CURRICULUM VITAE

 

1.     Name Surname                    : A.Zeynep Onur

2.      Date of Birth                        : November 5 1956

3.      Title                                       : Associate Proffessor

4.      Education:

Degree

Field

University

Year

Bachelor

B.S. in Architecture.

 

State Academy of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture

1973-1978

Master

M.S. in Business Administration

Academy of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Institute of Business Administration

1978-1980

Doctorate

Ph.D. in Architecture.

 

Gazi University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences,

 

1980-1987

1.                 Academic Titles

Title

Department

University

Year/ Period

Assistant

Department of

Architecture,

 

                  

 

Faculty of Engineering and

 Architecture, Gazi

 University,

1978 – 1987

Assistant   Professor

 

Department of Architecture

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Gazi University

1990-1995

Associate  Professor

Department of Architecture

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Gazi University

1995-still

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.      Graduate Thesis Supervised

6.1: Master Thesis

,2008       “The legal processes of Building Construction Permits according to laws in TRNC” Girne American University Institute of Social and Applied Sciences master thesis by Gürkan Kara

 

2008      , “Architectural elements of Traditional Anatolian Houses, A Comperative Study in Nicosia and Safranbolu”Girne American University Institute of Social and Applied Sciences master thesis by Şefika Karaderi

 

2006              “The Study of signs and their relationships in Kyrenia City” master thesis by Özgün Akkeleş

 

2003             “A Semiotic Analysis of Tourism Buildings: The Case of Mediterranean Region”                                   Master’s thesis by Serpil Öztop

 

1997            "Artistic Communication in Architecture" Master’s thesis by Ayça Başal

 

1997            “Computer Medium in Architectural Education" Master’s thesis by İlhan Kesmez

 

1996            An Analysis of Change in Housing in Ankara Batıkent Settlement” Master’s thesis by Muharrem Gündüz

 

1996            An Analysis of Change in Housing in Ankara Beysukent Settlement” Master’s thesis by Volkan Uzun

 

1996            “A Semiotic Analysis of Kayseri’s Civil Architecture”  Master’s thesis by Murat Çağıl

 

1995            A Semiotic Analysis of Eryaman 4th and 5th Stage Housing Buildings” Master’s thesis by Özlem Özer

 

1995            “The Development of Tall Buildings: The Case of Ankara” Master’s thesis by Hakan Kaya

 

1995            “Color Dimension in Urban Areas” Master’s thesis by Suzan Habib

6.2. Phd. Thesis

2003                “An Analysis of the Color Dimension in vernacular Architecture, a case study in Bursa”

                         Ph.D. thesis by Suzan Habib

 

1995             “Interaction Between Government Policies and Architecture During the Republic Period in Turkey: The Case of Tourism Settlements”

Ph.D. thesis by Hakan Sağlam

 

7.      Publications

7.1 Articles published in peer reviewed international journals

 

7.3 Publications

2008                Girne2015 (workshop realised by Girne Municipality about future projection of Girne town)

                         www.arkitera.com

 

2007                Workshop article  related to the student works of  “children cube” realized in October 2007 news  www.arkitera.com (co author Havva Alkan Bala)

 

2006             The second award in Glass Category, World architecture students Competetion, Berlin January 2007, Aknazar Tumanbayev, Girne American University, news www.arkitera.com

 

2006             “1st International Summer School “Revitalization of Street Space in the Mediteranean” 17 July -06 Augst, The Chamber of Cyprus Turkish  Architects,  2006 Nicosia, Activity Folder,  www.arkitera.com

 

2004                  “Aalto’ dan sonra”  (After Aalto)  Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, March 2004

 

2003                “Çağdaş Ve Özgün Üzerine Düşünceler”   (Notes on Contemporary And Original) Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch,September 2003

 

2002                “After the First Semiotic Congress” S-European Journal for Semiotic Studies vol 24/ 2002

 

2002                "Son Oscar töreni Ankara' daydı "  (Last Oscar Ceremony was in Ankara) Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch,June 2002

 

2001   “Konutun Kullanım Sürecine İlişkin Bir Değerlendirme” (An Evaluation of the Usage Process of Housing) Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Journal, April 2001, volume 14 no 2 pp 275-288

 

2000             “Mimarlık Eğitimine Başlamak” ( Starting Architectural Education), Mimarlık Dergisi (Journal of Architecture), TMMOB publications, No 293, June 2000,Ankara pp 56 - 58.

 

1997             "Türkiye de Mimarinin Bilgi Kaynakları ve Ulusal Mimariye Yansıması" (Sources of Knowledge and Its Reflections in Turkish National Architecture), Yapı , June 1997, İstanbul pp 11-16 (Coauthor: Mehmet Toplu ).

 

1995             "Mimarlık Eğitiminde Simulasyon Oyunları" (Simulation Games in Architecture), Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, No 264, July 1995, pp 45-46.

 

1995   "Kent ve Yaşantı" (Town and Life), Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Journal, June1995, pp 1-5.

