PEOPLE
Ege Ercanlı Başar
MS.c Architect / Restorer / Permaculture Designer
She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 2017. She later continued her academic studies at Sapienza University of Rome, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration. Her master’s thesis, “Green Buildings in Europe: A Study on the Value of Natural Building Materials (Straw Bales)”, focused on sustainable construction techniques. During this period, she also participated in straw bale and hempcrete construction workshops in Belgium.
She has worked in several architecture offices and obtained her Permaculture Design Certificate. In the summer of 2022, she took part in the Innovative Learning Spaces program at the International Scientific School in Sardinia, which explored the relationship between pedagogy and architecture.
She is the founder of Archped, an initiative that bridges architecture and pedagogy. Her work focuses on the transformation of learning environments, and she organizes architectural workshops for children, offering new perspectives on creativity and spatial thinking.
OÄŸuz Kemal BaÅŸar
MS.c Architect / Landscape Architect / Permaculture Designer
He holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Heritage and Landscape Architecture within the Architectural Sciences program at the Faculty of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano. In 2018, he represented Politecnico di Milano at the Barcelona Landscape Biennial. In 2019, he completed an internship and professional experience at Studio Bürgi in Camorina, Switzerland.
He graduated in 2019 with a master’s thesis focused on the revival of First World War cultural landscapes in Cortina d’Ampezzo, located in the Dolomites. In 2020, he received the BB Green Award in the Micro Home competition organized by Bee Breeders.
After obtaining his Permaculture Design Certificate in 2020, he has worked on projects related to rural cultural landscapes, agriculture, and the dissemination of ecological and regenerative design approaches. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Conservation of Mountain Areas and Agriculture at the Free University of Bolzano.
Ali BuÄŸra Cebeci
MS.c Architect / Urban Planner / Visualizer
e completed his undergraduate studies in Architectural Sciences and his Master’s degree in Architecture and Urban Design at the Faculty of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano between 2014 and 2019. During his studies, he completed an internship at NKY Architecture in Ankara in 2016 and a construction site internship at Yaman Group in 2017.
In 2017, he participated in the Metabolism of the City workshop in New York City, followed by the Living in Marrakesh workshop in Marrakech in 2019. In 2020, he completed his master’s thesis titled “Experimental Application of Tensile Structures in Residential Architecture.” His published thesis was nominated for the Noemi Basso Award in the category of Architecture and Structural Relationship.
In the same year, he received the BB Green Award in the Micro Home competition organized by Bee Breeders.