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Bilge Kose

Bilge Kose is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP. She also works as a Landmarks Preservationist in the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Research Department. She is a historic preservationist, designer, and interior architect. She received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Program of Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2018, with the dissertation titled “Responding the Challenges of Preservation an Industrial Network as Heritage: Turkey Cellulose and Paper Factories.“

Her major research interest is focusing on the challenges of preserving the complex nature of industrial heritage places originated from their interrelations with different aspects in different periods and scales. In her research, she discusses the physical, socio-cultural and economic interactions of industrial heritage places in the object, interior, building, urban and country scales throughout different time periods they exist.

Bilge conducted her research at Columbia University GSAPP in 2014 as a visiting scholar. Her research was also awarded by SALT, a contemporary art and research institution in Turkey in 2015. Additionally, she worked on the adaptive re-use and preservation project of First Paper Factory of Turkish Republic as a historic preservationist, interior architect, and consulter in Ka.Ba. Architectural Preservation Firm, which have received worldwide recognition with prestigious international preservation awards and nominations including Europa Nostra.

Bilge holds a master’s degree from International Masters in Interior Architectural Design (IMIAD) and conducted her master’s research in İstanbul Technical University (ITU) and The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of South Switzerland (SUPSI). During her masters, she concentrated on the spatial alterations of re-used heritage places and completed her master’s in 2009 with the thesis titled “Reused Industrial Buildings and Their Interior Interventions: A Case Study in Istanbul, Santralistanbul.” She graduated from Bilkent University, Ankara, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design in 2006. She worked as a research assistant in the Faculty of Architecture at Cankaya University in Turkey between 2010 and 2013.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
A6921‑1 Fall 2025
AI FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
Bilge Kose, Kivanc Kose

ELECTIVE

Preservation Technology Lab
W 6 PM - 8 PM
SES B
1.5 Points
13583
A6414‑1 Spring 2025
Digital Heritage Documentation
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Bilge Kose Syllabus
Preservation Technology LAB - 655 SCHERMERHORN
W 5-7PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10932
A6921‑1 Fall 2024
Machine Learning
Bilge Kose, Kivanc Kose
Preservation Technology Lab
W 5:30  PM - 7:30 PM
SES B
1.5 Points
10610