A New Life and Recreation Space in Harmony with Nature in Konya İslibucak This project designed for Konya İslibucak offers a sustainable and exciting living area at the heart of nature. It...

Ankara's Memory: Namazgâh Hill The Namazgâh Hill Memorial and Gathering Area Urban Design Project reinterprets Ankara's historical heritage with a modern approach. Namazgâh Hill, one of the...

Gaziantep Health Campus as a Landscape Design Model   Gaziantep Integrated Health Campus, which will be located in the Şehitkamil district of Gaziantep Province, is one of the largest health...

BİLKENT HOTEL and CONFERENCE CENTER, Swimming Pool and its Surrounding Bilkent Hotel and Conference Center, founded in 1991, is the first congress and conference hotel in Ankara. The Hotel, as an...

Istanbul Media Center – Bridge of CommunicationThe linear shelter, that has designed almost as a bridge and that represents media power, communication, knowledge and data broadcasting, understanding,...

Urban Park Project has 48.650 m2 area that is located at the central part of Adana city, in Seyhan district, having 500 m. distance to Seyhan River. The major idea of landscape design is to protect exi...

Kocaeli Integrated Health Campus  Kocaeli Integrated Health Campus as a significant example of well-organized settlement designs, is located at the north-eastern side of city center and at the...

Bilkent University Dormitories and Sports Fields   University campuses become archetypes of design world not only by offering living environments but also by providing good environmental conditions ...

A Sustainable Finance Center for Istanbul IIFC with its 69 hectares project area is located at Anatolian side of İstanbul on the crossing of two major vehicular axes of the city, i.e., TEM and D-100 h...

An Urban Landscape Model for Tashkent – Lot8 Urban Space The major idea behind the framework of the LOT8 City Park and connected Metro Station, and the Square is to create an “urban oasis” by means...

İstanbul Gazi Mustafa Kemalpaşa Boulevard –Plane Trees for a Public SpaceGazi Mustafa Kemalpaşa Boulevard, one of the major, longest on the north-south axis, intersected almost with all main streets...

An Example for Sustainable Historical Landscape Sites: Bursa Fevziye Pavilion and its Park The Historical Fevziye Pavilion and its Park are in the central area of Bursa, Molla Arap Neighborhood. They a...

Kaplıkaya within the Scope of Bursa Silk Road ProjectThe Historical Silk Road that had served as trading bridge between Asia and Europe, had hosted for carrying and transferring thousands of goods of...

Blue for Sea – Green for Spring: A Representative Statement of the May the 19thIn keeping the topic of the competition, the major goal of the project is to propose rehabilitation of the waterfront, to ...

New Time and Space in Bandırma: An Urban Park and Design Institute The project rests upon the idea of maintaining the existing natural and urban contexts and architectural heritage, and integrating...

An Urban Exhibit that Challenges Time: Diyarbakır City Wall – Outside the Wall – Unique Wall (Sur – Derve – Yekane) Landscape Design Project of Diyarbakır Outer Fortress is located between the old...

Manisa Grand Mosque Sits Back the Spil MountainLocated in the central district of the Province of Manisa, by the foothills of the Spil Mountain, the project area is surrounded by the Mevlana Road to...

Agricultural Space | Edible Landscape: Yedikule ‘Bostan’s   Active-passive green areas and urban open space balance, which are practiced in cities around the world, are now gaining a more...

İstanbul Ordu Boulevard – A Roman Axis or the Divan RoadOrdu Boulevard, almost centrally crossing the Historical Peninsula in İstanbul, extends towards Aksaray Square, and is connected with Vatan...

Transportation through a Cultural Landscape: Çukurova Regional Airport Shielded from the harsh central Anatolian climate by the Toros Mountains, the fertile plains of Çukurova attract a high...

An Urban Encounter in Adana – Seyhan: Sucuzade Maidan The Project site and its immediate surroundings can be described as a synthesis of multi-cultural urban texture, daily urban life components, and ...

Hatay Kisecik Topography Park Kisecik Nature Park, which is located inside the agricultural landscapes of Antakya, is a recreational, entertainment, cultural and athletic area truly springing from ins...

Tarsus Square and Cleopatra Gateway   The Cleopatra Gate is one of the three main gates of Mersin Tarsus, which used to be a port city. Also known as the “Sea Gate”, this trace of the Byzantine past ...

A Model for Dormitory Design: New Green Types for Özyeğin   The landscape design project of Özyeğin University 6th Dormitory complex stays loyal to the campus-wide ecological design and integrates...

İstiklal is Reviving …   İstiklal Caddesi, also known as Cadde-i Kebir or Grand Rue de Pera, has become a symbol of İstanbul for its own sake, independent of its association with Taksim. It is an...

