Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Mert currently lives and works in US as an architectural designer. He has a BS in Architecture from Bahcesehir University and an M.Arch from University of Virginia. Interested in sustainability and ecology, Mert is most passionate about combining tectonics and material expression to that provides healthy and useful spaces for that serve the general public. Believing that architecture can cross boundaries in its purpose to increase awareness to our climatic, socioeconomic and demographic problems, Mert enjoys to share his opinions and local architectural news.

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University of Virginia

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United States - Since Jun 18, 2024

News Articles by Mert Kansu (46)

Snøhetta's Grounds Redesign for Blanton Museum of Art Greets Its Visitors

Sep 10, 2024 - 13:49 • 1,806

REX Architecture's Perelman Center challenges the "expected" in Manhattan

Jul 22, 2024 - 16:12 • 2,029

OMA explores intentional transformation to enrich community interaction

Jul 10, 2024 - 00:22 • 961

The Haven Gymnasium Questions Sacredness In Everyday Spaces

Apr 20, 2024 - 16:25 • 2,879

Two Manhattan West By SOM Completes Construction

Apr 05, 2024 - 19:57 • 2,187

TPF Benchmarks Recovery Efforts in Türkiye a Year After The 2023 Earthquake

Mar 24, 2024 - 14:08 • 493

Shenandoah House by SCHAUM/SHIEH Celebrates Relationship To Land & Nature

Mar 19, 2024 - 11:56 • 2,277

Snøhetta Completes Vesterheim Commons, A Place Where Norwegian-American Art Flourish

Feb 15, 2024 - 03:35 • 3,788

Robert Olnick Pavilion: A Refuge For Italian Art in Rural New York

Jan 17, 2024 - 03:23 • 2,170

LMN Architects Tell a Story of Rigor, and Dynamism With the New Clifton Court Hall Design

Dec 13, 2023 - 06:21 • 1,123

LPA Design Studios Create a Collaborative Learning Community With the New Agnews Campus

Dec 03, 2023 - 04:23 • 2,106

Torrey Pines Living & Learning Neighborhood As a Case Study For a Right Step Towards A Better Planet

Oct 12, 2023 - 05:00 • 2,204

Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects Transform a Historic Warehouse For Chapman University

Oct 01, 2023 - 00:10 • 2,224

Moynihan Connector by SOM and James Corner Field Operations Is Now Open to Public

Jul 31, 2023 - 19:18 • 2,455

Parmer Pond's "The Pitch" Meets With Austin FC Fans

May 28, 2023 - 00:41 • 2,271

Lessons From Turkey-Syria Earthquake & Rebuilding For A Resilient Future

Mar 20, 2023 - 18:21 • 4,312

Building 12 Continues Its Legacy With A Perkins+Will Intervention

Mar 03, 2023 - 05:11 • 3,129

Johnston Architects embraces the local vernacular to Reimagine Winthrop Library

Feb 17, 2023 - 05:04 • 2,014

Eastside Regional Recreation Center Provides An Oasis For Locals

Dec 19, 2022 - 05:49 • 3,260

HOK Reveals A Biophilic Center of Academic Medicine At Stanford

Aug 26, 2022 - 04:40 • 1,871

Norwell Public Library Greets its Visitors With Books and Nature

Jun 08, 2022 - 00:07 • 2,386

Clemson University Business School Builds "a place that students wouldn’t want to leave"

Apr 18, 2022 - 00:38 • 2,351

Gelpi Projects' Skatebird Skatepark Brings Local Skaters and Artists Together

Apr 17, 2022 - 23:26 • 2,774

Home Building at Thaden School Takes Inspiration From the Vernacular

Jan 25, 2022 - 01:11 • 2,322

RAA designs a branching building that reinvigorates landscape

Dec 26, 2021 - 16:51 • 3,618

YGH Designs a Tsunami-Responsive Marine Research Center

Oct 24, 2021 - 23:12 • 2,367

Hopkins and Sasaki Adds a Sustainable Athletics Complex to Colby College

Sep 15, 2021 - 21:38 • 3,241

With Climate Change on the Rise, The Kendeda Building Offers a Vernacular Approach To Sustainability

Aug 22, 2021 - 23:18 • 3,117

BNIM Architects creates a research outpost nestled in the Ozarks for Missouri State University

Jul 19, 2021 - 00:06 • 3,284

CannonDesign + Anderson Brule Architects Revitalizes Ohlone College Campus

Jun 17, 2021 - 04:41 • 4,021

A Flexible Learning Hub by Sasaki Bridges Two Historic Buildings

May 25, 2021 - 02:38 • 4,062

Ransom Everglades School Receives a Cutting-Edge STEM Building

Apr 25, 2021 - 03:49 • 4,413

COVID Classroom by Murray Legge Architecture Creates a Safer Education Environment for Kids

Jan 24, 2021 - 02:53 • 6,605

Lamplighter School Receives a Light-Filled Innovation Hub

Jan 02, 2021 - 00:19 • 6,433

AIA Richmond - 2020 Design Challenge Deadline Approaches!

Oct 12, 2020 - 15:34 • 2,806

Slate School By Patriquin Architects Opens its Doors

Oct 04, 2020 - 04:22 • 2,900

'Leave No Trace!' Says Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center

May 11, 2020 - 01:23 • 2,641

Carbon Positive '20 Conference Held in Los Angeles, Amidst Spread of COVID-'19

Mar 15, 2020 - 02:09 • 8,604

Getting to Know Portsmouth, VA - ELA Session 2

Feb 24, 2020 - 04:47 • 8,247

AIA's Emerging Leaders in Architecture 2020 Sessions Start! - Session 1

Jan 14, 2020 - 05:19 • 8,508

Learning and Living, Made Affordable

Dec 08, 2019 - 02:46 • 8,880

Volunteer Architects Help Communities Recover From Disasters

Sep 14, 2019 - 18:39 • 12,517

Resilient Virginia held its "2019 Resilient Virginia Conference" last month

Aug 06, 2019 - 19:56 • 11,123

The New Interface Headquarters Building by Perkins+Will Opens in Atlanta

Jul 06, 2019 - 14:50 • 13,976

The Third Edition of Chicago Biennial will open its doors on September 19, 2019

Jun 21, 2019 - 17:44 • 1,994

Can experiences of US cities be an inspiration to Istanbul’s impending water & construction crisis?

May 13, 2019 - 18:57 • 10,440

Projects by Mert Kansu

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