Department of Architecture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
TÜBİTAK ID: TBTK-0040-1695
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7987-9705
E-mail : nilaynida.can@omu.edu.tr
Urban designer, Architect and Ph.D. candidate in City and Regional Planning
RA in the Architecture Department, Ondokuz Mayıs University
Education
Ph.D., City and Regional Planning | Middle East Technical University | Ankara, Turkey (Ongoing)
Geographic Information Systems, Open Education Faculty | Anadolu University | Eskişehir, Turkey (2023)
M.C.P, Urban Design | Middle East Technical University | Ankara, Turkey (2019)
B.Arch | Middle East Technical University | Ankara, Turkey (2016)
Erasmus Student | City and Regional Planning at Bicocca University | Milan, Italy (2022- 2023 Spring Semester)
Erasmus Student | City and Regional Planning at Palermo University | Palermo, Italy (2018- 2019 Spring Semester)
Theses
Can, N. N. (2019). Investigating modern industrial heritage through value based mapping of Zonguldak central scrubber area [Thesis (M.S.) — Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. Urban Design in City and Regional Planning Department.]. Middle East Technical University.
National Proceedings
Can, N. N. (2021). Kent Çeperi Örneği Olarak Antalya Döşemealtı’nın Tipo-morfolojik Analizi ve Bütünleşik Bir Ulaşım Ağı Önerisi Araştırması. Full Paper Submission, III. KENTSEL MORFOLOJİ SEMPOZYUMU, 3-5 May 2021, Ankara, Turkey.
Can, N. N. , Öztürk, İ., & Kaygan, P., (2018). Çocuklar için tasarlarken birbirinden öğrenmek: Tasarımda disiplinler arası işbirliği . UTAK 2018 Bildiri Kitabı: Tasarım ve Umut (pp.173-189). Ankara, Turkey
International Proceedings
Can, N. N., & Ercan, M. A., (2025). Perceived Values of Zonguldak Central Scrubber Area as an Alternative Approach to Preservation of Industrial Heritage. Proceedings of the international conference of contemporary affairs in architecture and urbanism-ICCAUA , vol.8, no.1, 815-827.
Can, N. N., (2025). A Retrospective of the Destruction of Ankara İller Bank in Ulus as a Paradigm Shift in Turkish Urban Renewal Politics . AESOP 2025 Istanbul Annual Congress (pp.819-820). İstanbul, Turkey
Can, N. N. (2023). Strategies for Better Shared Grounds. In M. Akkar Ercan & U. Pottgieser (Eds.), Public Policies on Middle-Class Mass Housing in Europe and Leveraging Contemporary Architecture Interventions (pp. 72-81). Lisboa: DINÂMIA’CET-IUL ISCTE.
ALTINOK, A., AYDIN, E., BAL, Ş., BİNGÖL, H. B., CAN, D., CAN, N. N., … ÇOBAN, A. B.(2022). AESOP YA 2022 Book of Abstract – AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference: In Search of Well-Being in Liminality: No Longer-Not Yet . ALTINOK AYSUN, AYDIN ENES, BAL ŞAZİYE, BİNGÖL HATİCE BUSE, CAN DENİZ, CAN NİLAY NİDA, ÇOBAN AYBÜKE BALAHUN, DÖNER ESİN DUYGU, DUTOĞLU TAHA, EFEOĞLU HULUSİ EREN, İBİŞOĞLU ÇİĞDEM, KARAGÖZ DAMLA, KESİCİ NESLİŞAH, KIRPIK ELİF, ERKAN RÜYA, SARI AYŞEGÜL, SAKAR BEGÜM, ŞEVİK EBRU, TÜRKEN ARAF ÖYKÜ (Ed.). İstanbul: Yildiz Technical University.
