Hande Kalender
Architect, Landscape Architect, MSc (ITU)
About
I have Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and Landscape Architecture from Istanbul Technical University. In addition, I’ve had education about Permaculture Design. Since the beginning of my career, I have gained experience in designing offices and construction sites. I’ve worked on various projects with teams as a landscape architect for eight years.
I have developed a high sensitivity to how we can be in a design practice the environment in the sense of three-stage collapse in terms of ecology, energy, and economy. I wrote my master thesis named “a feminist perspective of architectural practice.”
I volunteer in a food community. I love making graphic designs. Furthermore, I dance Swing & Lindy Hop and play volleyball.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2019-2022 DS Architects, Senior Landscape Architect, İstanbul, Turkey
Selected Projects;
2020-2021 Seferihisar Kocaçay River, İzmir, Turkey Urban Recreational Riverfront Public Park Design Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2020-2021 Sultan Ahmet Camii (Blue Mosque), İstanbul, Turkey Landscape Restoration Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2020 Coal Washery Industrial, Zonguldak, Turkey Post-Industrial Public Park Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2019-2020 Barut Hotels, Aydın, Turkey Hospitality-Tourism Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD
2019 Divan Kuruçeşme Hotel, İstanbul, Turkey Hospitality Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2019 Tbilisi House, Tbilisi, Georgia Single Residential Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2017-2019 Arzu Nuhoğlu Landscape Design, Landscape Architect, İstanbul, Turkey
Selected Projects;
2018 Gence River Park, Gence, Azerbaijan Public Park – River Restoration Project Phases; SD, DD
2017 Dr. Ibrahim Bodur Çanakkale Children’s Science Center, Çanakkale, Turkey Science Center Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD
2017 Malldova Plaza, Chisinau, Moldova Mixed-Use, Hospitality, Retail Landscape Design Project Phases; CD
2013-2017 anonim.istanbul Architecture and Design, Architect/Landscape Architect, İstanbul, Turkey
Selected Projects;
2017 İstanbul Şehir University Dragos Campus, Istanbul, Turkey Public, Campus Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2017 NO8 Office, İstanbul, Turkey Office, Interior and Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2015-2016 3. Bahar Village, İzmir, Turkey Hospitality, Ecological Landscape Design Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2013-2015 Boğaziçi University South Campus, İstanbul, Turkey Public, Campus Landscape Renovation and Restoration Project Phases; SD, DD, CD
2012 Karaoğlu Landscape, Intern Architect/Landscape Architect, İstanbul, Turkey
2011 DS Architects, Intern Architect, İstanbul, Turkey
2010 Palmiye Merkezi, Intern Nursery Garden, Köyceğiz, Muğla, Turkey
Speaking
2022 TMMOB Chamber of Architects Istanbul Metropolitan Women’s Commission March 8 Activities, “A Feminist Perspective of Architectural Practice” about master’s thesis
2018 Istanbul’s Lettuce Festival, From “Bostan” to the City: Carbon Emission of Food from Antalya with Data and Labor-Equilibrium Between Producer and Consumer
SEMINARS–GUEST CRITIC
2021 MEF University, Faculty of Arts Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture 2020-2021 Spring Term, Büyükada, Architecture Design “About Earth”
Graduation Project
2020 Faculty of Architecture and Design at Ozyegin University, Masters program, The ‘City and Architecture’ seminar series of “Istanbul as a Palimpsest city.”
2019 ITU Department of Landscape Architecture, Thursday Seminars- Young generation
landscape architects “Reading that the landscape of one’s own with questions.”
2017 ITU Department of Landscape Architecture, Re-Landscape-ing Ortabahçe Workshop and Seminars ‘Passage to Mediterranean’ Project Presentation
2016 ITU Department of Landscape Architecture, 2015-2016 Spring Term, Cumalıkızık,
Landscape Architecture Design Graduation Project
Writing
Kalender H., 2021 A Feminist Perspective of Architectural Practice, Master Thesis, Istanbul Technical University, Graduate School.
“Reading Urban Articulation of Istanbul Through Secondary Structures” 4th IAPS-CS Network Symposium: Istanbul as an Infinite Space for ”Urban Articulation” (Shortlisted and Presented) 2019 Başak Eren, Hande Kalender, Atıl Aggündüz
Article About the Project “Passage to Mediterranean”, 2017 https://xxi.com.tr/i/akdenize-acilan-koridor
“The invasive garden” Opinion Column, 2016
http://www.plantdergisi.com/hande-kalender/istilaci-bahce.html
Consultancy and Workshop Manager
2019 Sulukule Volunteers Association, Young Bostan Project
2015 Common-Action Gardens 1, Antalya, Turkey 3rd International Architecture Biennial of Antalya (IABA) Pot Plus Design Research Group; Fulya Özsel Akipek, Tuğrul Yazar, Aslı Aydın, Elif Soylu, Tunç Şenman, Alara Lüküs, Burak Güney, Tufan İşcan. Consultancy with the other consultants; Burcu Serdar Köknar and Dilek Yürük.
Get in touch
I am always available for side collaborations and talks. If you want to chat about design, plants, permaculture, or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out.