Deniz Akman - MSc Landscape Architect Deniz is an urban designer, a landscape architect, scholar and researcher who is currently working at GTL Landschaftsarchitekten in Kassel, Germany. He has a Master's degree in City Planning from Middle East Technical University in which he carried out his thesis project on Parametric Landscape Urbanism: A Model Proposal for Operational Framework. As a practicing landscape architect, Deniz's works include creating master plans and landscape construction in various scales, designing landscape and preparing construction documents for various contexts including international projects in Germany, USA, China and Turkey. He is also working as a freelance landscape architect and giving urban design consulting services to other companies such as Critical Design Studio located in Istanbul and Charles Strawter Design Inc. located in California.

1. DENIZ AKMAN
2017 - PORTFOLIO

2. Academic Background
Publications
Certificates
Languages
IT Skills
Master of Urban Design | Middle East Technical University
• International Symposium of Urban
Design, Presenter, Oct. 2016 (METU
Faculty of Architecture, Turkey)
• “Parametrical Morphology:
Designing Morphological
Framework“ Presenter, Oct. 2015
(Mersin University, Turkey)
• The Camp as the City Workshop,
Jan. 2015 (Middle East Technical
University, Turkey)
• Parametric Urban Design
Workshop, June 2014 (METU Faculty
of Architecture, Turkey)
• “A New Approach for Landscape
Planning: Geodesign” Workshop,
May 2014 (By Prof. Dr. Carl Steintz)
• Assessing Everyday Landscapes,
Web-Based Seminar, 2011-2012
(Nürtingen University)
• METU Graduate Courses
Performance Award
(Master`s Degree): CGPA 4.0/4.0
2013 - 2017
Ankara, Turkey
mud.arch.metu.edu.tr
• MCP Thesis on “’Parametric Landscape Urbanism’: A Model
Proposal for Operational Framework”: investigated the
formulation and implementation of emerging approaches in
Landscape Urbanism
• International Symposium on Urban Design: developed a
methodology and a model for the field of Landscape Urbanism
in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Olgu Caliskan while applying
knowledge in parametric design, research & development
- Parametric Urban Design Coding Project: `Ruling the City`
- Developing master plans for urban design studios
- Worked in a multinational team
• Focus areas: Parametric Urban Design, Urban Design,
Landscape Urbanism, and Parametric Landscape Architecture.
Turkish English German
Windows
Mac Os X
AutoCAD
Vectorworks
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Rhino
Grasshopper
Sketchup
3dsmax
Lumion
Word
Excel
Powerpoint
DENIZ AKMAN
Adress
Mobile
E-Mail
Birth Date
1559. Sok. Ebru 1 C/20, 06530 Ankara, Turkey
+90 506 280 26 75
sadikdenizakman@gmail.com
24.01.1990
2008 - 2013
Ankara, Turkey
peyzaj.agri.ankara.
edu.tr/en
BSc in Landscape Architecture | Ankara University
• Landscape Architecture Design Project: developed Urban
Design projects in collaboration with international students from
Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture.
• Focus areas: Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design,
Urban Design, and Digital Landscape Architecture
Work Experience
Working Student | GTL Landscape Architecture
• Developed together with various sub-teams projects for
competitions
• Prepared layout and content for Urban Design projects
• Collaborated with international offices to create schematic
design and construction plans
June 2016 -
Oct 2017
Kassel, Germany
gtl-kassel.de
Associate Landscape Architect | CHS Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture Intern | GTL Landscape Architecture
Landscape Designer Intern | Palm Center
Hotel Supervisor | Portofino Apartments
• Prepared plans for sites, planting, irrigation, landscape
construction and grading
• Generated CAD drawings of master landscape plans,
landscape sections, and technical details of paving designs and
vertical hardscape details (residential, commercial, skateparks,
parks, estates )
• Participated in projects for various local and global
competitions and prepared master plans and renderings
• Rendered site plans, landscape construction plans, landscape
construction details, landscape sections, detail drawings
• Worked on landscape design and construction
• Improved knowledge in botanical Mediterranean plants
• Management of Portofino Apartments
Jan 2013 -
June 2016
California, USA
chstrawterdesign.com
June 2012 -
Sept. 2012
Kassel, Germany
gtl-kassel.de
June 2011 -
Sept. 2011
Koycegiz , Turkey
palmiyemerkezi.com
June 2010 -
Sept. 2010
Akyaka , Turkey
portofinoapart.com
• Akman, D. (2017) ‘Parametric
Landscape Urbanism’: A Model
Proposal for Operational Framework,
M.Sc. Thesis, The Graduate School
of Natural and Applied Sciences,
Ankara
• Akman, D. (2017), Parametric
Morphology: An Interface Opening
Morphology to Design, METU Urban
Design International Symposium
2016 Proceeding Book, pp. 128-135
• Akman, D. (2016) ‘Parametric
Landscape Urbanism’: A Model
Proposal for Operational Framework,
METU Urban Design International
Symposium 2016 Proceeding Book,
pp. 166-171

