Zeynep is an architect/designer whose work spans scales from urban landscape to commercial interiors or multifamily housing. She received her Master of Architecture degree from Cornell University, where she was awarded the Helen Fagan Tyler Graduate Fellowship. She received several awards for her built work and competitions with Open- act Architecture and Merge Architects in Boston, with recognitions such as Europan, Holcim Awards, Interior Design Magazine, and SARA Awards. She was nominated as Massachusetts 30 Under 30 by Interior Design Magazine in 2023. Zeynep holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Istanbul Technical University, and she is a registered architect in Turkey.
Ozan is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UNC Charlotte. Before joining Charlotte, he served as an Assistant Professor and Virginia Architecture Fellow at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. He previously taught architectural design studios at the University of Houston’s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design and practiced at SWA Group as an Associate. In 2021, he contributed to the design-research project Health City to Healthy City: A Case of the Miami Metrorail as a Research Associate at the Office for Urbanization at Harvard GSD, examining the relationship between mobility infrastructure, public health, and urban form. Sen holds a Master of Arts in Architecture from Rice University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Istanbul Technical University. He is a registered architect in Turkey.