 

1994             "Başkent Düşleri II " (Dreaming the Capital II), Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, January - February 1994,

 

1994             "Başkent Düşleri" (Dreaming the Capital), Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, December 1994, .

 

1994             "Dünya Çevre Gününe İlişkin" (About the World Environment Day), Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, August 1994, pp

 

1994             "Bir Başkenti Anlamaya Çalışmak" (Trying to Understand a Capital), Journal of the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, May 1994, pp

 

1994             "Gürcistan'da Bir Kent, Batum" (A Town in Georgia, Batum), Mimarlık Dergisi (Journal of Architecture), TMMOB publications No 257, May 1994, Ankara  pp 45-46.

 

1990   "Türk Mimarisinde Rasyonel ve İrrasyonel Dönemler" (Rational and Irrational Periods in Turkish Architecture), Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Journal, January - June 1990, pp 59-64.

 

1990   "Rasyonel ve İrrasyonel Üslubun Toplumsal Yapı Değişiklikleri ile Etkilenişimi" (Interaction Between Rational and Irrational Periods and Changes in Social Structure), Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Journal, January - June 1990, pp 45 – 58.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.3.1: Theses

 

7.3.2: Books

2004 March      “Notes On Architecture After Modernism”  Turkish Architects Chamber, Ankara Branch publications,  March 2004 (co-author M.Ziya Tanalı)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

2006                 “An interview with Ziya Tanalı on Architecture”. Kendi Arkitera’ nı kendin yarat 2006          Arkitera publishing İstanbul, 2006

 

1998             “Tasarıma Başlangıç ve Temel Eğitim” mem/mam Temel Tasarım/ Temel Eğitim, edited by: Necdet Teymur, Yonca Al Middle East Technical University Publications, Ankara, 1998.

 

 

7.4. Other publications

2008                           “Architectural myths” winter school of semiotics – myths from east and west- Claude Lévi-  Strauss 100th anniversary, Imatra, Finland, 29.1. –1.2. 2009

2007            (Mis)communications of Urban Space: Signboards and Architecture in the Modern       City of Kyrenia , The ninth World Congress of IASS_AIS Helsinki, Imatra June 11-17  

2006                “Barınma Kültürü” Presented at and published in the Proceedings of 2nd Housing Conference TRNC,  Cyprus -Turkish Chamber of Architects and Engineers, Lefkoşa, 8-10 March 2006 (Coauthor: Aslı Küsmenoğlu)

 

2004            “Modernizm ve Ziya Tanalı” Türkiye Mimarlığında Modernizmin Yerel Açlımları” (Local Expansions of Modernism in Turkish Architecture) Poster Presentations  do.co.mo.mo.tr 10-11 November,  ODTÜ Faculty of Architecture, Ankara

 

2001             “Türkiye’de Kültür, Modernite ve Mimarlık” (Culture, Modernity and Architecture in Turkey), to be presented at and published in the Proceedings of Turkish Cultural Research Group, Culture and Modernity, National Culture Research Symposium, Antalya, 25 – 27 October 2001 (Coauthor: Sercan Yıldırım).

 

2001             “On the Conflict of Theory and Design in Education of Architecture,” Presented at and published in the Proceedings of 19th EAAE International Conference, Reintegrating Theory and Design in Architectural Design, Ankara, 23 – 25 May 2001 (Coauthors: İlhan Kesmez and Önder Aydın).

 

1999             "Ankara'lı 20 Yapıda Anlam ve Mimarları" (Meaning in 20 Buildings in Ankara and Their Architects), Published in the Proceedings of the Chamber of Turkish Independent Architects, Meaning, Architect, Taste Symposium, Ankara, 11-12 April 1997, published by YEM Publications, December 1999, pp 120 - 132 (Coauthor: Emine ªener).

 

1999             “Yolculuk Mekanları” (Travelling Spaces), Presented at and published in the Proceedings of 1st Semiotics Conference, Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Ankara, 20 – 24 October 1999.

 

1999             “Signs in Housing Architecture,” Presented at and published in the Proceedings of Semiotics Conference, Dresden, Germany, 3 – 11 October, 1999.

 

1999             “Color Composition in Turkish Civil Architecture,” Presented at and published in the Proceedings of AIC Midterm Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 22 – 23 June, 1999, pp 127 – 150 (Coauthors: Suzan Habib and Nihal Çetintürk).

 

 

1998             “Creative Thinking,” Presented at and published in the Proceedings of FIDE 98 International Conference on First Year Architectural Design Education, İstanbul, 14 – 16 October, 1998.

 

1998             “Role of Simulation Games in Architectural Education,” Presented at and published in the Proceedings of FORUM II Architectural Education for the 3rd Millennium, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, 22 –24 April 1998.

 

1997             “Revitalization of Maltepe Gas Factory,” Presented at the Art and Environment Symposium, Sanart, Ankara, September 1997.

 

1997             "Tasarıma Başlangıç ve Temel Eğitim" (Starting Design and Basic Education), Presented at the Basic Design Basic Education Symposium, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1 May 1997.

