Birgul Colakoglu

Birgul Colakoglu

Birgul Çolakoglu, graduated at Yildiz Technical University (YTU) in 1981 and completed her Ph.D. in Design and Computation in 2000 at the Massachusetts ?Institute of Technology. She worked as Postdoctoral researcher at the MIT Architecture Department in 2001. She worked at Yıldız Technical University between 2001-2015 and run Computational Design Graduate Program from 2008-2015 at YTU. Currently, she works as a professor in Architectural Design and Computing Program at İstanbul Technical University. (ITU) Her research is focused on computational design education, computational tool development and circular  Design. She was eCAADe president from 2019-2021. Currently, she is head of Advance studies in the Architecture Center, and coordinator of the Architecture Master program at ITU

Lecture series:
Digitalisation
18:00 h
Day two

“Integrating Circularity into Architecture Curricula”

The increased population and inadequate design and construction interrupt the systems of the earth causing a serious crisis that threatens the existence of sustainable living on the earth. Rethinking the traditional subjects and clarifying the challenges to the architecture discipline and education in these serious environmental and social crises will significantly affect architects’ training. The presented educational methodologies will illustrate the integration of circularity concepts in different scales into architecture curricula.