Doç. Dr. Ebru Erbaş Gürler

Assoc. Prof. Ebru Erbaş Gürler (PhD)

Coordinator of Urban Design Graduate Program

Focus Areas: Landscape Design, Interdisciplinary Interactions, Landscape and Memory Relations, Social Science-Based Landscape Studies, History, Theory, and Criticism in Landscape Architecture, Memorial Spaces

Email: erbaseb@itu.edu.tr

Address: Taşkışla, Faculty of Architecture, 120D

Web Sitesi: https://research.itu.edu.tr/en/persons/ebru-erbas-gurler

Dr. Ebru ERBAŞ GÜRLER is Landscape Architect (M.Sc., PhD) and currently working as an Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University at Landscape Architecture Department. She was graduated from Istanbul University Landscape Architecture Department and took the Master and PhD degree from Istanbul Technical University Landscape Architecture Program. She was as a researcher during the spring term of 2007-2008 academic year in Universita degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome-Italy. Her topics of interest include landscape and urban design; history, theory and criticism in landscape architecture; interaction and dialog among design disciplines; sociocultural studies in landscape architecture; and memory and landscape relations and memorialization. In addition to her academic studies and experiences in various organizations and workshops, Ebru Erbaş Gürler, who took part in many urban design and landscape design projects individually or as a team member and leader, also has awards in national and international project competitions. She won the National Landscape Architecture Award three times in 2016, 2017 and 2021 with the Tuzla Kamil Abdüş Lake Landscape Design Project, in which he was part of the design team. She is also coordinator of “Urban Design Master Program” in ITU and one of the founders of landscape blog ManifesOL.

EMPLOYMENT

2023-Contd.
Coordinator
Istanbul TeCHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Urban Design Graduate Program 

2019-2022
Visiting Academic
Istanbul Medipol UNIVERSITY

Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Department

2020
Assoc. Prof. (PhD)
Istanbul TeCHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

2014-2020
Asst. Prof. (PhD)
Istanbul TeCHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

2012-2014
Lecturer (PhD)
Istanbul TeCHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

2004-2012
Research Assistant
Istanbul TeCHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

2008
Visiting Scholar
Universita Degli Studi di Sapienza

Landscape Architecture Department

2000-2004
Landscape Architect
FRRELANCE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
1999-2000
Landscape Architect
Soyak  CONSTRUCTION

 

EDUCATION

2012
Ph.D
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

2004
M.Sc
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

1999
Bachelor
Istanbul UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture Department

PUBLICATIONS


  • Bozkurt F. S., Erbaş Gürler E. (2023), Landscape Painting as a Triggering Medium, CPUD’23 / IX. International City Planning and Urban Design Conference, pp.179-189.
  • Deregözü, Ö.F., Erbaş Gürler, E., 2023. Urban Agriculture in Temporary Settlements After Disasters: The Vital Role of Food," Local Governments, Food Security, and Urban Agriculture: Global and National Options Congress, 16-17 November 2023, İstanbul.
  • Özdemir, S., Erbaş Gürler, E., (2023), Adaptive Re-use of Industrial Heritage as a Catalyst for Thriving Public Spaces: The Case of Hasanpaşa Gasworks, 3th International Congress on Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences, (ICOMNAS-2023), Dec 07-08 2023, Ankara / Turkey.
  • Güler, A., Erbaş Gürler, E., (2022). Re-Coding Landscape Education: Research-Based Design Studio Approach, Journal of Design Studio, vol.4, spi.1, pp.5-18.
  • Demirel Koyun, Ç.D., Erbaş Gürler, E., (2022). Re-Visiting the Contemporary Landscape Architecture Theory: Actors, Discourses and Practices, ECLAS 2022 Conference, September, 2022.
  • Demirel, Ç., Erbaş Gürler, E. (2021). “Shifts – Disconnections – Borders: Changing Factors Between Landscape and Culture During Transformation Process of Beykoz, İstanbul”. Landscape Research-1. Lyon, France: Livre de Lyon.p. 315-337. ISBN: 978-2-38236-176-4.
  • Erdin, H., Erbaş Gürler, E., (2021). “Evaluation of Landscape Perception in Urban Spaces: Examples of 'Instagrammable Places' in Istanbul.”, MKA '21,15, October, 2021, İstanbul.
  • Demirel, Ç; Erbaş Gürler, E. (2021). Landscape as a Social Structure: A Paradigm Shift. Landscape Studies. Lyon, France: Livre de Lyon. p.303-328. ISBN: 978-2-38236-175-7.
  • Erbaş Gürler, E. (2020). “The Relationship Between Architecture and Landscape: Interactions and Dilemmas," Landscape Design in Architecture, edt. Yıldız Aksoy, ISBN: 978-605-033-138-7, Nobel Publishing.

AWARDS


  • Second Prize, International Bandırma Design Park: A New Park for the Future of the City, 2017.
  • Green World Champion in 2017. Eskişehir Kocakır Eco-City Project as the best project in the world., The Green Organization. The Green World Awards, 2017.
  • Equivalent Mansion: Taksim Urban Design Competition, 2020.
  • First Prize in Analysis and Planning Category, 8.th National Landscape Architecture Awards, 2016.
  • Incentive Award for Unimplemented Project Category, 9.th National Landscape Architecture Awards, 2017.
  • First Prize in General Project Category, 12. National Landscape Architecture Awards, 2021.
  • Incentive Award in Urban Design Category, 12. National Landscape Architecture Awards, 2021.
  • 3.rd Mention Award, Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Area: Designing New Martyrship Idea Project Competition, 2017.
  • Equivalent Honorable Mention Award, Antalya Konyaaltı Architectural and Coastal Design İdea Project Competition, 2014.
  • Equivalent Honorable Mention Award, Afyonkarahisar Square Architectural and Urban Design İdea Project Competition, 2011.
  • 5.th Mention Award, Bursa Kız Yakup City Park, Urban Design and Architectural Project Competition 2006.
  • 3.rd Mention Award, İzmir Opera Building Project Competition, 2011
  • Purchase Award, Maltepe Regional Park Project Competition, 2007.
  • Purchase Award, Olivelo Ecological Living Unit Project Competition, 2020.

CORPORATE and PROFESSIONAL SERVICES


  • Turkish Spastic Children Foundation – Celebral Palsy, Turkey. Project Collaboration and Exhibition, 2023.
  • Analysis of the Social, Economic, and Physical Structure of Fatih District, Istanbul, Definition and Prioritization of Spatial Projects, ITUNOVA Project, February-December 2020.

INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANCIES


  • Istanbul is Yours, Sculpture Competition in Green Areas, Jury Membership, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Department of Parks, Gardens, and Green Areas, 2022.
  • Design Competition for the Memorial of Pandemics and Health Workers, Jury Membership, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Department of Parks, Gardens, and Green Areas, 2021.