Fatih Terzi
Prof. Dr. Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning Department, Taskisla Campus, 34437 Taksim. Beyoğlu/Istanbul E-mail: terzifati@itu.edu.tr
Turkey

Prof. Dr. Fatih Terzi, is a faculty member in the department of urban and regional planning at Istanbul Technical University. The area of interest focuses on sustainable urban spatial growth, site planning, ecological planning and smart cities, and he uses quantitative techniques and geographic information systems effectively. In addition to his academic and theoretical work, Professor Terzi, also has experiences on practices of urban planning and design. In particular, he carried out projects and consultancy activities with various municipalities, Housing Administration Office (TOKI) and Ministry of Environment and Urbanization on the field of strategic planning, environmental plan, development plans and urban regeneration. In addition to these practices, Terzi also has awards in national and international urban planning and design project competitions.

Mert Akay
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning Department, Taskisla Campus, 34437 Taksim. Beyoğlu/Istanbul. E-mail: mertakay@itu.edu.tr
Turkey

Mert Akay, is a research assistant at Department of Urban and Regional Planning at ITU and he is in charge of R&D and Corporate Communication of Faculty of Architecture, ITU. Mert received his MSc degree in Urban Design (METU) with his thesis titled “Algorithmic Design Control for Plot–based Urbanism: A Model Proposal in Turkish Spatial Planning Context” and a BSc in City and Regional Planning (METU). He also took active roles in the organization of several exhibitions as well as participating urban design competitions. He is currently working on physical planning and design, generative design, parametric modelling, plot-based urbanism and creative visualization in urbanism.

Deniz Erdem Okumuş
Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning Department, 34349 Beşiktaş/Istanbul. E-mail: denizer@yildiz.edu.tr
Turkey

Deniz Erdem Okumuş, B. Urban and Reg. Pl., B. Landscape Arch., M. Urban Planning. Graduated from Istanbul Technical University as an urban planner in 2011 and as a landscape architect in 2014. She completed her master’s thesis on the effects of urban regeneration projects on urban quality of life in 2014. She is a research assistant at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Yildiz Technical University. She has been conducting research on the effects of urban fabric on urban heat islands and mitigation capacities of alternative design strategies for her Ph.D. thesis at Istanbul Technical University. Her areas of interest are urban micro-climate issues, sustainable urban design, urban informatics, and geographical information systems.

Pınar Gökçe
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning Department, Taskisla Campus, 34437 Taksim. Beyoğlu/Istanbul. E-mail: gokcep@itu.edu.tr
Turkey

Pınar Gökçe, is a research assistant at Department of Urban and Regional Planning at ITU and also doing PhD in ITU. Pınar received her MSc degree in Urban Design (ITU) with thesis entitled “Measuring Urban Rhythm Through Big Data: The Case of Istanbul”. She also joined several design project competitions. The area of interest focuses on information and communication technologies, smart cities, spatial analysis, big data and data visualization.