Doç. Dr. Ebru Erbaş Gürler

Res. Asst. Hüseyin Ögçe

 

Research Interests: Outdoor Thermal Comfort, Urban Heat Island Effects, and Visual Landscape Assessment

Email: ogce20@itu.edu.tr

Address: Taşkışla, Faculty of Architecture, 121D

Web Page: https://akademi.itu.edu.tr/en/ogce20/

Hüseyin Ögçe is a landscape architect and research assistant in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Istanbul Technical University. His primary research interests include outdoor thermal comfort, the urban heat island effect, and visual landscape assessment. Ögçe earned his undergraduate degree in landscape architecture from Atatürk University in 2015 with honors. He earned his master's degree from Düzce University in 2020. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Istanbul Technical University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Meltem Erdem Kaya. To date, he has published numerous research articles in academic journals indexed in Scopus and has participated in several research projects. He was a visiting scholar in the Microclimatic Design Lab at Texas A&M University in 2025.

EMPLOYMENT

2021-Cont.
Research Assistant
Istanbul TeCHNICAL uNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture

2019-2021
Research Assistant
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan uNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture

EDUCATION

2020-Cont.
PhD
Istanbul TeCHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture

2020
Master
DUZCE UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture

2015
Bachelor
ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY

Landscape Architecture

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ogce, H., Brown, R. D., Yu, S., & Kaya, M. E. (2026). The Chalcedony and Nephrite Corridor: Enhancing blue and green infrastructure to cool the city. Sustainable Cities and Society, 107549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2026.107549
  • Ögçe, H., & Erdem Kaya, M. (2025). Predicting Outdoor Thermal Comfort in İstanbul: A Potential Climate View for 2100. Forestist, 75(1), 24088. https://doi.org/10.5152/forestist.2025.24088
  • Ogce, S., Ogce, H., Yu, S., & Brown, R. D. (2025). The interaction between urban heat island and urban parks: An in-situ measurement-based review. Land Use Policy, 157, 107628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107628
  • Ögçe, H., Sarı, E. N., & Kaya, M. E. (2024). Assessing the visual landscape of Istanbul Bosphorus: Exploring the role of vegetation and built environment characteristics. Land Use Policy, 145, 107288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107288
  • Ögçe, H., & Erdem Kaya, M. (2024). Urban heat island phenomenon in Istanbul: A comprehensive analysis of land use/land cover and local climate zone effect. Indoor and Built Environment, 33(8), 1447–1470. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326X241244724

AWARDS

  • Purchase Prize - 2025 | Bursa Setbaşı–Yeşil–Emirsultan Historic Axis Urban Design Ideas Competition. Team: Gizem Aluçlu Armutcu, Fatma Sultan Bozkurt, Başak Akarsu, Hüseyin Ögçe, Semra Ögçe, Begüm Özcan, Emine Karaca, Bilge Pınar Albayrak.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

  • Researcher, ITU Scientific Research Projects (BAP), Project No. 44719 (2023–Present). Development of a Disaster-Responsive Open and Green Space Planning and Design Guideline for the ITU Ayazağa Campus. Principal Investigator: F.A. Türer Başkaya. Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Projects Unit.
  • Scholarship Researcher, TÜBİTAK 1001 Research Project, Project No. 219O124 (2020–2022, National). Proposal for a Rural Settlement Landscape Identity and Governance Model in Metropolitan Areas. Principal Investigator: M. Erdem Kaya.

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