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DESIGN & RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

projects

Selected research, teaching, design, and architecture work.

Project list

  1. Co-design toolkit materials arranged on a table.

    Designing with More-than-Human Tensions

    2026

    Doctoral research

    Doctoral research on future domestic spaces in historic neighbourhoods, focusing on how domestic technologies and spaces reshape one another.

    The dissertation draws on observations, resident interviews, interpretive methods with heritage buildings, architect interviews, focus groups, and speculative co-designs to develop intermediate-level design knowledge for future Human-Building Interaction.

    #Observations #Interviews #Interpretivemethods #Focusgroups #Speculativeco-design #Visualandmaterialprompts #Toolkitdesign #Thematicanalysis #Researchsynthesis
    PhD researcher completed
  2. Map of Turkey with a marked area.

    Post-Earthquake Housing and Recovery

    2025

    Disaster resilience and recovery

    Research on residents' expectations and designers' perspectives toward post-earthquake permanent housing in Antakya.

    This work included interviews with earthquake-affected residents and focus groups with architects and interaction designers. Findings informed peer-reviewed publications on post-disaster housing, media architecture, resilience, and recovery.

    #Interviews #Focusgroups #Casestudies #Speculativeideas #Ideationcards #Researchsynthesis #Academicwriting #Visualdocumentation
    Research associate completed
  3. Design thinking workshop with students.

    Design Thinking Mindset and Abilities Scale

    2023

    Design education

    Collaborative research developing a scale for design thinking mindset and abilities among multidisciplinary undergraduate students.

    The project involved data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, expert interviews, and manuscript preparation. Findings contributed to a peer-reviewed journal article in the International Journal of Technology and Design Education.

    #Surveys #Scaledevelopment #Statisticalanalysis #Stata #Qualtrics #Expertinterviews #Academicwriting
    Research assistant completed

  4. Conscious Use of AI in Basic Design

    2026

    Human-AI interaction

    Co-supervision of a master's research project investigating students' conscious use of AI tools in basic design education.

    The project supports research design, quantitative and qualitative inquiry, and analysis of undergraduate students' creative processes with AI tools.

    #Surveys #Interviews #Mixedmethods #Thematicanalysis #Researchsynthesis #AI-assistedprototyping
    Co-supervision ongoing

  5. Architectural Concept Design and Implementation

    2026

    Architecture

    Architectural concept design, branding, and implementation work across domestic, commercial, cultural, and co-working space projects.

    Professional architecture experience includes work at VEN Design and freelance projects spanning concept development, branding, and implementation.

    #Visualdocumentation #3Dmodelling #Blender #AdobeCreativeSuite #Figma
    Architect ongoing

methods

Methods and tools

  • Qualitative and creative research methods (Interviews, observations, focus groups, case studies, speculative co-design, participatory workshops, persona-based methods, toolkit design, visual and material prompts, thematic analysis)
  • Quantitative and mixed methods (Surveys, scale development, descriptive/statistical analysis, Stata, Qualtrics)
  • Analysis and documentation (MAXQDA, affinity diagramming, research synthesis, academic writing, visual documentation, Figma, Miro, Adobe Creative Suite)
  • Creative and immersive tools (XR prototyping, Unity, Blender, 3D modelling, speculative design materials, AI-assisted prototyping)

Contact

Want to discuss a project, studio, or research collaboration?

For direct contact, email goksenintan@gmail.com or btan20@ku.edu.tr.