THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Full archive.
Projects, research, publications, talks, media and the full CV record, arranged in time.
2026
City, Architecture and Mobility — CreaTech RoundtablePanel moderation20 Oct 2026
Emerging Communities Forum — Urban Change and Everyday AccessPanel moderation7 Oct 2026
İskilip Science and Culture CenterProject2025–26Reviewer for the Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 2026Academic service2026
Modular Summer HousingProject2026Deep learning-based aesthetic evaluation of detached housing designs using rendered imagesJournal article2026
ModulQ — Home of the FutureResearch project2026–present2025
AI-Based Efficiency in the Construction Industry — BIMDAYSPanel moderation2 Dec 2025
The Evolution of Mosque Architecture through the AgesPanel moderation4 Nov 2025Architectural Episodes: Innovation, Technology, Digital Transformation and the Future of the Construction IndustryPanel10 Apr 2025
Volkan Çağan (2025): TRT 1, Yurda DönüşMedia coverage2025Served at the doctoral student selection committee at İTÜ Faculty of Architecture, Jan 2025Academic service2025
STEM Workshop SpacesProject2025Robotic technology and artificial intelligence in the process of creating artworks from waste materials: The role of circular designJournal article2025Rethinking Educational Spaces: How Technology and Architecture Reshape Control and Social Dynamics in SchoolsConference paper2025From Masdar City, Abu Dhabi to Florya, Istanbul: What can we learn from smart cities?Conference paper2025Evaluating the aesthetic quality in computer-generated renderings via a comparative analysisJournal article2025A Case Study of a Machine Learning Usage in Design: Conceptual Models from Graph-based GANsJournal article20252024
The Practice of Mosque DesignPanel moderation21 Sep 2024
Şehir Ekranı (2024): Esenler YouTube ChannelMedia coverage2024Reviewer for the Gazi University Science Journal, 2024Academic service2024Generating Landscape Layouts with GANs and Diffusion ModelsJournal article2024
Esenler Teknopark NorthProject2024
Esenler Children's Center for STEM EducationProject2024
Doğan Akdoğan (2024): TRT Belgesel, Hedef Sıfır AtıkMedia coverage2024Architectural Design V – MIM351E, Istanbul Technical University, 2024Course2024AI in Architecture, Planning and Design – MYZ 306E, Istanbul Technical University, 2024Course20242023
Akıllı Şehir Teknolojileri ve Fiziki Mekansal KurgularLecture / presentation17 Dec 2023
Sisson Patrick (2023): Interview, "Bloomberg" NewspaperMedia coverage16 Sep 2023Using Deep Learning to Generate Front and Backyards in Landscape ArchitectureJournal article2023
NAR Innovation DistrictProject2020–23Graduation Project – MIM 4902E, Istanbul Technical University, 2023-currentCourse2023–currentFoundation Studios – TES112E, TES121E, TES122E, Istanbul Technical University, 2023Course2023Faculty Member, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2023- currentTeaching appointment2023–current
Baykar Industrial Zone IstanbulProject2023A Machine Learning Approach for Locating Businesses along Main Arteries in Inner CitiesBook chapter2023
WasteWorksResearch project20232022
AI and the CityPresentation27 Nov 2022Urban Transformation and Smart CitiesLecture / presentation8 Nov 2022Smart Cities Panel — Teknofest KaradenizPanel2 Sep 2022
Tamlin Magee (2022): Interview, "The Times" NewspaperMedia coverage26 Aug 2022
Green Development, Green Energy PanelPanel18 May 2022Esenler Gelecegin Sehri: Yasayan Bir LaboratuvarLecture / presentation10 May 2022
Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and DesignBook6 May 2022
Kahraman Poyrazoglu (2022): TV24, Gundem Disi, Panel DiscussionMedia coverage24 Mar 2022Ulasimin Gelecegini SekillendiriyoruzLecture / presentation10 Mar 2022Using Deep Learning to Generate Front and Backyards in Landscape ArchitectureConference paper2022
UAS Research & Manufacturing Center of ExcellenceProject2022The Image of the City through the Eyes of Machine ReasoningBook chapter2022
Non-Periodic Patterns and Three-Dimensional Geometry in Islamic Religious ArchitectureBook chapter2022NAR Innovation District at Esenler Future CityLecture / presentation2022Geleceğin Dirençli Kenti: Esenler Nar İnovasyon BölgesiJournal article2022Gamification in Urban Planning: Experiencing the Future City via VRConference paper2022Esenler the City of the Future: NAR Innovation District Zero Waste TargetBook chapter2022
Deniz Sağdıç House and GalleryProject2022A Referential Interpretation of the Unbuilt State Mosque of TurkeyBook chapter20222021
Gelecegin Sehirleri Gelecegin MimarisiLecture / presentation25 Nov 2021
