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Burak Pak / Associate Professor (UAK), Senior Lecturer (Deakin University)

Burak Pak / Associate Professor (UAK), Senior Lecturer (Deakin University)

Geelong, AU

 

About 

Associate Professor of Architecture, Founder of the Start-up “European Spatial Research and Design Accelerator

https://about.me/burakpak

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Deakin University School of Architecture and Built Environment, Melbourne, AU, Senior Lecturer (Design for Circular Cities)

Jul 2024 - current
 

European Spatial Research and Design Accelerator, Belgium, Associate Professor, Founder and Director

Jan 2023 - Jul 2024
 

Leuven University / KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture, Bruxelles, BE, Professor

Jan 2009 - Mar 2023
 

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR, Researcher, Tutor and Design Consultant

Adjunct tutor (Founding Member) Istanbul Technical University Informatics Institute, Information Technologies in Design Graduate Program and Faculty of Architecture

Design and New Media Consultant:
Istanbul Technical University Rectorate

Jan 2002 - Jan 2009
 

Proje Mimarlik Ltd, Istanbul, TR, Architect

Proje Limited Architectural Company, Istanbul

Freelancer: Kisho Kurokawa Architects ( in charge of Proje Architecture Ltd )

Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
 

Education 

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program, Executive Education

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
 

Circular Economy Institute (CEI), London, GB, Circular Built Environment Specialist

Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
 

Oxford University, Saïd Business School, Strategic Innovation

Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
 

Oxford University, Saïd Business School, Artificial Intelligence

Sep 2023 - Nov 2023
 

KU Leuven, Bruxelles, BE, Architecture

Post Doctoral Study, “Analysis and Evaluation of Alternative Urban Development Projects for the Brussels Capital Region”

promoted by Prof. Dr. Johan Verbeke

Jan 2009 - Jan 2012
 

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR / Taksim, PhD, Architecture (with a Focus on Computer Aided Architectural Design)

Co-advised by Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture (Prof. Dr. A. Erdem), TR
Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture (Prof. Dr. O. Akin), Pittsburgh PA, USA

Title: “Design Activities and Decisions in Conventional and Computer Aided Architectural Design Processes”

Jan 2002 - Jan 2009
 

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR, MArch, Architectural Design Computing

Faculty of Architecture (Prof. Dr. A. Erdem), TR

“A Design Model at the Intersection of Virtual Environments and Architecture”

Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
 

Awards 

UNISERVITATE Award 2022 Porticus Catholic Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs), Global Compact on Education led by Pope Francis, Award

The UNISERVITATE Award is a global recognition, which will be awarded regionally to the best “Service-Learning Experiences in Catholic Higher Education”. This initiative seeks to make visible and promote the quality Service-learning practices carried out in every region worldwide and place them in the spotlight. That is, to acknowledge experiences that account for effective contributions to the solution of socio-environmental problems, identified and addressed in solidarity with organizations and community members.

2022
 

INNOVIRIS- Brussels Capital Region Prospective Research Project Type B Senior Post-doc Researcher Grant, Grant

“A Virtual Environment Model for Analysis and Evaluation of Alternative Urban Development Projects for the Brussels Region”

2009
 

International Exchange PhD Researcher Grant, Istanbul Technical University, Grant

2008
 

Honorable Mention -Urban Design, Honorable Mention

Izmit Intersection Node Urban Design Competition, Organized by Municipality of Izmit, Turkey, September 2004

(with İpek Yürekli, Arda İnceoglu, Deniz Aslan, Sevince Bayrak, Oral Göktas)

2004
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills