Melahat Kucukarslan Emiroglu
Melahat Kucukarslan Emiroglu holds Bachelor, MS and PhD degrees in Interior Architecture. She terminally was an Assistant Professor at BAU/Istanbul teaching courses on Design Semiotics, Multi-functional and Complex Interiors, Participatory Design, Introduction to Interior (Architecture) and Design, Environmental and Human Factors, Current Design Approaches at undergraduate and graduate levels. Mel(ahat) ran several Interior Architectural Design and Furniture Design studios. She is the author of the book ‘Airport Interiors: Intercultural Communication Space Versus Non-place’ (2012). She involved in several workshops, performed as jury member in thesis dissertations, scientific committees of international conferences, etc. Her research interests included design semiotics, spatial memory, environmental psychology, participatory design; and currently intertwining concepts of interior design and agroecology. She has poems published in refereed journal. She joined to VTech School of Design as Adjunct Instructor in Interior Design Program on August 2022.
Design Semiotics, interior architectural design education, social sustainability, memory/space, agroecological concepts
ITDS 4044: Interior Design Studio V
__Book Authored: _2012_ Kucukarslan Emiroglu, M. Airport Interiors: Intercultural Communication Space Versus Non-place. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG: Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN 13: 978-3-659-20759-4, ISBN 10: 3-659-20759-4 (301 pages, in English).
__Book Chapters Authored (sole authorship & in English unless noted): _2017_ An Urban (Interior) Space of Commemoration: A Referred Studio in Time Space and Mobility (ed. O. Lytovka), IRF Press, Warsaw: Poland. pp.143-183, ISBN: 978-83949577-1-1 .
_2017_ Bir Cagdas Mit: Konut Marka Soylemlerinde Mahalle Kulturu (A Modern Myth: Neighborhood Culture in Residential Project’s Brand Expressions) in Mit ve Mimarlık (Myth and Architecture) (ed. O. Eyuce), BAU Publications, Istanbul pp. 169-190, ISBN: 978-605-67456-5-2 (in Turkish).
_2016_ Reality as a Manner of Transformation in Changing Worlds & Signs of the Times. (ed. E. Deltsou, M. Papadopoulou), Hellenic Semiotics Society: Volos, pp.766- 776, ISBN 978-618-82184-0-6. (with F. Cimsit Kos).
__Conference Proceedings Authored (sole authorship & in English unless noted):
_2016_A Current Spectrum of Participatory Design in Turkey: Learning from a Graduate Course in Current Trends and Methodologies on Architectural Design (ed) H. Tulum, Istanbul: DAKAM Publications, pp. 447-456, ISBN: 978-605-9207-26-3.
_2015_Dialogue with(in) Space: Design Semiotics as Applied in Current Trends and Methodologies on Architectural Design (ed. H. Tulum), Istanbul: DAKAM Publications, pp.23-34, ISBN: 978-605- 9207-06-5.
_2015_Çok Fonksiyonlu ve Karmaşık Ic Mekanlarda Kent Imgesi ve Okunaklılık. (Image of the City and Legibility in Multi-functional and Complex Interiors) in 3rd National Congress of Interior Architectural Education / Workshop: Collaboration of Theory & Implementation Proceedings Book, Kültür University Publications: Istanbul, pp. 123- 142. ISBN 978-605-4763-36-8. (in Turkish).
_2014_Design Semiotics and Poststructuralism in New Semiotics: Between Tradition and Innovation 2014. (ed. K. Bankov), IASS Publications & NBU Publishing House, pp.999-1005, ISBN: 2414-6862, ISBN: 978-954-535-943-9.
_2012_Meanings of Authenticity in Contemporary Representations of Heritage in the Context of Tourism in Heritage 2012: Proceedings of Heritage and Sustainable Development, (eds) R. Amoêda, S. Lira, C. Pinheiro, Green Lines Institute: Barcelos, vol. 2, pp. 835-844. ISBN 978-989-95671-5-3 . e-ISBN: 978-989- 95671-8-4.