Fatih Altayli (2021): Haberturk TV, Teketek Science, Primetime TV ShowMedia coverage22 Nov 2021Akıllı Şehirler Kapasite Geliştirme ve Rehberlik Projesi Referans Akıllı Şehir Mimari Model 1.Odak Grup Toplantısı, T.C. Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanliği, ZOOM, Ju…Lecture / presentation2 Jun 2021
The Future City SummitEvent organization20 May 2021
The Routledge Companion to Artificial Intelligence in ArchitectureBook6 May 2021Using AI to turn graph representations into conceptual massing modelsConference paper2021
Industrial Park KievProject2021Generating new architectural designs using topological AIBook chapter2021
Esenler Smart City Data Monitoring CenterProject2021
Cihan Dinar (2021): Interview, "Sehir ve Dusunce" MagazineMedia coverage2021
Central Mosque, Esenler TeknoparkProject2021
Avia Ventures Kiev Office RemodelingProject2021An Evolutionary Approach for Topology Finding in Flexible and Modular HousingConference paper2021Academic service — ULUSAL RİSK KALKANI - Akilli Sehirler Kapasite Gelistirme ve Rehberlik Projesi Referans Akilli Sehir Mimari ModelleriAcademic service2021AI in crowdsourced design: Sourcing collective design intelligenceBook chapter2021A Machine Reasoning Approach to Identify Design Patterns from City LayoutsConference paper2021A Machine Learning Approach for Locating Businesses along Main Arteries in Inner CitiesConference paper20212020
Dunya’ya Ornek Olacak!Interview24 Dec 2020Artificial Intelligence, the Designer’s PerspectivePanel18 Dec 2020
Aykut Balci (2020): The Future of Future Cities (Radio - Turkish)Media coverage21 Aug 2020Yapay Zeka ve Akilli SehirlerLecture / presentation14 May 2020Türkiye’s Smart Cities Workshop — EsenlerWorkshop12 May 2020Aykut Balci (2020): Arcbazar, A Marketplace for Architects (Radio - Turkish)Media coverage22 Apr 2020Crowdsourcing, AI, and the Future CityLecture / presentation2 Mar 2020TÜBİTAK Fellow at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2020-2023Teaching appointment2020–2023Practicing Architect – Turkey, 2020-presentProfessional experience2020–present
Kalyon PV (2020): Juri Member for SCADA Architectural Project CompetitionMedia coverage2020
Esenler Teknopark South - Özdemir Bayraktar CampusProject2020
Ayasofya Sohbetleri (2020): Açılış Süreci ve MimarisiMedia coverage2020Architectural Design Futures – MBL 537E, Istanbul Technical University, 2020-presentCourse2020–presentAcademic service — Distributed ProximitiesAcademic service2020$500k TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific Research Council) research grant to work on the future city, 2020Award / grant2020
Istanbul Future CityResearch project2020–20232019
Composing Frankensteins: Data-driven design assemblies through graph- based deep neural networksConference paper28 Mar 2019Composing Frankensteins: Data-driven design assemblies through graph- based deep neural networksLecture / presentation28 Mar 2019Competitions in a networked society: crowdsourcing collective design intelligenceConference paper28 Mar 2019Competitions in a networked society: crowdsourcing collective design intelligenceLecture / presentation28 Mar 201924 hours Berlin City WestWorkshop16 Mar 2019Volunteering in consulting Glastonbury High School to develop a 20,000 sqfAcademic service2019Supervised graduate students at Northeastern University’s XN Program, to work on data visualizations for Arcbazar as part of their Data Analysis capstone projects,…Academic service2019Reviewer for the 108th Annual ACSA Conference (Association of Collegiate School of Architecture), 2019Academic service2019Reviewer for TAD (Technology, Architecture + Design) Journal of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Taylor & Francis, 2019Academic service2019
Mimi Kirk (2019): Will the Advent of Artificial Intelligence Affect Small FirmsMedia coverage20192018
The Future is History: Architecture in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceLecture / presentation9 Jan 2018
Villa at Mount HasandagiProject2018Supervised graduate students at Northeastern University’s XN Program, to work on an artificial intelligence driven price recommendation system for competition awards…Academic service2018Presented building information modeling and fabrication applications in architecture as part of the CETA open houses for prospective students, West Hartford, CT, 2018Academic service2018
Michael Crosbie (2018): Doom or Bloom: What will Artificial Intelligence Mean for ArchitectureMedia coverage2018Innovative architectural design development: the Arcbazar creative crowdsourcing contests perspectiveCoverage2018Generating Designs: From Crowdsourcing to Deep LearningConference paper2018
