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M.Sc. Architect
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Erhan VURAL is a M.Sc. Architect. He adopts a unique design philosophy in which architectural and urban design parameters are holistically reflected in all productions. He adopts a production process in which local values and experience from tradition are blended with contemporary design concepts and technological infrastructures. The office has an efficient and sustainable workflow using the latest possibilities of computer-aided and parametric design.
He has completed several implemented projects at the scales of urban design, city square, city park, living valley and development plan. Especially ecological village masterplans, housing, mass housing, high-rise buildings, offices, schools, mixed buildings, factories and public buildings have a majority in his professional background.
He has won over 30 national and international awards in the architectural and urban design project competitions he participated in. Lately he has won the 1st prize in the Kadıköy Square Urban Design Competition with the team Aboutblank and Adapt, in 2020.
The two high-rise built projects of him, Skyblue Kartal and Royal Garden Kartal have been awarded in two different categories at the European Property Awards in London in 2017.
Erhan VURAL cares about enriching his designs with the perspectives of as many stakeholders as possible. For this reason, he has produced joint projects with internationally respected companies such as MVRDV in 2012, AECOM in 2013, KCAP in 2016, and KKAA in 2023.
His artworks named "Parametric Portrait" and "Christmas Tree", which he blends architectural and urban design practices with parametric product design, were exhibited as a part of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven in 2019. He exhibits his utopias in the field of urban design and Architectural Design as an NFT collection in various media.
Erhan VURAL is a member of Istanbul SMD. In addition to his professional practice, he leads several workshops, lectures as an invited jury member and gives seminars in the architectural design programs of many universities.
Erhan VURAL was born in Antalya in 1983. He graduated from YTU Faculty of Architecture with a bachelor's degree in 2007 and a master's degree in 2019. He continues his academic studies in YTU Architectural Design PhD program.