Özgün ÖZÇAKIR

Özgün Özçakır is an architect by training who is specialized in the preservation field. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage of METU for his thesis entitled ‘In-Between Preservation and Economics: Establishing Common Ground between Socio-Cultural and Economic for the Sustainability of Urban Heritage Places in Turkey.’ He has attended international meetings as a speaker, including those organized by the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, the Association of Cultural Economics International, BTU Cottbus, Columbia GSAPP and TU Delft. He is a member of ICOMOS Turkey, and ICOMOS SDGs Working Group. He is an assistant professor at Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture and his research interests include heritage values, heritage and sustainability, heritage impact assessment (HIA), approaches and strategies for intervention in heritage places.

Projects

Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment, Emergency Response, Conservation, Rehabilitation and Resilience of Cultural Heritage Assets in Multi-layered City: Antakya, Hatay (in construction)

Turkey (Antakya), 2023, Cultural Emergency Response (CER), Altınöz, G.B. (director), Türer, A., Güçhan N.Ş., Özçakır, Ö., Esen, S.Y., Akyildiz, F.D., Asrav, E.Ç., Ergenç, E., Çalişkan, O., Büyükcivelek, B., Okumuş, G., Öztürk, M., Diker, İ., Tuğrul, S.