She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1983 (m.a.) After working in the offices in Istanbul, she gained 5 years of experience abroad. She travelled and conducted research in various European cities, primarily Germany (1984-1989). Upon her return to Turkey, she worked with Bülend Tuna mainly residential and commercial spaces.
She later worked as a project manager for 12 years at Koleksiyon Mobilya A.Ş. Following the project and construction of the Koleksiyon Mobilya Sarıyer campus, she completed numerous domestic and international office, hospital, and hotel projects. She also prepared the Koleksiyon Dealers concept handbook and dealer settlement projects and implementations. (Dealers in Adana, Ankara,
Bursa, Eskişehir, Etiler, Göztepe, İzmir, Kayseri Kozyatağı, Mersin, Milan and Moscow) (1992-2004).

Some of her works and applications:​
▪ Decoration of residential, office, and commercial buildings and dealership structuring (Koleksiyon Mobilya 1992-2004),
▪ Restoration of historical buildings (Macar Fevzi Pasha Mansion / Çengelköy-Istanbul, 2004),
▪ New mass housing (My World-Ataşehir / Istanbul, 2005-2006),
▪ International applications (Jewelry stores/Russia, Gardenville Residences / Almaty- Kazakhstan, 2006-2007),
▪ Office buildings (Şerifali-Istanbul, 2007-2008)
▪ Schools (Ermişler Village-Van, 2012-2013)
▪ Green Building consultancy (Erzurum University LEED consultancy (2013), Vendeka Center Offices Passive House project and consultancy) (2013)
▪ Hotels (Oran, Alger, Setif, Jijel-Algeria, 2014)

Competitions Participated In:​
▪ Bizimköy Architectural Project Competition, 2020
▪ Van İpekyolu Municipality Center, 2016
▪ Tekirdağ Municipality Service Building, 2015
▪ Bamiyan Cultural Center, 2015
▪ Şişli High School, 2014
▪ My Mother’s Job, My Future – Kindergarten, 2013
▪ Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry Service Building, 2012
▪ EBİTEM, 2012
▪ Beşiktaş Square Design Competition; 1st Prize, 1990

Publications:​
Her publications and articles have been published primarily in the journals Mimarlık
and mimar.ist. Some examples include:
1. Examination of Declarations of Architectural Professional Organizations and International Agreements in the Context of Sustainability, Işık University Journal of Art, Design and Architecture JADA, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2023
2. Examples of Post-Earthquake Housing, Güney Mimarlık Magazine, May 2023, Issue 32
3. UIA 2030 Competition Presents Examples of Sustainable Architectural Products, mimar.ist Magazine, 2023-1, Issue 76
4. Climate, Poverty, Participation and Sustainability, Spektrum, 2021-06, Issue 11
5. How Will Our Living Spaces Change? Spectrum, 2020-06, Issue 01
6. Ethical Values ​​in Combating Climate Change, Mimarlık Magazine, July-August 2018, Issue 402
7. Climate-Oriented Agenda, Green Roof, Green Wall and More: Green Infrastructure, Mimarlık Magazine, January-February 2016, Issue 387
8. A New Shell is Being Built Against Nuclear Leakage in Chernobyl, Mimarlık Magazine, September-October 2015, Issue 385
9. A Sculptural Building: Antoine, Mimarlık Magazine, March-April 2015, Issue 382
10. Participatory Design, Mimarlık Magazine, March-April 2013, Issue 370
11. Building Certification Systems, Ege Mimarlık Magazine, 2013-1, Issue 83
12. Post-Disaster Architecture, mimar.ist, Spring 2012, Issue 43
13.The Story of Two Schools, Güney Mimarlık Magazine, September 2012, Issue 9
14. Antonio Castro Leal Library, Mimarlık Magazine, November-December 2012, Issue 368
15. The Positive Transformation of Hamburg Port City, Eko Yapı Magazine, February 2012

Conferences Given:
▪ November 6, 2020, TMMOB Chamber of Architects, Istanbul Branch, “Rethinking Spatial Inequalities in the Pandemic”
▪ November 7, 2018, Built Environment in Motion, Beykent University, “Is it Really Possible to Make Peace with Nature?”
▪ February 27, 2014, Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure-State Government Victoria-Australia “Ecological Inspirations”
▪ March 13-15, 2012, MSFAU, “Building Certification Systems and BREEAM”
▪ May 27, 2011, Hotel Expansion Summit, “Green Accommodation”
▪ April 14, 2011, Okan University, “Innovation Park-Watford”
She served as a board member representing the Chamber of Architects at the Turkish Green Buildings Association (ÇEDBİK) (2008-2010). During this time, she worked on green building certification systems. She was part of the translation group for the BREEAM-Europe-Commercial Buildings 2009 Assessment Guidelines into Turkish. In 2011, she became a BREEAM Assessor (Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method). She participated in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification system training and actively served in the local certification working group.
Since September 2012, she has been working as an instructor for the “EnergynIdentity Certificate Expertise” course, conducted by the Continuous Professional Development Center of the CAT (TMMOB), within the scope of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and Climate Change Regulation on Energy Performance in Buildings.

Teaching:​
▪ MSFAU: “Environmental Awareness in Architectural Design” Course 2012-2022.  Application
Project 1-2 . “Sustainable Design” course during the Spring semesters of 2022-2024.
▪ Okan University: Spring 2016 – Fall 2020 semesters : Architectural Culture Ecological Approaches to
Architectural Design, Sustainable Design, and Environmental Control courses and design groups 2-3-4-5-6-7.
▪ FM Işık University:  2022-2024: Environmental Control, Sustainable Architecture, and Application Project.
▪ Fenerbahçe University: Since the Fall semester of 2024: Sustainable Design and DS III, DS IV, DS V, DSVII, YP IV, Materials, and Survey

She completed her doctoral studies, (2017-2021) at MSFAU, Department of Architecture, Architectural Design Problems. In her doctoral thesis titled “Untold Sustainability,” she investigated the daylight and ventilation characteristics in Turkish public buildings between 1900 and 1950.

BIG SEE Perspectives Nominations

2026: Ozan Fırat Öz      2026: Ata Celbiş