Istanbul Land Walls ‘Kara Surları’ had been lived for centuries, served as Byzantine, Constantinian, Theodosian, and Ottoman city walls for protection, survived against natural disasters, wars, and cal...

Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow, Istanbul: Taksim Square   Taksim Square is not only the significant urban space for Istanbul but also one of the most iconic sites of Turkey. The square is a place of...

Ecological Renewal of Kurbağalıdere – Kuşdili – Kadıköy This project aims to develop a discourse that will breathe life into İstanbul’s Kadıköy, that will configure the future rather than saving the ...

This project aims to develop a discourse that will breathe life into İstanbul’s Kadıköy, that will configure the future rather than saving the day, and will demonstrate that the city and nature can bec...

The Landscape of Respect: Gallipoli Peninsula The project marks the location of a field hospital that operated during the First World War. The visitor’s journey starts and finishes on the Dardanelles,...

Kars Ani: Memory and Nature   The province of Kars is located on the border with Armenia and is the last stop of the Turkish railway system in Eastern Anatolia. The Oriental Express operating...

Heritage of Ahlat: Seljuk Meydanlık Graveyard The district of Ahlat, located on the northwestern edge of Lake Van in the province of Bitlis, is home to the largest historic Muslim Cemetery in the worl...

An Ecological Coastal Line to Izmit Izmit found itself thrown in a rapid process of industrialization starting from the 1950s and bears the traces of an unplanned urban development that undermined...

Black Diamond of Zonguldak: Future of the Coal Lavoir Area Coal production facilities have played a critical role in the formation and location of Zonguldak’s urban texture for many years, with the...

Uludağ National Park   Uludağ National Park was declared in 1961 and gradually, the park area expanded and has reached its current 27.300 hectares. Access to the national park is possible with three ...

Bilecik Hamsu Valley   The Hamsu Valley physically divides the Bilecik morphology (hills and deep valleys connecting them) into two along the east-west axis. Urban regeneration and transformation mod...

The event “Landscape Talks 2,” organized by the Istanbul Branch of the Chamber of Landscape Architects (TMMOB), will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, between 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM. Assoc. Prof. Dr. ...

In celebration of National Landscape Architecture Day on May 13, the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Istanbul Medipol University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and...

...The firm of “on” and its team aims to always be on the balance beam for academic and professional approaches. The major intention behind the establishment of this office was to contribute to...

Inönü University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the sixth session of the 'Mesleki Pratik Söyleşi' series on...

‘’ilk On’’ Urban and Landscape Encounters: The Story of On Tasarım, founded by Oktan Nalbantoğlu, meets up companions from science and art community, private and public institutions, and colleagues fro...

An Inspiring Talk on Landscape Architecture: From Theory to PracticeWith the participation of Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu, the talk titled “From Theory to Practice in Landscape Architecture: The...

Oktan Nalbantoğlu was the guest on the Radyo Bilkent Studio Talks podcast to discuss key ideas and practices in landscape architecture. Listen to the episode on Spotify here.

Oktan Nalbantoğlu’s article titled ‘Landscape: From Mere Backdrop to the Main Stage of the City’s Future’ was published in the October 2025 Special Issue of the Urban Transformation Presidency...

"In the final episode of 'My Signature Landscape,' Oktan Nalbantoğlu — the mind behind several parts of Bilkent University’s campus — joined the conversation. He shared his perspectives on the role of ...

In celebration of National Landscape Architecture Day on May 13, the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Istanbul Medipol University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and...

Landscape Istanbul Fair is hosting an impressive line up of national and international speakers for three days, 13-16 November. The World Urban Parks Symposium was held for two days between 13-14...

The Walk of Landscape Architecture between Academia and Profession: “on” experience   "The presentation assumes that there is an urgent need for calling a balance between our cities and natura...

Düzce University, Faculty of Forestry has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the program of the 'Cumhuriyet'in 100. Yılında Peyzaj Mimarlığı' on October, 2023. Nalbantoğlu, Prof. Dr. Oğuz...

Contribution to the Profession Award is presented to Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the Landscape Architecture during of his career, by...

Inönü University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the sixth session of the 'Mesleki Pratik Söyleşi' series on...

UCTEA, Chamber of Landscape Architects have organized the 2nd Urban Design Syposium, in Istanbul.Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu has been the moderator of the panel titled " Designing the İstanbul...

Session 2
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The Role and Future of Landscape Architects in Cities
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu
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24 December 2019 I 14:30
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Ege University I Feyzi Önder Conference Hall

UCTEA, Chamber of Landscape Architects and International Federation of Landscape Architects - Europe has organized the 7th International Landscape Architecture Congress within the scope of Landscape...

‘’ilk on’’ Urban and Landscape Encounters: The Story of On Tasarım, founded by Oktan Nalbantoğlu, meets up companions from science and art community, private and public institutions, and colleagues...