ENGIN TULAY
Architecture | Urbanism | Infrastructure | Mobility | Transportation | Car Design I Curatorial I Research I Pedagogy I Lecture I Tutor
engin.tulay@icloud.com
www.engintulay.com
STATEMENT
With an academic background in architecture, design, and urbanism, I contribute to the interdisciplinary academic environment. I support the ongoing development of the new curriculum in research, teaching, and practice, while offering a deeper understanding of the pressing contemporary issues in spatial theory and practice.
Having completed a bachelor’s and master’s degree in architecture, a master’s in car and transportation design, and most recently a master’s in urbanism at the University of Basel, I have developed a comprehensive understanding of research and teaching across diverse contexts—bridging the built environment with socio- spatial dynamics. I work in an interdisciplinary manner, connecting various fields.
Throughout my career, I have engaged in workshops, courses, and projects that examine the dynamic relationships between architecture, infrastructure, and mobility in post-industrial landscapes. These experiences have shaped my ability to synthesize theoretical insights with practical applications.
I have contributed to research projects focusing on human-machine interactions in urban contexts, particularly through the lens of mobile architecture. These experiences have strengthened my familiarity with both qualitative and quantitative research methods, including spatial analysis and ethnographic inquiry. Notably, my urban ethnography master’s thesis on transnationality in Basel reflects a commitment to investigating complex social dimensions—perspectives that I believe are increasingly relevant to the built environment.
I emphasize inclusive, forward-thinking, and collaborative development in spatial education, with competency development and experimental teaching formats. My ongoing exploration of regenerative design principles, “more-than-human” landscapes, and adaptive infrastructures continues to shape my understanding of what urban learning can become.
For me, academia is, above all, an open forum where techniques, creativity, and ethics are reflected upon, and where social challenges are critically analyzed. It also encompasses a holistic understanding of climate change and sustainability—fostering awareness and active engagement with these issues.
The studio environment plays a central role in helping students find their own voice, nurturing creativity, and prioritizing independent thinking. Architectural, urban, and design education, in my view, is about conveying ideas, methods, and philosophies—and enabling students to see the world in new ways. Learning should be nonlinear, encouraging serendipitous connections and exploring visual, sensory, and aural dimensions. Students should be empowered to challenge existing methods and hierarchies with creative curiosity. My teaching philosophy is rooted in freedom of interpretation, emphasizing empirical experience through the five senses.
My professional experience includes collaborative research and teaching roles in which I facilitated dialogue across disciplines, often navigating the intersections of architectural theory, urban history, and design practice. I will continue to contribute to the research and pedagogical landscape at universities, not only through analytical support but also by engaging critically with the ongoing transformation of academia.
EDUCATION
2025 MA Urban Studies
University of Basel Urban Studies
Critical Urbanisms: An interdisciplinary program alongside Changing Societies and Sustainable Development
2010 Workshop An Endeavor in Discontinuity
Scuola Politecnica Di Design Milan Italy
Unexpected shapes that interpret new social gestures as experimental moving concepts, led by Chris Bangle
2009 Workshop The Paradigm After the Next Car
Scuola Politecnica Di Design Milan Italy
New sustainable shared transportation systems that engage on a personal emotional level, led by Chris Bangle
2008 MA Car and Transport Design
Scuola Politecnica di Design Milan Italy
Vehicle Concept Development and Intelligent Mobility
2003 MSc Architecture
Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey
Master's thesis - Architecture and the Car - Place with Continuously Changing Boundaries: Corporeal reality formed by man and machine
1998 BA Architecture
Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey
1993 High School
Kabataş Erkek (Boys’) Advanced High School
Department of Mathematics Istanbul Turkey
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES I GIVEN WORKSHOPS & LECTURES & COURSES and PARTICIPATIONS
2025
Participation Symposium on Urban Futures
A Century of Urban Futures: Archives, Vectors, and Perspectives (1950 - 2050)
ETH Zurich D-ARCH
Engaging with researchers and academics on themes including planetary urbanization, urban imaginaries, AI and multi-modal data in design, and the digital humanities. Discussions on archival practices, inclusive architectural histories, and the future of urban research through speculative and computational methods. Contributing to the workshop "The Archive of the Urban Age", exploring semantic modeling and AI tools for reinterpreting historical urban discourse (Moderator: Tom Avermaete - ETH Zurich gta Institute).
2023
Participation AA Summer School The Materiality of Art Fairs
AA - Architectural Association & University of Basel
Exploring the controversial intersection of art and sustainability, focusing on climate urbanism, systemic change in the art market, and the material dimensions of cultural production in the context of the global warming crisis.
Participation Interdisciplinary Symposium Decolonial Imaginaries
Literary & Urban Studies University of Basel
A two-day symposium bringing together urban and literary scholars to explore decolonial imaginaries. Lectures and workshops by Dominic Davies on the imagination of infrastructure and infrastructural violence, and Catalina Ortiz on radical spatial imagination at the intersection of informality, urban heritage, and urban learning.
