Engin Ayaz

After graduating from Istanbul German High School, Engin Ayaz completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University on Civil Engineering and Architectural Design. He received scholarships from the US EPA and Merage Foundation to develop green building projects. He worked as a sustainable design consultant for international engineering and architecture firm Arup’s European and American offices. He worked as a part time assistant at California College of Arts and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. He recently completed a masters degree in interactive design, media arts and interactive installations at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts ITP. After his return to Turkey, he founden Atölye innovation platform which which was developed as his thesis project. Between 2013 and 2016, he is a part-time lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University. As a Founder and Design Director at ATÖLYE, he manages projects across scales and stimulates the studio’s design culture. His work has been published in various journals including Monocle, Dezeen, Designboom, Architizer, Creators Project, ArchDaily, XXI, GOOD Magazine and Atlantic Cities. He has presented his works at various conferences in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Tokyo, Barcelona, ​​Geneva, Edinburgh, Copenhagen and Istanbul and has presented two TEDx presentations.