Professor of Architecture at Akdeniz University Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture. Kavas received his B.Arch and M.Arch degrees in Architecture from METU (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY) in 2002 and 2005 and his Ph.D. degree in Architectural History from METU in 2009. His Ph.D. thesis conceming environmental aesthetics of the rural highlander settlements of the Anatolian Mediterranean has won the 2009 METU Thesis of the Year award. His major research interests include rural architectural traditions, environmental & urban aesthetics, architectural history & theory and freehand drawings. 

Dilek KOC SAN received her bachelor’s degree from Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning in 2000. In 2009, she received her Doctorate degree from Middle East Technical University, Department of Geodetic and Geographic Information technologies. During her doctorate education, she conducted research for 6 months in 2006 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. She worked as a Research Assistant at the Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Geodesy and Geographical Information Technologies between 2002-2009 and as a Research Assistant Dr. at Selcuk University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning between 2009-2011. In 2011, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Science, Department of Space Sciences and Technologies. In 2014, she received the title of Associate Professor in the field of City and Regional Planning. Since 2017, she has been working as a faculty member at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Department of Planning Technologies. She was received Professor title in 2020.

Emrah YILDIRIM is an Assistant Professor and a full time lecturer at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture in Antalya, Turkey. He received master’s degree in 2004 and doctoral degree in 2013 while he was working as a research assistant in the same university between the years 2001-2017. At the same period he also worked as a researcher on many national projects. His works focuses on landscape planning, landscape metrics. Currently, he carries out studies on energy landscapes.

Kağan Günçe is Professor of Architecture at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in North Cyprus. He is a full-time professor in the Department of Interior Architecture, EMU. He also serves as Vice-Chair of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research at EMU. He has a Bachelor degree in Architectural Program, a Master (of Science) degree in Architecture Program and Ph.D. in Architectural Theory from EMU, Department of Architecture. He was the director of HERA-C (Housing Education, Research & Advisory Centre) and he was the head of the Interior Architecture Department at EMU. He was a long-time University senator and is currently the elected professor representative senator. His research interests include architectural theory, design, environmental psychology, conservation, housing issues and childhood space. He has also collaborated with researchers in several other disciplines such as role of technology in shaping memory of architectural space / topics in profession and education of interior architecture. He has articles, papers in many national and international journals & conferences, and international research projects in the mentioned fields. His academic work has received many citations in web of science platform.

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