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P O R
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2017

4. selected works
Deniz Akman
1°Königsstraße
Kassel
2017 / GTL
3°Parametric
Landscape
Urbanism
2016 - 2017 / METU
5°Crescenta
Valley
Skate park
Los Angeles
2014 / CHS
2°ST.
Peter-Ording
Promenade
2016 / GTL
4°Urban Design
Coding
2015 / METU

5. Königsstraße Kassel
2017
GTL , Kassel, Germany
Urban Design / Street Renovation
14.850 sqm
In addition to the o. G. Engineering
services are to integrate as the basis for
the design planning the interests and
achievements of the management
carriers and the municipal transport
companies (track construction). The
necessary processes and coordination
processes are to be coordinated and
controlled with all project participants
and the public authorities. Likewise,
required expert opinions are to be
coordinated and controlled. The
service also includes the drawing up of
roadmap plans and joint construction
and construction timetables (including
those for traffic control signage).
For the entire planning phase, as well
as for the complete construction
process, special emphasis is placed
on competent, public communication
skills. The participation in citizen
and neighboring participations, in
particular of the business residents is to
be provided.
1°Königsstraße
Kassel
2017 / GTL

6. 1° Königsstraße Kassel - 2017 - GTL

7. 1° Königsstraße Kassel - 2017 - GTL

8. St. Peters-Ording
2016
GTL , Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany
Urban Design / Competetion
15.000 sqm
The competition included planning and
designing of the Sankt Peter-Ording
Promenade Waterfront area. The
concept of the promenade is that it
opens up to the North Sea within natural
wetland areas. The project included
various areas such as residential, retail,
vista platforms, commercial, natural
trails, sandy landscapes, playgrounds,
sport and public that were related to
Waterfront and its public facilities.
2°ST.
Peter-Ording
Promenade
2016 / GTL

9. ST. Peters-Ording Promenade - 2016 - GTL

10. ST. Peters-Ording Promenade - 2016 - GTL

11. Parametric Landscape Urbanism
2016 - 2017
METU, Ankara, Turkey
Master Thesis / Research
Most of the contemporary cities today
tend to integrate landscape into their
urban infrastructure by reclaiming
them as new systems of public space.
Landscape urbanism, in this context,
suggests new outlook to control
the comprehensive and complex
integration processes. With the new
interpretation of the concept of urban
landscape, landscape urbanism can
provide an alternative interpretation of
urban design in the wider framework of
infrastructure and territory as well. In this
regard, landscape urbanism currently
requires robust definitions of its own
methodologiesprovidinganalternative
outlook on both spatial representation
and design. From this standpoint,
the thesis discusses the emerging
approaches in landscape urbanism
from a methodological perspective. In
this framework, it critically reviews the
emerging techniques of parametric
modelling applied in the recent
design and research projects in
landscape urbanism. On this basis,
the study suggests a methodical
model integrating the main design
components of landscape urbanism
into the operational domain of
parametric design.
3°Parametric
Landscape
Urbanism
2016 - 2017 / METU

12. 3° Parametric Landscape Urbanism - 2017 - METU

13. 3° Parametric Landscape Urbanism - 2017 - METU

14. Urban Design Coding
2015
METU , Ankara, Turkey
Urban Design / Research
METU UD Studio held in 2014-2015
academic year conducted a design
research on urban coding. The study
mainly focused on morphological
urban design rules to generate
complex urban fabrics. To test the
operational relationship between the
code and the design process, several
hypothetical modeling studies were
made within consecutive workshops
called ‘design by code’ and ‘coding
by design’. For that purpose, a ‘code
index’ constituting the parametric
components of the basic elements
of urban form was defined. The index
provided the necessary vocabulary
for the formulation of urban codes
that require the reciprocal relationship
between the morphological elements
of urban form. The use of codes was
tested on a real context in Istanbul,
Turkey by selecting regular urban
blocks which are subject to be
transformed on a multiple-property
ownership pattern.
4°Urban Design
Coding
2015 / METU

15. 4° Urban Design Coding - 2015 - METU

16. 4° Urban Design Coding - 2015 - METU

17. Crescenta Valley Skate park
2015
CHS , Los Angeles, USA
Urban Design / Skate park
930 sqm
Crescenta Valley Community Regional
Park is nestled in a green and tree-filled
valley that provides community access
to a beautiful natural area of native
California flora and fauna. Frequent
visitors of the park call it a “hidden
jewel” in the Crescenta Valley.
Design plans for the 10,000-square-foot
park included features such as rails,
ramps and grind boxes. Two bleacher
areas were installed outside of the
enclosed park. The area was designed
to accommodate all skill levels of
not only skaters, but also scooter
enthusiasts.
5°Crescenta
Valley
Skate park
Los Angeles
2015 / CHS

18. 5° Crescenta Valley Skate park Los Angeles - 2015 - CHS

19. 5° Crescenta Valley Skate park Los Angeles - 2015 - CHS

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