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Onur Yüce Gün is an architect and computational design specialist. He is currently a Presidential Fellow at MIT Department of Architecture pursuing his PhD in Design and Computation. Onur's work and teaching focuses on computational and generative design methodologies, digital fabrication and photorealistic visualization, some of which is published in a chapter in Rob Woodbury’s book Elements of Parametric Design. He initiated and directed the Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates New York's Computational Geometry Group between 2006 and 2009, and worked on design-construction of approximately 40 non-standart buildings. Simultaneously, he taught at Pratt Institute as Media Expert. He has been an invited critic around United States (Harvard, MIT, UPenn, Columbia, UIC) and Turkey (METU, ITU, YTU), and conducted numerous international workshops in EU and US. Between 2009 and 2011 he was a fulltime instructor at Istanbul Bilgi University where he instituted and coordinated the core first year design and geometry courses in the emerging undergraduate program. Onur holds a SMArchS Computation degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2006) and a B.Arch. from Middle East Technical University (2004). He also continues architectural design practice under his Computational Design Collaboration initiative: O-CDC.


ONUR YÜCE GÜN Architect, Design-Computation Specialist SMArchS, MIT \| BArch, METU http://o-cdc.com/ onuryucegun@alum.mit.edu EDUCATION 2011 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD in Computation Candidate- Presidential Fellow at the Department of Architecture 2004 - 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - GPA 5.0/5.0, Master’s in Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) in Computation Thesis: “Narration of Light: Computational Tools for Framing the Tonal Imagination” 2000 - 2004 Middle East Technical University - Top of the Class, Bachelor of Architecture. 1998 – 2000 Middle East Technical University, Admitted to Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, transferred to Department of Architecture. 1995 - 1998 Ari Science High School - Top of the Class - GPA 5.0/5.0 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009 09 - present O-CDC [Onur Yüce Gün–Computational Design Collaboration], Founder 2006 07 - 2009 09 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Computational Geometry Specialist, Computational Geometry Group Head 2004 09 - 2006 06 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Assistant 2004 02 – 2004 07 Kural Architectural Office, Part time design/drafting position. 2003 06 – 2003 09 Atabas Architectural Office, Summer Intern. 2002 06 – 2002 08, 2001 06 – 2001 08 Construction Plants, Controller, laborer TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2009 09 - 2011 09 İstanbul Bilgi University – Full time Instructor, Graduate Program in Architectural Design & Department of Architecture 2009 01 – 2009 06 Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Digital Futures Group Coordinator 2006 09 – 2009 06 Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Part-time Instructor, Media Expert WORKSHOPS TAUGHT 201104 Scripting to Fabrication Izmir University of Economics - Coordinator, Conductor 2010 02 Smart Geometry 2010 GC Training İstanbul - Coordinator, Conductor 2009 10 Chamber of Architects, İzmir – Parametric Modeling Workshop, Conductor 2009 09 eCAADe 2009 İstanbul - "Computational Tool Making", Workshop Conductor and Instructor 2009 - 2007 Smart Geometry 2009 Workshop Senior Tutor - San Francisco Smart Geometry 2008 Workshop Senior Tutor, Room Coordinator - Munich Smart Geometry 2007 Workshop Senior Tutor -New York 2007 09 eCAADe 2007 Frankfurt – Generative Components Parametric Design Workshop Conductor 2007 09 Bilgi & Yildiz Technical University University, Istanbul Workshop Conductor: CAD-CAM in Architecture, 2006 07 – present Computational Design/Programming/Modeling Tutor, Pratt Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University. 2006 01 – 2006 06 Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Teaching Assistant. Teaching Assistant for graduate course 4.562 – Architecture in Motion Graphics taught by Assoc. Prof. Takehiko Nagakura. 2004 01 – 2004 07 Middle East Technical University – Teaching Assistant Teaching Assistant of Asst. Prof. Dr. Sebnem Yalinay in “Arch 470 - Digital Design Studio”. Taught Alias MAYA 6.0 basics. PUBLICATIONS Chapter in Book: 2010 07 "Geometric Gestures ", Parametric Design Patterns authored by Robert Woodbury ( USA & Canada: Routledge, 2010): pp .171-184. Articles in Proceedings and Journals 2010 09 eCAADe 2010, Co-Author: “Future Community in Istanbul: An Interpretation of Istanbul To Generate a New Urban Life” 2009 09 eCAADe 2009, “Value Through Precision: Beyond the Realms” 2009 05 İstanbul Technical University , Computational Design, 3rd Symposium, “Words on Understanding and Teaching Computational Constructs” (in Turkish) 2009 04 Harvard GSD: Critical Digital Conference - 2, “The Handbook for Avoiding Computational Design Fallacies, Vol.1” 2008 09 – Ivan Petrovic Award - Runner Up eCAADe 2008, “Anti-UV: Progressive Component Design in Cross Platforms in Architectural Education” 2008 04 Harvard GSD: Critical Digital Conference, : “Progressions in Defining the Digital Ground for Component Making” 2007 12 IASS Symposium 2007 Structural Architecture: Towards The Future Looking to the Past “Computational Design Tools For emergent Geometries In Architecture” 2007 10 ACADIA 2007 Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture “Composing the Bits of Surfaces in Architectural Practice” 2007 09 eCAADe 2007 Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe “Composing the Bits of Surfaces in Architectural Practice: Methodologies and Codes for Generation, Rationalization, and Analysis of Non-Standard Geometries” 2005 11 Sigradi 2005, IX. Ibero-American Congress Of Digital Graphics Co-Author : “Ichtyomorph – Design and Development of a Fish-Skin Double Façade System for Freeform Super Tall Buildings Using Parametric Design Tools”, Authored by Sergio Araya (MIT, SMArchS). 