ABOUT

Based at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Ozyegin University / Istanbul, The UHL is a research, teaching and training laboratory relevant for global and local urbanization and housing issues. UHL supports theoretical, research and practice base architectural studies, based on sustainability, community benefit and environmental awareness considering current developments in technology and informatics.

One of the main objectives of the UHL is to enhance a new perspective for the post graduate program of Architecture Post-Graduate program of Faculty of Architecture and Design through the newly initiated Masters program: The ‘City and Architecture.

In order to enhance these aims and to reach for sustainable cities; social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects will be considered within an multidisciplinary research and teaching approach.

The UHL collaborates with national and international universities, networks and research centers. It works closely with IAPS-CS ‘Culture and Space Network’ and OzU-SP ‘Sustainability Platform’. Our laboratory consist of dynamic and qualified research community, faculty members and post-graduate students from different disciplines .