●Tuba Kocaturk

Tuba Kocaturk is Professor of Integral Design at Deakin University, School of Architecture and Built Environment. She is the founding-director of the MInD (Mediated Intelligence in Design) Lab; a transdisciplinary and practice-based research group that operates at the intersection of the Built Environment, Information Technology and Design Innovation. She also co-leads the DesignMind – Deakin University’s International Design & Innovation Platform.  

Tuba’s expertise centres upon the creative, generative and collaborative use of information and communication technologies, and digital media in Built Environment and Design. Her work is predominantly practice-based and advocates the use of ‘design thinking’ and ‘system thinking’ as a methodology for knowledge production and as a strategy for cross-sector innovation. 

Tuba is the Senior Editor of International Journal of ‘Architectural Computing. She is also the founding co-director of Resilient Urban Ecosystems (RUE) Research Network and European Trans-Disciplinary Network of Design. Tuba is currently collaborating with the City of Greater Geelong for the development of the city’s future agenda as a UNESCO City of Design