I provide coaching sessions to the students in the Architecture field as a professional and a former lecturer in order them to get some clarity of their direction in their career. I believe there is a huge gap between architecture education and professional life. I witnessed young graduates losing their best years struggling to understand where to place their talents or how can they create a path out of their interests that will also serve them financially.
I am here to help and assist young architect to ask the right questions and guide them with my experience to find the answer. I believe getting clear and focusing on the goal that is aligned with one's true nature will provide a great sense of stability and speed in the career progress.
I am an Architectural Designer working as a professional with 7 years of experience in famous architectural practices and University Universities. I run my own architecture company last 2 years alongside. I have vast amount of knowledge in working in corporate firms, academy and directing my own studio.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AECOM
Architectural Designer & Computational Design Specialist
2019-2020
Provided in-depth expertise on high end hospitality projects in coordination with Kengo KumaArchitects and Foster's & Partners
HOK International Ltd
Architectural Designer & Computational Design Specialist
Provided in-depth expertise on multiple Arena and Stadium projects.
2019-2019
Drove all aspects of building physics of the building envelopes, canopies and roof structures and coordinated all to merge the components of multiple projects. Collaborated closely with Engineering company ARUP on structural detailing.
Drove the urban design aspect to connect the arena with surroundings .
Ran sustainability analysis to test the building performance, optimised energy performance within budget constraints, wrote a sustainability report.
Populous Ltd
Architectural Designer & Computational Design Specialist
2018-2019
Served as resident expert on building shell analysis, design options for the customised building envelope of MSG Las Vegas Arena and the design of the structural detailing for panel assembly and construction sequence.
POT + Design Research Group
Architectural Designer & Computational Design Specialist
2018-2018
Utilised computation to devise and generate a performative wall including the fabrication process of advanced geometry and tested various assembly processes and material mixtures.
MBY Engineering
Architectural Designer & Computational Design Specialist
2017-2018
Generated an entire computational system of a free-form building envelope, a system for panelling including assembly details with pertinent instructions.
Osteoid Health Technologies
Computational Design & Fabrication Specialist
2016-2017
Completed multiple computational models of personalized orthosis products and took into consideration all digital fabrication constraints (3D Printing – FDM) with carbon fibre and pet.
3Durak Digital Fabrication, Istanbul, Turkey 2015-2016
Computational Design & Fabrication Specialist
Collaborated closely with the company and completed a computational model of custom CNC molded insoles. Secured funding from the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey
Ecologic Studio
Architectural Designer & Computational Design Specialist
2014-2015
Served across all stages of form-finding studies, 3D modeling and fabrication processes of the Urban Algae Canopy Project for Expo 2014 Milano.
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Cardiff,UK 2017-2018
Lecturer, Module Leader
Devised and deployed stimulating teaching programs on Design Principles and Methods courses for undergraduate 2nd and 3rd year students. Subjects included computational modelling, form finding, building physics, building envelopes, environmental analysis and innovative fabrication techniques.
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul,Turkey 2016-2017
Part-Time Lecturer, Design Studio Instructor
Operated as lecturer and oversaw all aspects of design studios: Computation Based Basic Design Studio, Architectural Geometry, and Design Computing.
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Turkey 2015-2016
Visiting Lecturer
Generated informative introductory lectures on visual scripting languages including Python and Grasshopper within Computational Design Theory lectures.
Rhinoceros Türkiye, Istanbul, Turkey 2015-2016
Software Instructor
Served as tutor on design tools including Rhinoceros and Grasshopper and established computational design thinking in universities.
Given Workshops, Istanbul, Turkey 2015-2017
Workshop Instructor
10th National Symposium of Computational Design in Architecture, İstanbul Bilgi University, Responsive Components in Architecture & Digital Fabrication.
9th National Symposium of Computational Design in Architecture, Özyeğin University, Evolutionary Design and Parametric Modeling.
Yıldız Technical University, Computational Design Research Laboratory in Architecture.
Gizem was a very valuable and enthusiastic team member in HOK. She is talented designer and finally but by no means least an exceptionally pleasant individual to work with. She has a strong academic background with years of teaching experience which we had a use of it at HOK. I highly recommend her as a tutor, designer and professional.
Having worked with Gizem at HOK where she was involved in large scale projects I would definitely say she has vast amount of knowledge and experience as a designer. She has also years of experience teaching to undergraduates and postgraduates. I would definitely recommend her as a tutor.
Gizem is knowledgeable, patient and disciplined in her field. She taught geometry and computer courses at the university level. She is a professional who can constantly improve herself.
I found the chance of working with Gizem in the same computational design team at Aecom in London and she can surely unlock the potential ways of any modelling, presentation techniques within short period digitally and physically. Any software has many tools, Yet Gizem has the key skillsets that will enable to reach your goals in your projects within your imagination and how to control them.
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