2005 04 Pin-UP, MIT Department of Architecture Press “Ligne 38”, short essay compiled with four colleagues, related to MIT Media Lab Class MAS 966 “Re-thinking Paris Bus Line”. LECTURES 2011 04 Invited Lecturer: AA Istanbul Visiting School “Controlling (Your) Computational Design Power" 2010 11 Invited Lecturer: Istanbul Technical University Design-Computation Lecture Series “Taking the Rejection Role in an Undiscovered World With No Objectors" 2009 09 Invited Lecturer: Chamber of Architects, İzmir, Turkey “Design and Relational Systems" 2009 04 Smart Geometry 2009 Alumni Summit "The World's Addiction to Computational Self-Satisfaction" 2009 02 Invited Lecturer: MIT Computation Alumni Symposium “Persistence Per Precision” 2008 10 Invited Lecturer: MIT Design-Computation Lecture Series “Systemized Unclarity” 2008 08 Invited Panelist, Speaker: SIGGRAPH Design-Computation Complexity Panel 2008 05 Invited Lecturer: 3. National Young Architects Meeting: Architecture and Technology Symposium (Turkey) Architecture and Computational Technologies 2007 12 Invited Lecturer: İstanbul Kültür University: “From Coding to Construction: Computational Design at KPF New York” 2007 05 Invited Lecturer: SEAoNY – Structural Engineers Association of New York Seminar, “Notion of Parametrics in Architectural Design” 2007 04 Video Conference Lecturer: YTU - Yildiz Technical University (Istanbul) & Bilgi University (Istanbul) “Parametric modeling and Generative Components” for Arch 571 “Parametric Desing and Reality”. 2005 04 Bentley Building Research Seminar in Baltimore, Presented “Surface Pattern Creation by Solid Modeling” in BE Conference in Baltimore, Washington. EXHIBITONS 2008 08 SIGGRAPH 2008 Curated Work Gallery Exhibition Contributor: “Design & Computation”: Generative Design Methods and Digital Fabrication Technologies”. Entries: Nanjing Train Station (KPF), Magnolia Tower(KPF), Bishopsgate Tower(KPF) 2006 09 Venice Architectural Biennale Parametric Bus-stops exhibited within the ‘Smart Mobility’ exhibition of the MIT Media Lab, supervisor: William J. Mitchell 2006 01 *Exhibited Animation under “The Unbuilt Monuments”* Exhibition of Takehiko Nagakura in Japan Three minute photo-realistic animation ‘Traverse’ was on exhibition in January 2006 within “The Unbuilt Monuments” animation series of Associate Prof. Takehiko Nagakura, MIT, in Gallery A4 in Tokyo, Japan. 2003 01 The National Meeting of Architectural Students Presented student project “Housing for Draw/In/People” in “Meeting 7”, The National Meeting of Architectural Students at Middle East Technical University. 2001 01 Exhibited Work “An Alternative Housing for METU: A Solar Approach” exhibited in MOBBIG (Schools of Architecture Chairmen Communication Group) as the representative project of Middle East technical University, Department of Architecture. SCHOLARSHIPS 2011 09 MIT Presidential Fellowship for Ph.D. in Computation 2006 01 SmartGeometry Group, Winter 2006 Workshop Scholarship Won one of the fifteen scholarships sponsored by Bentley Systems for the Winter 2006 Workshop of SmartGeometry Group. Studies took place in Cambridge, UK, and followed by the conference in British Museum. 2004 09 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Full Tuition in Admission as Sum of Partial Tuition Scholarships and Merit Recognition in acceptance. 1995 09 Arı Science High School, Ankara, Turkey, Full Time Scholarship, Arı Science High School. HONORS & AWARDS 2010 01 New York AIA – Merit Award for Unbuilt Project Tianjin Hang Lung Plaza, with KPF Architects as Computational Designer. 2008 10 eCAADe 2008 Ivan Petrovic Award - Runner Up 2006 04 International Competition for the Design of the Gyeonggi-do Jeongok Prehistory Museum – Merit Award Prof. Takehiko Nagakura, MIT. 2006 01 Domus - Ryugyong Hotel Idea Competition – Runner Up “Ictyomorph – the responsive super-tall building façade” (collaboration with S. Araya, MIT phD. Candidate) 2004 06 Excellence in Graduation: Fatih Veysoglu Honor Prize, Top of the class in Faculty and Department of Architecture, Middle East Technical University. 1998 06 Excellence in Graduation, Ari Science High School –Top of the Class 1996 05 High School Mathematics Olympics, Ari Science School Team ranked 3rd in ‘National Olympics of Mathematics’ in Turkey. COMPUTER SKILLS - [ToolMaking] 3DS MaxScript, RhinoScript, GenerativeComponents Script, Processing, Grasshopper - [Parametrics + Modeling] Generative Components, 3DS MAX, Rhinoceros, Maya, AutoCad, Poser - [Visualization] VRay, Mental Ray, Radiosity - [Image/Video Editing] Adobe CS4, Adobe AfterEffects, Virtual Dub, ACDSee PRO - [Realtime Rendering] Crytek CryEngine2 - [CAM Technologies] 3D printing, CNC Milling, Laser Cutting LANGUAGES Turkish (Native Language), English (Fluent) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2010 02 SIGGRAPH 2010 Artpaper Reviewer 2004 06 Graduation Organizations, Yearbook design 2001 - 2000 Literature Magazine Publishing, Writing - Leader in writing, editing, designing, publishing, and distribution of “Iz Dergi” (Literature Journal) with two colleagues. - Stories published in “Hayalet Gemi”, a nation-wide literature journal in Turkey. 1998 - 2000 Member of Theater Society at Middle East Technical University (METU Players)**, Actor. Stage design and construction, Stage make-up, National Theater Festival Organization Committee member