Cansu Canaran
Assistant professor
Department of City and Regional Planning
TED University
Turkey
Biography
Graduated from TED Ankara College High School and received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Middle East Technical University (METU - 1997; 2000; 2009). He worked as a research assistant between 1998-2005 in Faculty of Architecture at METU. He continued his Ph.D. studies as a visiting scholar at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in New York City (2003-04). As a part time instructor, he participated the studio courses in Urban Design Graduate Program at METU between 2005-2017. During this period, parallel to his academic studies, Canaran continued his professional work at the confluence of Architecture and Urbanism. Through his design practice he has undertaken design projects and consultancies of both architectural & urban scales, and developed master plans & urban design projects in multiple cities.
Research Interest
His research interests include urban design theory and method; basic design; urban morphology; form theory and representation; adaptive reuse of industrial heritage; campus master planning; and film, photography & media representations of architecture and the city.
