Faculty of Architecture

Aslıhan Günhan (born in ’86, in Ankara) is an architect, architectural photographer, and to-be-architectural historian. She holds her B.Arch and M.Arch degrees from METU Department of Architecture. She spent a year in New York as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia GSAPP, where she also worked for MoMA Department of Architecture and Design. Currently she is a PhD student at Cornell University History of Architecture and Urban Development Program.

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.