Hello, I'm a creative technologist specializing in sustainable 𖦹 and user-centered ✿ design
My journey spans climate-resilient design, architecture, AI art, and strategic design consultancy for cleantech.
Originally from Istanbul, I spent a decade dedicated to climate change adaptation in urban landscapes, contributing to notable resiliency projects in Boston, Miami Beach, San Francisco. I have a strong foundation in analytical design thinking honed at Harvard Graduate School of Design.As the founder of Women+ AI Artists (WAIA) community, I aim to celebrate and support women & LGBTQ+ creatives in the emerging field of AI art. My work as an AI artist under the name Loominora have been featured in international publications and exhibitions.Now based in SF, I create strategic design solutions to empower cleantech startups and organizations to thrive in a connected, sustainable future.
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA FEATURESTELESCOPE Magazine: "Balancing Act: Architecture, Anthropocene and AI" interview (2024)Prompt Magazine Book #4: Interview on WAIA community; Artist feature: Loominora (Dec 2023)Prompt Magazine Book #2: Artist feature: Loominora - "Natural in the artificial" (Oct 2023)Cambridge Urban Forest Master Plan: Technical and Summary Report contributions (2020)Co-authored e-book chapter in "Ä°klim DeÄŸiÅŸikliÄŸi ve Kentler": "The Role of Visual Representation in Global Climate Change and Landscape Relationship" (2019)Miami Herald feature: "Harvard says this is how Miami Beach avoids a 'dystopian' future of sea level rise" (2018)XXI Magazine article: "Havalimanindan Sonra" (2018)Harvard GSD Research Report: 'South Florida and Sea Level: The Case of Miami Beach' (2017)Featured in GSD Platform 9: Still Life by Actar Publishers (2016)
CONFERENCES & TALKSITU Thursday Seminars: "Climate Change and Urban Forest" talk (2021)ITU Online ArchCAREER'20 Summit: "Landscape Architecture and Climate Resiliency" talk (2020)Cut/Fill Landscape Architecture Conference: Session Convener on climate action and environmental justice (2020)Presentations at ECLAS Conference Porto (2014) and EFLA Regional Congress St Petersburg (2012)Guest Critic, Boston Architectural College: Advanced Digital Visualization courses (2018-2019)
EXHIBITIONS"Meat Utopia – A Solar Punk Exhibition" @P61 Gallery, Berlin: AI art as Loominora (2023)"Phantom Coast" waterfront exhibition, San Francisco Pier 1 (2018)"Un-scene: Skies of the Anthropocene" paintings, Harvard GSD, Gund Hall (2017)