Congratulations to Zeynep Aksöz-Balzar
11. Mai 2022
For winning the „Forschungspreis der Bundeskammer der ZiviltechnikerInnen“ (Research Award of the Federal Chamber
of Civil Engineers) 2022 for her PhD Project “Reflections on Multiple Criteria Optimization in Early Design Phase Through
Applications of AI and Machine Learning for Human-Machine Collaboration”!
Her PhD
thesis explores computational methodologies basing on the research fields of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
to accommodate the intuitive and versatile nature of design in combination with diverse associative information networks of
multiple computational analysis platforms in early design phase.The focus lies on studying and developing design strategies
and design tools that support the interaction between the designer and the computer. The research investigates possibilities
to integrate the diverse complex forms of information harvested from all the stages of architecture and design.
DI Dr.techn. Zeynep Aksöz, MArch(AA)
Zeynep Aksöz is an architect and computational designer. She
is one of two partners of Vienna based design and research collective Open Fields. Currently, she is a Research Associate
and a lecturer at the I oA, Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, an Assistant Professor at
TU Vienna in the Department for Structural Design, also a part of the Karamba3d Team.
Through her ongoing research,
teaching, and practice Zeynep explores generative design processes and the implementation of AI-based processes into design,
architecture, and urbanism. Her focus lies in developing emergent design approaches through the collaboration of human and
artificial intelligence.
Zeynep received her Doctoral degree from the University of Applied Arts Vienna at the
Institute of Architecture under the supervision of Klaus Bollinger. She was a Marie Curie Fellow and an early stage researcher
as part of the international training network Innochain. She holds a MArch degree from the Architectural Association of London’s
Emergent Technologies and Design Program and MSc degree from TU Wien.
