Olgu ÇALIŞKAN (PhD, TU Delft)
Having completed his doctoral degree on urbanism at TU Delft, the Netherlands in 2013, he has been lecturing at METU Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning and coordinating the METU MUD (Master of Urban Design) Studio as assistant professor. His publications involve the book, Urban Compactness (VDM, 2009), guest editorial for the journal of Built Environment (2011), and several articles, including those in the Journal of Urban Design (2010/15), and Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (2011), Urban Design International (2012) and Urban Morphology (2017). His main research interests cover physical planning and design, urban morphology, urban design theory and methodology, and visualisation in urbanism.
Yavuz Baver BARUT (MSc, TU Delft)
Graduated from METU Faculty of Architecture in 2010, he completed his masters’ studies at the MSc program of Computational Design and Fabrication Techniques in Architecture at TU Delft, the Netherlands in 2012. Since 2001, he gives courses on computer aided design with the professional certificate of Autodesk. He is currently the instructor of ‘UD555 Parametric Urban Design’ at METU Faculty of Architecture, ‘Basic Design Studio’ and ‘Parametric Design Studio’ at Bilkent University Department of Architecture while coordinating the computer aided design courses at The Chamber of Architects in Ankara. In addition to his current positions in education, Baver Barut continues professional practice within his architectural office, MIMARES Architecture, Education and Art.