Participation Interdisciplinary Colloquium Transhumanism
University of Basel
A colloquium on transhumanism integrating human and environmental relations, with discussions focusing on redefining humanity’s role within natural systems, considering ethical implications and societal issues.
2022
Workshop & Conference Patterns of Movement
University of Karabuk Industrial Design Department Turkey
Exploring the sensory dimensions of movement and motion through drawing, form generation, and mobility concepts. Addressing micro/macro mobility, spatial prospect, and the evolving role of cars in future contexts.
2020
Lecture Car as a Spatial Memory
Ayvansaray University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey
Considering the car as an independent entity in the context of architecture, as well as a spatial integrity.
Course Future Mobility 2018’20
MEF University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey
Observing how future technologies can be reflected into the configurations between man and machine in the context of cognitive sensations, spatial perceptions, and imaginary emotions following mobility patterns. Assessing the biotic relation between man and machine in accordance with future city paradigms.
Lecture Car as a Documentary 2019’20
Bilgi University, Communication in Design Istanbul Turkey
Examining how cars transform messages into signs, attributes, and symbols, and determine cultural codes.
2019
Workshop The Patterns of Journey
Osmangazi University Faculty of Architecture Eskişehir Turkey
Reflecting on new forms of mobility with sensorial comprehensions parallel to trans-dimensional spatial
studies.
Participation Diploma Jury of Transportation Design
RUBIKA ISD Valenciennes France
Evaluated 5th-year students in Product, Transportation, and Digital Design.
Workshop The Parallel Car
Scuola Politecnica di Design Milan Italy
Developing a car design project by extending its existing conceptual practice and forming its future.
2018
Workshop TransCAR Life on the Move
Scuola Politecnica di Design Milan Italy
Describing a vision for the interaction between man and machine to transform cars into more architectural units.
2017
Lecture Car as an Interface
Osmangazi University Faculty of Architecture Eskişehir Turkey
Questioning how mobile lives can alter and adapt their movements with reference to spatial configurations.
Workshop PostCAR
MEF University FADA Architectural Design Festival Istanbul Turkey
Considering future cities radically transformed according to mobility patterns as psycho-physical and mental structures, developing living forms that incorporate mobile and immobile elements as symbiotes in a far future.
Workshop The Art of Mobility
Scuola Politecnica di Design Milan Italy
Generating a futuristic image of mobility that embodies the intention of movement in an artistic manner.
Course Car Design as Mass Culture and Art 2013’17
Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey Experiencing how the transformation of human-machine interactions will allow people to reflect on their senses.
2016
Workshop Sensing the Future
Scuola Politecnica di Design Milan Italy
Experiencing how the transformation of human-machine interactions will allow people to reflect their senses.
2015
Lecture Car as a Metaphor
Beykent University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey
Examining concepts cognitively within the scope of various spatial and mobility patterns through the car.
Workshop Future Mobility
Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Turkey Exploring the micro and macro mobility systems that respond to urban morphology.
Workshop Cloud Machine 2012’15
Istanbul Technical University ART+ Design Festival Istanbul Turkey
Creating cognitive, visual, and sonic architectural structures and performing them spatially.
Certificated Training Course Car Design Basics 2015’18
Bilgi University Continuing Education Istanbul Turkey
Aiming to establish an integrated car design approach within an interdisciplinary framework, encompassing design thinking, methodology, and communication. Fostering a balanced blend of theoretical insights and applied knowledge, promoting innovation across all stages of the design process. Advancing sketching techniques plays a crucial role in refining creative expression and facilitating a deeper understanding of form, function, and emotion.
2000
Workshop Movie EASA European Architecture Students Assembly
Belgium Netherlands France
As a tutor, collaborating with students to explore spatial narratives through film, focusing on globalization.
APPLIED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2003’25 Architect & Designer
Experienced in a range of creative-technical disciplines, including architectural projects, interior design, furniture design, graphic design, model making, and construction. Skilled in conceptualizing, planning, and executing innovative solutions that integrate aesthetics, functionality, and sustainability across diverse scales and contexts.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Strategic Response of Carmakers to the Changes in the Car Industry
Master Thesis, supervised by Davide Malagamba
Serving as a scientific advisor on the current car industry to provide insights.
2022 Montpellier Business School, Programme Grande École
Transhumanism and One Health
Co-author, alongside Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Andrea Kaiser Grolimund, and Reinhold Bernhardt
2024 University of Basel and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
SKILLS
Languages: English (Advanced), German (Good), Italian (Good)
Technical: AutoCAD, ArchiCAD (developing), 3ds Max, Photoshop, InDesign, Music Recording, Video Editing
Architectural project conceptualization, design theory, and construction management, with a strong focus on the integration of aesthetic vision and technical execution. Sketching, technical drawing, and rendering, complemented by hands-on expertise in model making and furniture design. Presentations that effectively communicate design concepts, process, and solutions.
