Guzden Varinlioglu
Visiting Scholar
Guzden is an architect of computational design, focusing on immersive technologies, architectural design education and digital cultural heritage. She holds a PhD in Art Design and Architecture, a MFA in Graphic Design, and BArch from the prestigious Turkish universities of Bilkent and METU. Her interdisciplinary research reached international grounds at MIT, UCLA and TAMU. Holding an associate professorship by the Council of Higher Education of Turkey, she taught courses on computational design, architectural design studio and design theory at both graduate and undergraduate levels. As a Fulbright and Chevening alumni, Guzden has received numerous grants, fellowships and awards for her designs, presentations and publications.
Projects
The project aims content creation for a cloud-based platform to revitalize the prospects for cultural tourism for inland Anatolia. Improving data literacy will enable locals to collect digital data, allowing the protection and restoration of historical kervansaray sites.
Stigmergy as a Tool for Uncovering Anatolian Urban Networks of the Past
The project investigates whether past urban networks can be simulated using biological computation, specifically employing swarm intelligence of a unicellular organism to imitate the development of these road networks on a 3D digital fabricated topography. Based on laboratory experiments, the research aims to predict the future development of urban networks in Anatolia.
Crowdsourcing Sustainable Cultural Heritage along Silk Roads in Turkey
The project involves designing and implementing a crowdsourcing pipeline for sustainable cultural heritage.
Publications
Learning from Players: Exploring Collective Intelligence in a Cultural Heritage Board Game through Geo-Spatial and Behavior Analysis
ACADIA
2022
Re-discovering the Urban Networks of the Past: A Biological Approach
U+X Design 2023 2nd International Conference on Urban Experience and Design
2023
