Re-Coding Homes Through Flexible Interiors: Emerging Research and Opportunities (Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering)

"This book examines the importance of combined structured research and design studies in the field of interior architecture. It discusses issues like flexibility, adaptability, and user-centered approaches in interior design studies by focusing on a research project called "A User-Centered Model Research Towards a Flexible Interior Spatial Design for Mass Housing Units"--

Nilüfer Saglar Onay is an architect and academician in the field of architecture and interior design. She got her B.Sc.(1999) in Architecture, M.Sc. (2001) and PhD(2010) in Architectural Design. She has been a visiting scholar at SUPSI, Switzerland in 2008, at UNIFI, Florence in 2010- 2011, at POLIMI, Milan and POLITO, Turin from 2015 until present. She started her professional academic career in Istanbul Technical University in 2004 as a research assistant and got the title of associate professor in 2015. She has contributed to several architectural projects and restoration projects in Istanbul. She has numerous national and international publications including journal articles, books, book chapters and conference papers. Her main research areas are public interior spaces, spatial evaluation models, residential architecture and adaptive re-use.

S. Banu Garip is an architect currently holding a PhD degree (2010) in Architectural Design from the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University. She got her B.Sc degree (2000), and M.Sc degree (2003) in Architectural Design from ITU. She worked as a visiting scholar at North Carolina State University College of Design, USA in 2009. Her projects have been awarded, exhibited and published by several institutions. Presently she is continuing her professional work at Istanbul Technical University Department of Interior Architecture as an Associate Professor, contributing to design and projects of 1+1. Her studies mostly focus on interior design, urban design, exhibition design, environmental psychology, and housing studies.

Ervin Garip received his undergraduate degree (2000) and his master's degree (2003) in Architecture at Istanbul Technical University. In 2009, he completed his doctoral studies in Architectural Design program of the same university. During his Ph.D. studies, he served as a visiting scholar in North Carolina State University College of Design (2009). His works have been awarded, exhibited and published by national and international institutions. He currently teaches at the Department of Interior Architecture at Istanbul Technical University as an Associate Professor and works on projects with 1+1 Design Team in Istanbul. He has studies on interior design, urban design, space syntax, wayfinding and orientation, and environmental psychology.