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Burak Celik

Burak Celik

Los Angeles

 
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About 

Burak is a Los Angeles-based Architectural Designer. 

After receiving his B.Arch Degree from Bilkent University with honors degree, he was honoured to receive Fulbright Scholarship for Masters Degree on Computational Design. He worked for prestigious architecture firms including Studio Libeskind in New York, Oyler Wu Collaborative in Los Angeles and Melike Altinisik Architects in Istanbul. Burak now pursues M.Arch II degree at Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. 

With a master’s degree, he desires to gain experience in academic research, cross-cultural interaction and competence, and it would open up new horizons for his career and for him to realize ambitious future plans. For Burak, architecture is a strong tool requiring a multidisciplinary approach and thinking that can transform the world into a peaceful home. His experience with computational tools taught him that the intelligence of algorithms and parameters provides many opportunities and convenience to designers in the design phases with many constraints.

Employment 

HDR, Los Angeles, CA, US, Design Coordinator

Sep 2021 - current
 

Oyler Wu Collaborative, Los Angeles, Designer

Projects involved: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Under Construction), 2450 Hyperion Project (Constructed), 2415 St George House
(Constructed), Ivan Hill Housing, LACE (Jewelry).

May 2020 - Sep 2020
 

Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York, NY, US, Architectural Internship

Projects involved: Through the Lens of Faith (Constructed), Names Memorial (Under Construction), Danish Jewish Museum, COOP Zurich, Iquique
Museum.

Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
 

MELIKE ALTINISIK ARCHITECTS, Istanbul, TR, Designer, Computational Fabricator

Projects involved: Çamlıca TV Tower (Under Construction, Istanbul). IABA 2017 (Constructed, Antalya), AFA Cultural Center (Sakarya),
Süleymanpaşa Municipality Competition Project (Tekirdağ), Ahlat Youth Center Competition Project (Bitlis).

Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
 

A Architectural Design, Ankara, TR, Architectural Internship

Projects involved: Maidan (Constructed, Ankara), 1071 Ankara (Constructed, Ankara), Üsküp Housing Project (Macedonia), Park Mozaik (Ankara).

May 2017 - Jun 2017
 

Education 

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, MArch, M.Arch II

Sep 2019 - Aug 2021
 

Bilkent University, Ankara, TR, BArch, Architecture

Aug 2013 - Jan 2018
 

Awards 

The Gehry Prize, Grant

The Gehry Prize, endowed by Frank Gehry and Bertha Gehry, is awarded to the best thesis project from each year's graduate studies class as chosen by a panel of jurors.

2021
 

World Architecture Community, Award

26th Cycle

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills