Büşra Balaban is a researcher and architect working with the critical and interdisciplinary modes of spatial studies. She has received MSc from Istanbul Technical University with her thesis titled; Non-Interior: A Critical Spatial Production at the Intersection of Architecture and Cinema. She holds a bachelor's degree in architecture and a minor degree in industrial product design from ITU. She is a research assistant at Istanbul Bilgi University since November 2021. Her research interests mainly focus on critical spatial research, feminist theory and practice, architectural representation, cinematography, filmmaking and viewing practices.