Hakan Tuzun Sengun
Architect (PhD)
Co-founder at PARCH
In 1994, he graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture. After graduation in 1999, completed his master's thesis in Architectural History Department at Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture. In 2004, he took the first prize Arkitera Architecture Festival "Open Charrette" and joined the "Global Architect and Media Event" for a short visit for New York and Washington DC. His proposal "ZEPPELINIZED" for the Ryungyong Hotel was published as No. 893 DOMUS cover (2006). He was the editor of the architectural exhibition entitled “HOME : A Negotiation For Dwelling" (2006). In 2010 with the group İMKANMEKAN published the "İMKANMEKAN: Small Interventions In Public Space" which they took the special prize at XII.Turkish National Architecture Awards and Exhibition. Studied on thresholds and transition in public space at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon as an invited researcher for his doctoral studies in France (2013). In 2016 worked as the editor of theme TECTONICS at BETONART 48. In 2017, he co-founded PARCH, which is an architecture and landscape design practise based in İstanbul and primarily working on design, research and publishing mostly on landscape/architecture interface issues. A year later completed his PhD at Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture Architectural Design Program on "POETICS OF THE STREET MARKET : A Phenomenological Study on Temporality of Ephemeral Structures" (2018). Currently, he is a studio instructor and lecturer at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture.
HONORS & AWARDS:
Future Housing Kitchen Design Project Competition:
1st Prize, 1994
4th National Cartoon Competition (1993), Cartoonists Association:
2nd Prize
5th National Cartoon Competition (1994), Cartoonists Association:
Special Award by the Chamber of Architects
Ytong 97 Student Project Competition:
2nd Prize, 1995
Işıklar Brick Exhibition and Performance Venue Design Competition:
1st Prize, 1997
Ytong 97 Student Project Competition:
2nd Prize, 1997
Turkish Association of Freelance Architects Idea Project Competition, Housing in 2100:
2nd Prize, 1998
Marmara Uyum City Environmental Design Project Competition:
3rd Prize, 1998
Istanbul Technical University (I.T.Ü.) Ayazağa Campus / I.T.Ü. House Architectural Project Competition: Honorable Mention Award, 2001
Arkitera Architecture Festival, Open Charrette:
1st Prize, 2004
DOMUS: Ryugyong Hotel – Call for Ideas :
Award, DOMUS Cover June 2006
Tüpraş Izmit Refinery Headquarters Architectural Project Competition:
Honorable Mention, 2007
I.T.Ü. Taşkışla - Gümüşsuyu Campus Surrounding Area Architectural Project Competition:
Mention, 2007
12th National Architecture Awards, Contribution to Architecture Category:
Jury Special Award for IMKANMEKAN, 2010
Turhan Selçuk International Cartoon Competition:
Jury Special Award, 2013
Muratpaşa Municipality Multi-purpose Performance Center Competition:
Equal Mention, 2015
Tosbağa Creek Recreation Area Concept Project Competition:
Equal Award, 2018
Ytong Academy Architectural Concept Competition: "Far from the City":
Equal Award, 2018
25th Nehar Tüblek Cartoon Competition:
Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club Special Award, 2020
ÇEİS Structural Design / Innovative Steps in Public Spaces:
Mention, 2020
Istanbul Your Halic Coast Design Competition:
2nd Mention, 2020
Istanbul's Cemeteries Design Competition / 19th Turgut Uyar:
Honarable Mention, 2020
Memorial for Pandemics and Health Workers Design Competition:
3rd Mention, 2021