Publications &
Presentations

The Northern Bath of Perge: Reassessment Based on Recent Survey Data

Özdizbay, A., Kurtul-Vacek, F. P., Empler, T., & Viscogliosi, A.

Anatolian Research.

Accepted · Forthcoming December 2026

Evaluation Table of Ancient Earthen Building Materials

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P.

Proceedings of the Nile’s Earth International Conference: Study and Conservation of Earthen Archaeological Sites in Ancient Egypt and Sudan, pp. 129–136 · Grenoble.

Full paper published · Oral presentation

Evaluation of Soil Stabilizers Through Building Biology

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P.

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Earthen Architecture & Construction — EARTH USA 2022 · Santa Fe.

Full paper published · Oral presentation

Documenting Ancient Earthen Building Material Ingredients: A Case Study from Anatolia Comparing Ancient Daskyleion to Modern Ergili

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthen and Wood Vernacular Heritage and Climate Change, pp. 116–121. Media-Tryck · Lund.

Peer-reviewed full paper published · Oral presentation

Natural Ingredients of Sustainable Earthen Building Material: The Evidence from Daskyleion

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P., Acun Özgünler, S., Çokay Kepçe, S., & Dabanlı, Ö.

Kerpiç’20 — Healthy Buildings: The Role of Earthen Materials on Providing Healthy and Sustainable Indoor Environment, pp. 429–435. iBooPress · Istanbul.

Full paper published · Oral presentation

Examining Earthen Building Materials through the Evaluation of Building Biology in the Context of Improving the Indoor Air Quality of Educational Buildings

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P., Acun Özgünler, S., & Çokay Kepçe, S.

Proceedings of the International Conference of Iranian School–Iranian Architecture, pp. 97–107. Yazd University Press · Yazd.

Full paper published · Oral presentation · Best Article Award

Mapping the Earthen Building Material Ingredients of Ancient Anatolia

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P., Acun Özgünler, S., & Çokay Kepçe, S.

Kerpiç’19 — Earthen Heritage, New Technology, Management, pp. 527–537. iBooPress · Köyceğiz.

Full paper published · Oral presentation

Bir Dünya Çocukları Parkı (Children of One World Playground)

EKOIQ, issue 46, pp. 74–75.

Bir Dünya Çocukları Parkı ve Sürdürülebilirlik (Children of One World Playground and Sustainability)

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P.

Yeşil Bina, issue 27, pp. 26–27.

Ekolojik Oyun Parkı (Ecological Playground)

National Geographic Kids, October issue, p. 18.

Greenpeace Akdeniz Ofis Projesi ve Sürdürülebilirlik (Greenpeace Mediterranean Office Project and Sustainability)

Kurtul-Vacek, F. P.

Yeşil Bina.

Bir Dünya Çocukları Parkı (Children of One World Playground)

Project Designer · Support to Life

An inclusive ecological playground for refugee and local children · Altınözü.

Selected press coverage: CNN Türk · Yeşil Gazete · Bianet · Habertürk.

Il polmone verde di Istanbul

Kurtul, F. P.

La Gazzetta di Istanbul, issue 12, p. 11.

On Documentation of Ingredients: A Framework for Recording Archaeological Earthen-Material Evidence

Poster presentation, Terra 14th World Congress on Earthen Architecture · Al Ain.

Forthcoming

Reconsidering Flax in Architecture

Climate-Arch Symposium 2: Vernacular Buildings in the Anthropocene: Comfort, Sustainability, Adaptability · Vienna.

Forthcoming

Conservation of Earthen Architecture: Experiences from the UAE and Oman

Lecture series of the Research Unit of Building Materials, TU Wien · Vienna.

Ingredients of Earthen Building Materials: From Ancient to Contemporary Architecture

Austrian Studies in Egyptian Archaeology lecture series, Cairo Branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute.

Adobe Use in Urartian Civil Architecture and Its Reflections in Present-Day Architecture

Kerpiç’13 — New Generation Earthen Architecture: Learning from Heritage · Istanbul Aydın University · Istanbul.

Design Through Ages

Humanities Lecture Series, Department of Sociology, Yeditepe University · Istanbul.

Cumhuriyet Döneminde Kerpiç Kullanımı: Yatağan’da Kerpiç Bir Okul (Adobe Use in the Republican Period: An Adobe School in Yatağan)

Co-presented with Architect Cengiz Bektaş. Kerpiç Sempozyumu (Adobe Symposium), Chamber of Architects of Türkiye · Konya.