Awards & Achievements
2019 | THE BEST THESIS AWARD for contribution to society and education | Investigating modern industrial heritage through value based mapping of Zonguldak central scrubber area. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. METU Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning, Master of Urban Design, Ankara, Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Zübeyde Müge AKKAR ERCAN
2019 | 3rd PRICE | “Crescenzago Web Site” PROJECT at İZOCAM International Student Competition İstanbul, Turkey & Milan, Italy
2014 | Exhibition Award | “Modern is beautiful” 6th Photograph Competition | MimED (Association of Architectural Education)
Job Experiences
Research Assistant in Architecture Department
(May 2018 – October 2020) – (October 2023 – Present)
Architecture Faculty | Ondokuz Mayıs University | Samsun, Turkey
Research Assistant in City and Regional Department
(October 2020 – September 2023)
Architecture Faculty | METU, Ankara, Turkey
Junior Architect in Reo-Tek
(30 July 2015 – 2 October 2015)
METUTECH | Ankara, Turkey
Freelance Architect in Archfiction Architecture
(14 July 2015 – 29 August 2015)
Ankara, Turkey | Ankara, Turkey
Internships
Arma Group Architecture and Urban Design | Ankara, Turkey
(June 2014 – September 2014)
Sinpaş Altın Oran Project Construction Area | SMS Construction Engineering Mining Tourism and Trade Co. LTD. | Ankara, Turkey
(June 2013 – August 2013)
Gazi University – Building Construction Module | Ankara, Turkey
(June 2012 – July 2012)
Hamamonu / Ankara Conversation Practice – Surveying Module | Ankara, Turkey
(July 2011 – August 2011)
Exhibitions
14-19 May 2019: Exhibition Committee | “Samsun’da Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarlığı” Exhibition | Ondokuz Mayıs University | Samsun | Turkey
22 – 27 May 2018: Participant by video mapping | “Who are we? Art, Migration and the Production of Democracy” Exhibition | “Arch 735 Creative Mapping in Architecture” course run by Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ela Alanyalı Aral | Tate Modern Gallery | London | United Kingdom
Invited Talks
Samsun Urban Transformation Symposium (27 May 2025). Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, TMMOB Chamber of Architects, Surveying and Cadastral Engineers, Urban Planners, Civil Engineers Samsun Branch, National Organisation, Samsun / Turkey.
Zonguldak Urban Transformation Summit & Workshop (8-9 December 2025). Zonguldak Chamber of Commerce And Industry, National Organisation, Zonguldak / Turkey.
Seminars, Symposiums & Courses
28 November 2022 | Participant | Children and Architecture Training of Educators In Children’s & Architectural Studies|TMMOB Chamber of Architects | Ankara | Turkey
24 – 26 March 2021 | Participant | ArcGIS Pro Basic Applications Online Education (APEW) | 24 hour thought by Utku Şahin | ESRİ Turkey.
22 – 23 March 2021 | Participant | Introduction to GIS with ArcGIS Online Education (GISA) | 16 hour thought by Esra Aydın | ESRİ Turkey.
20 April 2013 | Participant | Environmental and Energy Management in Buildings – Green Building Promotion Program | TMMOB Chamber of Architects | Ankara | Turkey
March 2012 – April 2012 | Participant | Seminar of the Processing of the Digital Photograph: AFSAD 2nd Session | Ankara, Turkey
Memberships
2021 – present | the Membership of AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning)
2024 – present | the Membership of Chamber of Architects of Turkey Samsun Branch
2016 – present | the Membership of OMİM (METU Alumni of Architecture Faculty Association)
2020 – 2024 | the Membership of Chamber of Architects of Turkey Ankara Branch
2013 | the Representation of the Students of TSMD (Turk Serbest Mimarlar Dernegi) | Ankara, Turkey
2011 – 2015 | the Membership of the Community of the Architecture of METU | Ankara, Turkey
2012 – 2013 | the Volunteering of Ankara Jazz Festival | Ankara, Turkey
2011 | the Volunteering of the Architecture Department of METU | ‘El Ele’ Student Support Program | Ankara, Turkey
2009 – 2011 | the Representation of the Students of the Preparatory School & the Department of the Architecture | METU, Ankara, Turkey
Languages
Turkish : Mother Tongue
English : Advanced Level
Italian: Beginner
Computer Skills
Image | Video Editing : Adobe Creative Cloud
GIS | ARCGIS PRO | ARCGIS ONLINE | ARCMAP | mapping, analysis, data management
CAD | Modelling | 3D Visualization : Autodesk Autocad, Revit, 3ds Max & Vray Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper 3D
CAM Technologies : Laser Cut, 3D Printing
Other Interests
Taking photoghraphs (e.g. urban, museums), Dramaturgy in theatre, Children and Architecture
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