 

1996             "Mimarlık Eğitimi ve Ideoloji" (Ideology and Architectural Education) Presented at and published in the Proceedings of the Expected Changes in Architectural Education Congress, organized by the Turkish Chambers of Architects, Ankara Branch, Ankara 1996, pp 41 – 48.

 

1996            "Gas Factory" Presented at Istanbul Habitat II Congress ,1996.

 

1996            "Student Work on Healthy Cities" Presented at Istanbul Habitat II Congress .

 

1996             "Student's Contribution to Urban Morphology" Presented at Istanbul Habitat II Congress ,1996.

 

1996                                "Color: A Magical Tool in Urban Space" Presented at and published in the Proceedings of United International Architects (UIA) 1996 Architecture in Cities Past and Present Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 1996.(Co author Suzan Habib)

 

1997                                "Settlements at the Edge of Ankara " Presented at and published in the Proceedings of United International Architects (UIA) 1996 Architecture in Cities Past and Present Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 1996. (Co author, Bayraktar Nuray, Aydın Öder, Söylemez Fatih)

 

1996             "Cumhuriyet Türkiyesi’nde Politikacının Mimar Kimliği" (Politician’s Identity as an Architect in the Republic of Turkey), Presented at and published in the Proceedings of Ideology and Architecture Symposium, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Izmir, April 1996, pp 187-199 (Coauthor: Hakan Sağlam).

 

1995             "Yaşanabilir Bir Kent Çevresi Ütopya mı ?" (Is A Livable City Space an Utopia?), Presented at and published in the Proceeding of Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City Planning, İstanbul, 1995, pp 47-59.

 

1995             "Kentsel Mekanı Oluşturan Öğelerde Renk Faktörü: Atatürk Bulvarı Örneği" (Color Factor in Townscape: Example of Atatürk Boulevard) Presented at and published in the Proceedings of Quality in Townscape Symposium, Istanbul Technical University, Environment and City Planning Centre, Taşkışla, Istanbul, 1995, pp 26- 34 (Coauthor: Suzan Habib).

 

1995             "Cumhuriyet Dönemi Hükümetleri Eğitim Politikaları ve Mimarlık Eğitimi" (Architectural Education and Policies of Education During the Republic Period) Presented at and published in the Proceedings of Istanbul Technical University, Architectural Education: Expectations for Future Symposium, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, European Association for Architectural Education, Istanbul, 1995, pp 56-64 (Coauthor: Hakan Sağlam ).

 

1995             "Akdeniz Kültüründe Rengin Kent Mekanında Kullanımı" (Use of Color in the Mediterranean Townscape), Presented at and published in the Proceedings of VIIth International Building and Life Congress, Chamber of Architects Bursa Branch,, Bursa, 1995, pp 29-46 (Coauthor: Suzan Habib).

 

8.               Administrative designations

2009-still          Dean of the Faculty of Architectute, Design and Fine Arts, Girne American University

2002-present     Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Girne American University,, Coordinator of Basic Design Studio , Associate Professor of Architecture

2003-2007         Vice president of Girne American University, North Cyprus

2002-2005          Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Girne American University

2002-2005         Head of Depertment of Architecture, Girne American University, North Cyprus

2003-2004         Institute of Social and Applied Sciences, Girne American University, Chair.

2002-2003         Institute of Social and Applied Sciences, Girne American University, Assitant Chair.

1995–2006      Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Gazi University, Coordinator of Basic Design Studio , Associate Professor of Architecture.

 

9.  Awards and grants

1994             Special Selection of Jury Award for the work "Architect’s Dream" in the International Competition "Our Dreams" organized in Switzerland in honor of John Lennon and the 3rd Anniversary of Humanist International.

 

 

 

9.1.Project competitions

2007                Supervised the student proposal (of Aknazar Tumanbayev) to Archi- Students Competition, 2007 which was awarded with second award in Glass

 

1998             Submitted a project proposal for the National Competition for the Bodrum, Muğla, Milas Airport Buildings.

 

1996             Asia Region Award for the work "Ankara Meeting" in the International Competition "Convivial Spaces" organized by the United International Architects (UIA). www.uia- architectes.org/texte/nouvelles/1a1a1a.html

 

1996             Supervised the student proposal by Canan Seyhun, Alev Gökbulut and Özge Atalay Mention Award for the student proposal in the International Competition "Convivial Spaces" organized by the United International Architects (UIA).

 

1994             Submitted a project proposal for the National Architectural Competition for the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and Choir Buildings.

1984             Third Mention Award in National Architectural Competition for the Hotel and Tourism High School in Kuşadası, İzmir.

 

9.2. Scholarship

10.  Fill the table below for the courses you have taught over the last ten academic years (same courses since last 10 years)

Academic Year

Term

Course Name

Hours/week

Number of Students

Theore-tical

Applied

2010

Fall

Basic Design Studio

3

4

120

Aesthetics and Ethics in Architecture

3

0

12

Semiotics in Architecture

3

0

6

Spring

Basic Design Studio

3

4

120

Aesthetics and Ethics in Architecture

3

0

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Languages

English