Co-creating
resilient and
regenerative futures.
Burak Pak
Associate Professor, PhD
İstanbul University · Faculty of Architecture
I work with communities, researchers and students to explore how we can co-create circular built environments. Through emerging technologies and participatory design, we develop ways to keep resources in use and shape buildings and urban spaces that respond to changing social and ecological needs.
Ongoing researchTÜBİTAK 2232-A International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Programme · Project lead ↓Books
All books ↗︎
Housing & co-creation
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Solidary Mobile Housing
Project director · PI
Research funded by the Brussels-Capital Region through Innoviris’ Co-Create programme.
Residents and project partners co-designed eight homes and a shared space in Jette. Interchangeable façade panels and flexible partitions allow the homes to accommodate different layouts.
Image: Solidary Mobile Housing project · Creative Commons.
Project account & full credits ↗︎Adaptive reuse & learning
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WoonBox
Community-engaged design · KU Leuven
Ten modular homes and shared spaces within a vacant building in Molenbeek. I co-organised the design course with Aurélie De Smet; Vitor Breder’s proposal was selected and built.
Architectural render: Vitor Breder.
Project account & full credits ↗︎Ongoing research
Explore the research ↗︎TÜBİTAK 2232-A
Circular Housing for Increasing Earthquake Resilience in Türkiye
A Computational Design Framework
We are developing design methods to evaluate earthquake performance, component reuse and the practical conditions of transitional housing.
İstanbul University · Project 125C917 · 2026–2029
Teaching
Studios & shared learning
Alt_Shift archive · Community Engaged Architectural Design Learning, pp. 56–57.
Doctoral research
Researchers & their work
Sonic cartography: Caroline Claus · Doctoral thesis, 2022.
Artistic & spatial practices
Projects & exhibitions
The Table · Publieke.Salon.Publique · Future Architecture archive.