Professional CV for Salih Ceylan

1. Salih Ceylan, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Bahçeşehir University
BAU North Campus, Ihlamur Yildiz Street No: 8 Beşiktaş / İstanbul /Turkey
GSM: +90 533 366 36 13 Work Phone: +90 212 381 55 77 E-mail: salih.ceylan@bau.edu.tr
scopus id: 57208863979 orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-7773
Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IcMClyQAAAAJ&hl=tr
Academic portfolio: https://www.slideshare.net/SalihCeylan1/portfolio202312refinedpdf
Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salih-Ceylan
Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salih-ceylan-2a3096b/
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Gender : Male
Date of Birth : January /12/1980
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Turkish
ACADEMIC FIELDS OF INTEREST
Technology in architectural design
Virtual reality in architecture
Energy efficiency in architecture
Architectural education
Sustainable design
Computer aided design
Digital presentation techniques
Space architecture
Architecture & science-fiction
Retail design
To proceed with my professional work and academic research activities in my fields
of work to establish myself as a productive member of the community and to gain
experience in professional and academic services as professor and architect to be
more helpful for institutions.
2018 – present Associate professor in architecture department - Bahçeşehir University,
Turkey
Current duties:
Architecture Department Head
Instructor at ARC3001-3002 Architectural Design Studio
Member of the Committee for National Accreditation in Architecture Education
Member of the Academic Board at the Faculty of Architecture and Design
Founder-coordinator of VR laboratory at the faculty of architecture and design
Coordinator of the virtual exhibition for the faculty of architecture and design
CAREER OBJECTIVE
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2. Former duties:
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design (2022-2023)
Coordinator and Instructor at ARC3001-3002 Arch. Design Studio (2019-2023)
Lecturer at ARC2945 Digital Presentation Techniques elective course (2018-2023)
Instructor at ARC1001-1002 Basic Design Studio (2018-2022)
Coordinator of the BAU Berlin Exchange Program (2018-2022)
2014 – 2018 Part Time Studio Instructor – Bahçeşehir University, Turkey
8 semesters of experience as instructor in the ARC3001 and ARC3002 architectural
design studio classes.
2 semesters of experience as lecturer in the ARC2945 Digital Presentation
Techniques elective course.
2009 - 2012 Full Time Lecturer – Istanbul Aydın University, Turkey
3 years of experience as lecturer in several classes. Additional guidance and
administrative works had been done simultaneously. Courses given:
Architectural Design 3 and 4
Graphic Communications 1 and 2
Computer Aided Architectural Design 1 and 2
Basic Design 1 and 2
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 – 2018 Projects Manager – MOZ Retail Design Team, TURKEY
Responsible for design of different brands’ shops in different places, coordination of
necessary teams of work to fulfill the construction process:
- Medicana Hospital Kızıltoprak: All fine construction applications
- Medicana Hospital Bahçelievler: Project and application for lobby & ground floor
- Medicana Hospital Beylikdüzü: Project for lobby area & patient rooms
- Lunch Box restaurants:
- Lunch Box Marmarapark: Concept design, project and application
- Lunch Box Mall of Istanbul: Project and application
- Lunch Box Bahçeşehir: Concept design, project and application
- Lunch Box Metrocity: Project
- Lunch Box Beylikdüzü Migros: Project and application
- Bursa Kebap Evi restaurants:
- Bursa Kebap Evi Metrogarden Mall: Project and application
- Bursa Kebap Evi Afyon Afium Mall: Project and application
- Bursa Kebap Evi Çanakkale: Project and application
- Bursa Kebap Evi Avcılar: Project and application
- Bursa Kebap Evi Kocaeli: Project and application
- Jaade Retail stores:
- Jaade Florya: Project and application
- Jaade Kocaeli: Project and application
- Defacto Retail stores:
- Defacto Avcılar: Project
- Defacto Beylikdüzü: Project
- Defacto Çanakkale: Project
- Chillbox Reatil stores:
- Chillbox concept adaptation
- Chillbox Özdilek Mall: Project and application
- Chillbox Vialand Mall: Project

3. - Storks Jewellery stores:
- Storks Çanakkale: Project and application
- Storks Kastamonu: Project and application
- Altınbaş Jewellery stores:
- Altınbaş Kastamonu: Project and application
- Pırıltı Alyans stores:
- Pırıltı Alyans Kuyumcukent store: Concept, project and application
- Pırıltı Alyans Kuyumcukent showroom and factory: Project and application
- Pırıltı Alyans Headquarters Beyazıt: Project and application
- Crazy Games Kahramanmaraş: Concept, project, and application
- Balıkesir Chamber of Commerce: Sustainable building design
- Kuyumcukent Administration: Masterplan for renovation
- The Box Café Tepekent: Concept, project, and application
- Sistema Levent offices: Project and application
- Sistema Zincirlikuyu offices: Project and application
- Moral House: Project and application
- Akdemir House: Project and application
- More residential projects and applications
2006 – 2009 Architect – BIR Architecture, TURKEY
Responsible for the design of different brands’ shops in different places.
- Seven Hill stores
- B&G stores
- Panço stores
- Abydos Hotel design and application in Çanakkale
- Lescon shoe store concept design
- Offices and showroom for Seven Hill
2005 – 2006 Architect – Hedron architecture, Turkey
Responsible for the design and visualization of projects with different functions in
various locations
2004 – 2005 Architect – Seven Hill Retail Company, TURKEY
Responsible for design and construction of the company’s shops in different places.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2009 – 2016 PhD. In Architecture - Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Architectural Design Program
A Model Proposal for Integrating Energy Efficient/ Sustainable Design Principles with
Architectural Education in Turkey
2004 – 2007 Master of Architecture – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Architectural Design Program
The Role of Vernacular Architecture in the Concept of Historical Continuity: The
Example of Vernacular Houses in Büyükdere Valley, Rize
1999 – 2004 Bachelor of Architecture - Yıldız Technical University, Turkey

4. ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
2023 2nd
Prize Winner at the Metaverse Design Competition organized by STELSI
2023 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Program at Hochschule für Angewandte
Wissenschaften Hamburg, 6-10 November, 2023.
2021-2022 Organization of conference series “ARCHIDESIGN TALKS” at BAU FAD.
2021-… Coordinator of the Scientific Research Project based on a VR experience:
“Following the Traces of Sedad Hakkı Eldem in Istanbul”
2020-… Coordinator of the Virtual Exhibition for Faculty of Architecture and Design
2019-… Founder and coordinator of the VR Lab at Faculty of Architecture and Design
2019 Coordinator of the Italy Summer School, 1-15 September in Rome, Milan, Turin,
and Genoa
2018 Member of the organizing committee for International Conference CAUMME
2018 in Istanbul, Turkey
2018-2023 Coordinator of International Cooperations between Bahçeşehir University and
Berlin International University of Applied Sciences
ACADEMIC WORK
Selected articles and chapters published in international academic journals and books:
Ceylan Salih (2023). The influence of historical context on architectural design: a retrospective
analysis of student work. In World Transactions on Engineering and
Technology Education. Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 205-210.
Ceylan Salih (2022). Vernacular architecture of Turkish Eastern Black Sea region: a case study in
Senoz (Büyükdere) Valley. In Open House International, Vol. 47 No. 3, pp. 513-
532. Doi: 10.1108/OHI-08-2021-0174.
Ceylan Salih, Soygeniş Sema (2022). Improving Architecture Students’ Design Skills: A Studio
Experience. In International Journal of Art and Design Education, 41(2), 320-
340, Doi: 10.1111/jade.12401.
Ceylan Salih (2022). Architectural evolution of space settlements in cinema and television. In Journal
of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, Volume 3 (Special Issue),
pp. 66-78, Doi: 10.47818/DRArch.2022.v3si072.
Ceylan Salih, Şahin Pınar, Çalışkan Arda, Çatak Güven, Masalcı Zafer, Hacıtahiroğulları Volkan (2022).
Following the traces of sedad hakki eldem: a case study on the contribution of
virtual reality based documentary games to architectural education. In
Engineering From Machine Learning To Virtual Reality, Şaşmaz Merivan (ed.),
pp. 114-125. ISBN: 978-625-6380-94-3.

5. Selected conference papers presented in international academic conferences:
Ceylan Salih (2023). The Influence of Historical Context on Architectural Design: A Retrospective of
Student Work. In EADE-2023: Conference on Engineering and Architecture
Design Education,12-14 June 2023, Wroclaw Poland.
Ceylan Salih, Arslan Mehmet Emre (2022). Coworking Spaces for Startup Companies: A Comparative
Study in Istanbul. In Evangelos Markopoulos, Ravindra S. Goonetilleke and Yan
Luximon (eds) Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. AHFE (2022)
International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 31. AHFE International, USA.
Doi: 10.54941/ahfe1001514.
Ceylan Salih, Şahin Pınar, Çalışkan Arda, Çatak Güven, Masalcı Zafer, Hacıtahiroğulları Volkan (2022).
Virtual reality based documentary games’ contribution to architectural
education: a case study. in 5. Media Literacy Forum International Social
Sciences Congress in the Age of Digital Transformation, November 11-12, 2022,
Istanbul.
Ceylan Salih (2021). Adapting sustainability and energy efficiency principles to architectural
education: A conceptual model proposal for the design studio sequence.
International Conference on Green Energy and Sustainable Development, E3S
Web of Conferences 329, 01070, 1-6, Doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202132901070.
PREVIOUS EDUCATION
1991 - 1999 German School of Istanbul, TURKEY
1986 - 1991 Lutfi Banat Elementary School, Istanbul, TURKEY
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
CAD Software AutoCAD: Advanced
3Ds Max: Advanced
Google Sketchup: Advanced
Lumion Pro: Advanced
Enscape: Advanced
Rhinoceros: Intermediate
ArchiCAD: Intermediate
Revit: Intermediate
Twinmotion: Intermediate
Blender: Intermediate
Unreal Engine: Beginner, taking lessons
Other Software Adobe Photoshop CS3: Advanced
Adobe Illustrator CC 2015: Intermediate
Adobe InDesign CS6: Intermediate
Microsoft Office Programs: Advanced
Adobe Premiere: Intermediate

6. LANGUAGE SKILLS
English Reading: Advanced, Writing: Advanced, Speaking: Advanced (TOEFL IBT 103/120)
German Reading: Advanced, Writing: Advanced, Speaking: Advanced
Spanish Reading: Beginner, Writing: Beginner, Speaking: Beginner
Czech Reading: Beginner, Writing: Beginner, Speaking: Beginner
CLUB & ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Member of Chamber of Architects in Turkey
Member of Yıldız Technical University Alumni
Member of German School Istanbul Alumni
Member of Turkish Sports Writers Association
REFERENCES
Prof. Dr. Nilay Ünsal Gülmez Bahcesehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Istanbul; nilay.gulmez@bau.edu.tr, +90 533 433 11 57
Assist. Prof. Dr. Melek Elif Somer Bahcesehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Istanbul; melekelif.somer@bau.edu.tr, +90 533 436 49 29
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yiğit Yılmaz Bahcesehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Istanbul; yigit.yilmaz@bau.edu.tr, +90 530 409 74 78
Assoc. Prof. Dr Joanna Jabłońska, Vice-dean Faculty of Architecture Wroclaw University of
Science and Technology. joanna.jablonska@pwr.edu.pl
(additional references available upon request)