Erkin Özay is a registered architect in Massachusetts and Turkey. He received his B.Arch degree from Middle East Technical University in Ankara (1998) and his M.Arch II degree from Harvard University (2001). He has practiced in various architecture and urban design firms, focusing on educational, residential and urban development projects, most notably with Hashim Sarkis Studios, Foster and Partners and Peter Rose and Partners. He has won numerous design awards as a collaborator and with his own practice. His award-winning proposal for a post-Katrina high-density housing development in New Orleans was exhibited in the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. Prior to the GSD, he taught building technology courses and design studios at Northeastern University. Ozay is a frequent collaborator with 8arti, an Istanbul based architecture and urban design firm focusing on public development projects in Istanbul and eastern Turkey. Currently a research fellow at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard GSD, his research focuses on the clash of Istanbul’s expanding transportation infrastructure and the historic city.
