Academic Staff

Research Interests: Gardens and landscapes of the early modern Mediterranean and cross cultural interactions; history of gardens and landscapes of the Ottoman and Islamic cultures; Ottoman space culture; Ottoman imagination; vernacular landscapes; urban history and urban culture of Istanbul/Constantinople.

Design Interest: Teaching and practicing in architectural, landscape and urban design.

Research interests: Urban space production, Neoliberal urbanization dynamics of İstanbul, Architectural practice-theory cross-section, Anthropocene and Ecological design.

• Passive & HVAC Systems
• Building Energy Performance, 
• Energy Efficient Building Design
• Green Building Certification Systems, 
• Renewable Energy Systems, 
• Decarbonization, 
• Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)
• Cost Optimality
• Sustainability

Amina Rezoug Ayar is a faculty member at Istanbul Bilgi University. She earned her Ph.D. in Architectural Design and MS. Arch in Architectural Design and Computation Program from ITU. She has been involved in the conception and construction of many architectural projects of different scales. She has been working in exhibitions; some of her works have been exhibited in Turkey and France. Her research focuses on formal methods, computational research on one hand and housing, dwelling perspectives, and user contexts on the other. She works on interdisciplinary methods that combine the social sciences and formal studies.

Architectural Design

Architectural Theory and Criticism

Urban Studies 

Critical Representation

Ecological Restoration

Architectural design, design theory, phenomenology and architecture, craft culture, architectural epistemology, cultural landscapes, epistemological impact of sites on design thinking. 

Classical Greek and Roman history, culture, art and architecture

Ornament and digital design and manufacturing technologies  

History of architecture education - historiography and methodologies

Basic Design education