Burcu Salgin

Background

About Burcu Salgin

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture-Construction Sciences Program at Erciyes University, Kayseri/TR. I held a visiting lecturer position in the Architecture Department of the University of Granada (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Granada) in Spain in 2008. I held a visiting researcher position in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of California, Berkeley in the US in 2012. I also held a visiting postdoctoral researcher position in the School of Engineering at Widener University in 2016 and in the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University in 2023 in the US.I completed an undergraduate degree at Erciyes University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Kayseri/TR (from to 2003). I was awarded the third best degree among the class of the year 2003. During my undergraduate education, I held a position as a trainee in “ÖKOBAU TIARKS Architecture & Engineering Office” and “Tiemeier Architecture & Engineering Office” in Melle/Germany in summer 2002.I received my masters degree in architecture at Erciyes University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Architecture Program, Kayseri/TR. The MSc dissertation title was “Raw Concrete, Brutalism and Examples in Turkey”. I received my PhD degree in architecture at Yıldız Technical University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Architecture-Construction Program, Istanbul/TR. The PhD dissertation title was “Design Approaches to Prevent/Reduce C&D Waste Generated Through the Building Life Processes and a Model Suggestion”.