_2007_Intercultural Communication of Image in Touristic Space in SEMIO07 Papers / Communications 2007. Istanbul Kültür University Publications: Istanbul, Vol. II, pp. 699-711. ISBN: 978-975-5957-64-6.
__Dissertation & Thesis Advising (sole advisor):
_May 2016 Donya Rebousheh, Privacy in Traditional Iranian Houses and Its Evaluation on Contemporary Open-Kitchens, Master in Interior Design, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul. (in Turkish).
_May 2018 Ayca Esen, Influences of White Cube as Context on Art Space of Art Museums and Spectator Experience: Case of Istanbul Modern, Master in Interior Design, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul. (in Turkish).
_May 2019 Gizem Saylam, A Study on the Effects of Biophilic Design on House Interiors to be Restorative for Their Users, Master in Interior Design, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul. (in Turkish).
_2003-2004_Curator (Design & Implementation of Exhibition Visual Documents, Displaying & Curatorship); “10 Yıldır ...... Atölye Çamurdan” Ceramics Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara, January 2004
_1995-1996_Stage Designer (Design & Implementation of 3 Stages of Rock Opera); Sweedish Style: A Rock Opera, Young Pals Production, performed in MEB Council Hall, Ankara on 30-31 May and 1, 7-9 June 1996
_1998 Installation Design & Display_Mixed –Media Sculpture Design and Exhibited); Youth Action 4 / International Plastic Artists Association Organization
_Oct 2013-Sept 2021 Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, BAU, Istanbul.
_2012-2013_Instructor Dr. in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, BAU, Istanbul, Turkey.
_2011-2012_Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey.
_2007-2011_Research/Teaching Assistant of Interior Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2001-2007_Research/Teaching Assistant of Interior Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey.
_2000-2002 Achievement Grant, Master Studies, Cankaya University, Ankara
_2000-2001 High Honor Degree, Master Studies, Cankaya University, Ankara.
_1997-1998 Honor Degree, Bilkent University, Undergraduate Studies, Fall, Ankara.
_London Center for Interdisciplinary Research; Team Member, 2017-
_Committee for International Affairs & Memberships; Member, ICMO Chamber of Interior Architects/Designers, 2012-2013.
_19 June 2020 Invited Speaker (online) in Interdisciplinary Research Foundation Broadcast “Sci&Edu Vibes, Vol. 11” from Turkey; moderated by Eugenia Galazzo. THIS BROADCAST IS ABOUT international and interdisciplinary project of short interviews with researchers, scholars, educators, professionals, scientific and academicians (each volume from a different country)
_11 May 2020 Invited Speaker (online) in Archi Design Talks BAU-Online 01: “Learnings from Neslican Tay Memorial Design Workshop”; moderated by Murad Babadag. Livestream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRK9zYKVzSQ15-27
_Feb 2020 Workshop Coordinator in “Neslican Tay Memorial Design” Workshop Series III; Workshop Coordination, conduction, lecture delivered, studio-works, jury conduction. CO-OP project between BAU Architecture & Design Faculty with Besiktas Municipality/Istanbul.
_April 2022- Training in Applied Agroecology Program (TAAP) Fellowship _A program of Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA), Inc. Summer/Fall 2022 cohort 5 (completed)
_September 2022- Advanced Agroecology Program (TAAP) Fellowship_A program of Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA), Inc. Fall 2022 cohort 6 (will be completed on Oct. 31, 2022)
_Nov-Dec 2018 Grant for Erasmus Staff Mobility for Teaching (to attend juries in School of Design / Interior Design; 28.11.2018 – 04.12.2018) in Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
_2017 People’s Choice Award in International Poetry Competition, organized by London Center for Interdisciplinary Research & Interdisciplinary Research Foundation; poem titled “In You A Ho/me”.
_2021-2022 Habitat for humanity of Washington DC & Northern Virginia_ volunteering_Alexandria
_September 2017_wwoofer (volunteering for learning organic farming and sustainable agriculture); WwoofUSA in Stonefeather Farm in Hamilton/VA
Education
PhD, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Hacettepe University
M.S., Interior Architecture, Cankaya University
B.F.A. Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University
