Urban Design Graduate Program

Academic Staff and Research interests  

Prof. Dr. Derya Oktay (BArch, M.Sc, PG Dip UD, PhD)                                                         
Urban design: theory, education and practice; urban/landscape/architectural design for sustainability; green urbanism; housing environments and sustainability; public urban spaces; urban identity; urban and rural regeneration; eco-tourism in traditional settlements; creative cities; art in urban spaces; architectural education and social/ecological dimensions; architectural design in urban/historical context; quality of urban life, Cypriot and Anatolian settlements.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Hoşkara (BArch, PhD)
Urban design theory and education, architectural education, urban conservation and revitalization, urban design for sustainability, architectural design in urban context,urban development / urban morphology in Cypriot settlements, revitalization of huqs and traditional settlements, conservation and reuse of ındustrial heritage, urban space design, urban squares in traditional Anatolian cities.

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naciye Doratlı (BCP, MBA, PhD)
Sustainable urban development; urban growth and change; spatial structure of cities; cultural heritage; urban conservation; urban regeneration; revitalization of historic urban quarters; walled cities; divided cities; urban culture; Cypriot settlements.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mukaddes Faslı (BArch, MArch, PhD)

Urban design; urban identity; city identity; public open spaces; landscape design; interior landscape; residential exterior spaces.

Asst. Prof. Nicholas Wilkinson (MArch)
Open building implementation; open-ended design; participatory housing; design decision making in housing.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Beser Oktay Vehbi (BArch, MArch, PhD)

Urban design theory; urban conservation & revitalization; tourism ımpacts; coastal city; sustainability of historic environments; sustainability and conservation in urban context; landscape elements in urban public spaces/city; new buildings in historic setting; conservation/restoration principles & re-use.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Resmiye Alpar (BArch, MArch, PhD)
Regeneration issues, policies and strategies in various contexts (historic/urban/rural); sustainable urban planning and development ıssues/policies, EU spatial development perspective/policies; contested cities; architectural design, urban design; urban governance and user participation; identity and ethnic representation in spatial context; tourism led regeneration of environments; mass housing developments; regeneration of housing environments.

Updated 2009, August