Nihal Bursa - architect lecturer Architecture Department, METU

Mrs. Bursa graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Architecture in 1984 and completed her Ph.D. at the very same university. She had her papers published at the UIA Conference: Architecture at the Crossroads and attended other symposiums. In 1987-1989 she was part of the team that designed the Faculty of Industrial Engineering Building at METU.

She is currently teaching at the Architecture Department of METU. Some of her courses consists of Graphic Communication I and II, Basic Design and Introduction to Architectural Design.
DATE OF BIRTH
April 16, 1962 - Mersin, Turkey

EDUCATION
2003 M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
Ph.D. Thesis
Thesis Title: A Socially Constructed Reality: Sedad Hakki Eldem
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selahattin Önür
1987 M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
Master Program (Degree of M. Arch)
Thesis Title: A Concise Survey in History of Interior Design and a Proposal for a Restaurant Interior Supervisor: Ilhan Kural
1984 M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture Graduate Program (Degree of B. Arch)

SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA
1988 Mobilya Tasarimi Sempozyumu, Ankara
Paper presented: Mobilya ve Mekan
1993 UIA Conference: Architecture At The Crossroads, Chicago
Paper published in conference proceeding: The Development in Socio-Cultural Processes of Industrialising Societies and "Futures" of Architecture

EMPLOYMENT
1993 M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture,
Instructor
1985 M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture,
Research and Teaching Assistant
1983 Atelier A, Sezar Aygen and Oktay Veral Architectural Office
Summer Practice

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
1987-1989 Faculty of Industrial Engineering Building, M.E.T.U. Campus,
Ankara Design team: Sevinç Yavuz, Aydan Balamir, Nihal Bursa

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
( In M.E.T.U., Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture)
1985- Basic Design
1985- Introduction to Architectural Design
1985- Graphic Communication I
1985- Graphic Communication II