Dr. Lecturer Kevser ÇELTİK ŞAHLAN (Deputy Head of Department) 

Research Areas: Architectural Design, Historical Environment and Cultural Heritage Protection and Restoration

E-mail:  kevser.celtiksahlan@ostimteknik.edu.tr

Telephone: 0312 386 1092 / Extension: 1977

Ofice:  Main Campus, F Block 7th Floor - Room 712

She completed his undergraduate education in Architecture at Gazi University, Faculty of Architecture in 2001. Following his undergraduate education, she received her master's degree from the Conservation and Restoration Program of the Department of Architecture at Middle East Technical University. Between 2007 and 2011, as the founding partner of the architectural firm Artı Bir Proje Grubu, she successfully completed restoration, landscaping, and street improvement projects for significant structures in Turkey in the field of architectural conservation and restoration. During the same period, she participated in competitions in the fields of historical environmental protection and architectural design. she also served as a site manager in the restoration of historical structures belonging to the General Directorate of Foundations and the Ministry of National Defense between 2008 and 2019. Between 2011 and 2021, she served as a project manager in leading companies in the furniture industry, focusing on the implementation of public, private, and European Union projects. In 2018, she completed her doctorate in Conservation and Restoration from the Department of Architecture Doctorate Program at Gazi University. She has been working as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Ostim Technical University since 2021. Since 2022, she has been the vice head of the department in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at the same faculty. She also serves on important commissions such as Education, Accreditation, and Horizontal Transfer Commissions at the university. She has also taken part in BAP and research projects. The protection of historical cities and cultural heritage, restoration practices, Protection-Restoration in building-environment and settlements, construction techniques and building materials, local-regional-rural and traditional architecture, space and production relations, furniture development and design are among his interests and he continues his academic studies in these fields. She has taken part in the organization of congresses, conferences, seminars, and on scientific committees, especially in the Earthquake Resistant Construction Summit and the Mimar Kemaleddin Bey Symposium. She continues his academic and social contributions by serving as a referee, member of thesis juries, and taking part in research projects. In addition, she is a member of the T.R. She serves as a member of the Istanbul Historic Peninsula (No. 4) Cultural Heritage Conservation Regional Board of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Her primary goal is to combine private sector experience with academic competence to conduct high-quality scientific and academic research and to contribute to the training of the workforce needed by the sector.