Form, Nature, or Forces: Material Questions in Architecture,” presented at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, April 2007, Honolulu.
Departmental Talks
"The New Science of Shelter Design for Extreme Climates," Mersin University Department of Architecture, February 20, 2019, Mersin (with Dr. Francis Moran).
“Treatment of Materials in the Work of Peter Zumthor,” invited speaker at the M Arch Studio, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, November 2008, Philadelphia.
“The Hot and the Cold, the Dry and the Wet: Materials as Forces made Manifest,” presented at Architecture Talks, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, April 2007, Philadelphia.
“Materials in the History of Architecture,” invited speaker at the “Structures and Materials” course, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, April 2006, Philadelphia.
“Introduction to the 19th Century Theories of Architectural Space,” invited speaker at the “Space and Structure” course, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Feb. 2006, Philadelphia.
“Reflections on Immediacy: Earth and World in the Work of Art,” Architecture Talks, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, April 2003, Philadelphia.