Elizabeth Keslacy (2018): Arcbazar and the Ethics of Crowdsourcing ArchitectureMedia coverage2018Artificial intelligence in architecture: Generating conceptual design via deep learningJournal article2018Arcbazar: From Crowdsourcing to Artificial Intelligence in DesignLecture / presentation2018Academic service — Recalibration: on imprecision and infidelityAcademic service2018
Artificial Intelligence in ArchitectureResearch project20182017
Supervised graduate students on thesis projects, University of Hartford, 2017Academic service2017Served on the Core Learning Outcomes Committee, University of Hartford, 2015-2017Academic service2017
Derya G. Ozer (2017): Mimarlık Yarısmalarında Yeni Bir Dijital Ortam (Turkish)Media coverage2017Crowdsourcing the Obama Presidential Center: An Alternative Design Delivery Model – Democratizing Architectural DesignConference paper2017Crowdsourcing the Obama Presidential CenterLecture / presentation2017
Arturo Tedeschi (2017): The Design GameMedia coverage2017Advised 18 undergraduate students, 2011-2017Academic service2017Academic service — Disciplines and Disruption ConferenceAcademic service2017
(2017) Interview with Imdat As of Arcbazar in AllstonMedia coverage2017$700k DARPA grant (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency), (with Raytheon), Disruptioneering Program: Artificial Intelligence in Design, 2017Award / grant20172016
Leadership and Entrepreneurship: Transforming the Real Estate RealmPanel13 Oct 2016Sacred Precincts- The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities across the Islamic WorldJournal article2016
Rob McManamy (2016): And Our Obama Center Design Winner is…Media coverage2016Crowdsourcing Design and Sustainability for Urban Design ProjectsLecture / presentation2016Architecture for the crowd by the crowd: A New Model for Design AcquisitionJournal article2016Arcbazar x Project VRLecture / presentation2016Arcbazar brings Architecture to the PeopleInterview20162015
Served on thesis committee of Yi Hou, MIT M.ArchAcademic service2015Product & graphic design — Trends in CancerProduct & graphic design2015–2017
Bevery Brandt (2015): Crowdsourcing your Dream (Or your worst Nightmare)Media coverage2015Academic service — Analogical DrawingAcademic service2015A Drone’s Eye View of FlorenceInterview20152014
Top 100 Most Brilliant Companies - Arcbazar became one of the top hundred companies in the US, Entrepreneur Magazine, 2014Award / grant2014
Rot Munching ArchitectsCoverage2014
Michael Crosbie (2014): Crowdsourcing Design: The End of Architecture, or a New Beginning?Media coverage2014
Kyle Steinfeld (2014): The data made me do it, direct, deferred and dissolved authorship and the architecture of the crowd (pp 74-76)Media coverage2014
Karl Ulrich (2014): Interview with Imdat AsMedia coverage2014Is Design Still a Differentiator?Panel2014
Architects miffed at website that offers low-cost bidsCoverage2014Academic service — ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and PlanningAcademic service2014Academic service — Gray Center Architectural Lab RenovationsAcademic service2014
AIA 2014 Foresight Report (pp. 26-27)Media coverage2014A Referential Interpretation of the Kocatepe MosqueLecture / presentation20142013
Travel award, FuturM Shark Tank, 5-day research excursion for two, London, UK, 2013Award / grant2013
The New World of Building DesignCoverage2013Teaching appointment — Design Tools of the Future: Immersive & InteractiveTeaching appointment2013
Crowd-Sourced DesignInterview2013Boston Shark TankLecture / presentation2013Academic service — Sharpen your pencils! The Art of Thematic Sketching: a Field ManualAcademic service20132012
The Kocatepe Mosque in AnkaraLecture / presentation2012Supervised MIT Sloan School of Management students – members of the MIT Consulting Group - during IAP period, 2012Academic service2012Hoping to Become the Amazon of Architecture, Arcbazar Starts Crowdsourcing Architectural DesignInterview2012Digital Media and Portfolio Development – AET 473, University of Hartford, 2012-2017Course2012–2017
Designer, Clients Forge Ties on WebInterview2012Crowdsourcing architecture: A disruptive model in architectural practiceLecture / presentation2012Crowdsourcing architecture and the disruption of the traditional praxisPanel2012Crowdsourcing Architecture: A Disruptive Model in Architectural PracticeConference paper2012
Collective Intelligence and PovertyInterview2012Arcbazar Start-up StoryLecture / presentation2012Arcbazar Poster PresentationLecture / presentation2012Academic service — Drawing as a Thinking ToolAcademic service2012
