Faculty of Architecture

Fatih Cengiz Öz received his Bachelor and Master's of Architecture Degrees in 1986 and 1989 respectively from METU Department of Architecture. He was a full-time architectural design critic in the same department starting from 1987. He also lectured on ‘Post Occupancy Evaluation Studies’ which later led to the publication of research articles on various buildings both in Turkey and abroad in ‘XXI Architectural Magazine’. Photography and graphic design as lateral interest areas were always alive for him from 90’s onward.

Ali Rad Yousefnia was born in Tabriz, Iran in 1990. He recieved his Bachelor Degree from faculty of architecture at Azad Tabriz University in 2012. He started his graduate studies in Department of Architecture at METU in 2015. He also works as a freelance photographer. His field of interest is Architectural Photography and he has a vast archive of iconic buildings, landmarks and historical heritages in several cities such as Tabriz, Kashan, Shiraz, Pasargad, Birjand. He held his first Solo Exhibition of collected works in 2008. He also won several prizes in photo contests.

Born and educated in Ankara, Duygu Tüntaş is an architect and architectural photographer. Receiving her undergraduate (2009-top of the class) and graduate (2012) degrees from the same department, she pursues her interest as a PhD candidate and full-time faculty at METU, Department of Architecture. Awarded with many prizes in architectural competitions and received several scholarships for academic achievements, Duygu is currently a Fulbright visiting scholar at Columbia GSAPP with a research focus on the formal processes and design methods in architecture.

Received bachelor degree from METU Faculty of Architecture, City and Regional Planning Department (1998), completed her master’s study at Hacettepe University, Department of Painting (2002), and received her PhD from METU City and Regional Planning Department (2007). Working as the Layout Editor of Publications of MFA and METU JFA since 2000. She has practiced various mediums of art including painting, photography, graphic design and ceramics and translated two books on art from English to Turkish.

M. Cemal Emden was born in Kayseri in 1967. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University in 1990. He continued his master’s degree at his alma mater and completed in 1993. Emden is an architect as well as a professional photographer specializing in architecture, interior decoration, landscape and furniture photography. His photographs were published in magazines, books and exhibition projects both in Turkey and abroad.