Begüm Yazgan
Biography
Begüm Yazgan graduated from the Istanbul Technical University Department of Architecture in 1995, where she received a B. Arch degree. She worked on both national and international projects consisting of shopping centers, residences, banks, hotels, and university buildings in private architectural offices from 1995 to 1998.
She received her M. Arch degree from the Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture in 1998 and worked as a research assistant in the METU Department of Architecture from 1998 to 2003. She attended the Landscape Design Studio and worked in the Revolving Fund Office of the Department. She also attended the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a doctoral researcher supported by a fellowship in 2001. As part of her research, she gave lectures and attended various courses in the university. Begüm Yazgan obtained her PhD. Arch degree from the METU Department of Architecture in 2006. Her doctoral dissertation entitled “Post-War Systems Ecology and Environmentally-Appropriate Approach in Architecture since 1960s” won the “Best Thesis of the Year” award in Middle East Technical University in 2007. Her thesis examines the ways in which the ‘systems approach,’ which found a place in the science of ecology after the 1960s, affected the contemporary discourse of sustainable architecture and current green architectural practices.
Currently, she practices at “Yazgan Design Architecture”, which she founded with Kerem Yazgan, PhD. Architect, in 2003. She considers her theoretical background and past academic career to be an integral part of her approach in her professional practices.
