Filiz Klassen

Associate Professor Filiz Klassen holds a Master of Architecture degree in Architectural Design from McGill University (1990) and a Bachelor of Architecture with honours from Middle East Technical University (1987). She has received the NCIDQ certificate. Her research focuses on transportability and sustainability of built environments in a hybrid practice of fashion, furniture, interiors, architecture and industrial design. Her research projects involve the exploration of alternative, lightweight materials and fabrication methods for common design problems in built or made environments. She has presented internationally in Singapore, London, and New York and been a guest lecturer at Delft and Ankara. Her articles were published most recently in a book entitled Transportable Environments II, and in academic and professional journals such as the International Journal of Art and Design Education, Building and On Site Architecture Magazine. She is also an independent curator. Her most recent curation, Home: Mobile, Modular and Light, was on display as part of Digifest at Design Exchange Museum, May 2004. Filiz Klassen is the co-editor of the third book on Transportable Environments by Spoon Press following the conference she co-chaired.