MIT VMS (2012) DEMO DAYPresentation20122011
Crowdsourcing ArchitectureResearch project2011–presentUrban Design Studio II – ARC 521, University of Hartford, 2011-2017Course2011–2017The Future of Architectural Practice: Crowdsourcing ArchitectureLecture / presentation2011Supervised MIT undergraduate and graduate students from the MIT Ventureships Program for the fall semester to work on Arcbazar, 2011Academic service2011Set up fabrication laboratory at the department of architecture, University of Hartford, 2011Academic service2011Seminar on Advanced Architectural Topics – ARC 585, University of Hartford, 2011-2015Course2011–2015Founder, Arcbazar.com – Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011-presentProfessional experience2011–presentFaculty Member, University of Hartford – West Hartford, CT, 2011-2019Teaching appointment2011–2019Digital Technologies applied in the Architectural ProfessionLecture / presentation2011Developed Arcbazar.com’s online internet platform, product features and modules, 2011- presentProduct & graphic design2011–presentDesigned UI/UX for Arcbazar.com’s website and its various interfaces, 2011-presentProduct & graphic design2011–presentDesign Studio II – VI, AET 233-371, University of Hartford, 2011-2018Course2011–2018BIM in Architectural EducationLecture / presentation2011
Architecture Crowd-sourcing Website Criticized: Architects Have Slammed a Threatening New Crowd-sourcing Website in the US Which Promises to Reduce Clients’ CostsInterview2011Architectural CompCourse2011–2017
Arcbazar’s Founder Talks About Moving Architecture OnlineInterview2011Arcbazar: Architecture for the Crowd, by the CrowdInterview2011$150k faculty/student initiative grant for fabrication laboratory, University of Hartford, 2011Award / grant20112010
Parametric Design and Digital Media used at ZNALecture / presentation2010Invited Critic, Harvard University Master of Architecture, Graduate Studio Review, 2010Teaching appointment20102009
Topakkaya Town HallProject2009Associate, ZNA Architects – Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2009-2011Professional experience2009–2011Academic service — Architectural DrawingAcademic service20092008
The Kocatepe Mosque: Story of a Neo-Ottoman mosque design in AnkaraWorkshop2008
Dynamic Digital Representations in Architecture: Visions in MotionBook20082007
Digital Media Applications in Architectural Practice and EducationLecture / presentation20072006
Travel grant, charrette at the Universität Innsbruck, University of Notre Dame, 2006Award / grant2006The Digital Mosque – A new mosque paradigmJournal article2006Inquiry into architectural heritage with motion graphics and hyper-mediaConference paper2006Inquiry into architectural heritage with motion graphics and hyper-mediaLecture / presentation2006Award / grant — Gyeonggi Prehistory MuseumAward / grant2006$15k faculty research award, University of Notre Dame, 2006Award / grant20062005
Using Motion-Graphics as a medium for Recording ArchitectureLecture / presentation2005Teaching appointment — James and Louis Nolen Chair of Architectural TechnologyTeaching appointment2005–2009Survey of Digital Technologies in Architectural DesignLecture / presentation2005Participatory Virtual Preservation: A Dissertation SynopsisBooklet2005Harvard University — Doctor of DesignEducation2005GSD fellowship for D.DesAward / grant2005Dynamic Digital Visualizations in Architectural Heritage PreservationLecture / presentation2005Design Studio VI – ARCH42121, University of Notre Dame, 2005-2008Course2005–2008Computer Graphics V – ARCH41011, University of Notre Dame, 2005-2008Course2005–2008Advanced Studies in Computers – ARCH57011, University of Notre Dame, 2005-2008Course2005–20082004
Teaching appointment — Recording ArchitectureTeaching appointment2004–2005Re:Visions — Recording ArchitectureCourse20042003
Teaching appointment — Vatican Hill Topography ProjectTeaching appointment2003–2005Re:Visions — Recording ArchitectureBooklet20032002
Professional experience — Qing Yun Shan – Natural Park DevelopmentProfessional experience2002–2004MIT — M.Sc. in ArchitectureEducation2002Aga Khan fellowship for S.M.Arch.SAward / grant2002
Augmented Reality for Architectural HeritageResearch project2002–20052001
Teaching appointment — Geometric ModelingTeaching appointment2001–20022000
Research Assistant, Istanbul Technical University – Istanbul, Turkey, 2000-2005Teaching appointment2000–2005METU — B.Arch., cum laudeEducation2000
Unbuilt Monuments: The Kocatepe MosqueResearch project2000–2002