About
I work on entity data: things in the world, their attributes, how they relate, and how all of that changes over time. I came to it through three degrees — civil engineering, architecture, and remote sensing & GIS — and I'm now a Product Manager at AI71 in Abu Dhabi.
A building information model and a spatio-temporal dataset are structurally the same object: georeferenced entities, attributes, relations, time. The difference is that a model is closed-world — the schema declares what may exist — and the world isn't. That makes validation the hard part, not extraction.
I've worked across landmark, high-complexity projects, Luxembourg EIB HQ, Barcelona Camp Nou Stadium, Kuwait International Airport, and built automation and parametric systems for design-to-fabrication. That mix gives me both the field perspective (what breaks on site) and the engineering mindset to scale solutions.
My path
Each step nested inside the last rather than replacing it. The GIS degree in the middle is the one that made the rest transferable: once entities are georeferenced and time-stamped, it stops mattering whether they came from a model or from the world.
Practice pillars
Three sides, each backed by a degree and by work. They are not a career sequence. They are one problem approached from three directions.
Built environment
How buildings and infrastructure are actually designed, delivered, and modelled — and what breaks when the data doesn't survive the handover.
- ISO 19650-oriented naming, CDE use, and information delivery (MIDP / TIDP, BEP, matrices where the contract uses them)
- OpenBIM: IFC, IDS, BCF; validation and handoffs you can test, not only review visually
- Parametric geometry tied to structural and environmental performance, with multi-objective optimisation for trade-offs
- Tools: Rhino / Grasshopper, Revit, Navisworks, Karamba3D, Ladybug Tools, Wallacei
Spatial and temporal data
Entities with a location and a lifetime. Remote sensing and GIS taught me the hard question is never the geometry — it's whether the record is right.
- BIM–GIS links when geospatial context, assets, or environmental layers must align with the model
- Remote sensing and GIS: raster and vector workflows, urban thermal comfort (UTCI) analysis
- Georeferenced entities with attributes, relations, and time — the same structure whether the record came from a model or from the world
Product and AI systems
Turning an applied-research result into something a team can ship, run, and check. Now as the person deciding what gets built.
- Product ↔ engineering bridge: framing the problem, defining the framework, testing strategy, debugging pipelines
- Multi-step LLM pipelines with checkpoints and human review, not black-box autonomy
- Rule-based validation alongside model-based extraction
- Stack: Python, C#, FastAPI, IfcOpenShell; API-first services and browser tools
Experience
Product Manager
AI71, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Product management for AI systems.
Product Engineer
AI71, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Compliance and validation tooling for CAD and BIM data. Bridged product and engineering, owned framework definition and testing strategy.
BIM Coordinator
SFMM, Ankara, Turkey
Luxembourg EIB HQ (Structural), Barcelona Camp Nou (Architectural), Kuwait International Airport (General BIM). Developed automation workflows with Dynamo and Power Automate.
Computational Designer
GENX, New York, USA
Design-to-fabrication automation for Charlotte Main Library and Treehouse Hotel facades. Parametric modeling with Grasshopper, Rhino.Inside.Revit integration.
Computational Design & BIM Specialist
NJ Optimal, Vilnius, Lithuania
Structural and computational design support. Foundation design automation, Scan-to-BIM, FEM integration workflows.
BIM Modeller
Salihoğulları Construction, Ankara, Turkey
BIM implementation for residential tower projects (11 blocks, 630+ flats). Site management and construction coordination.
Site Engineer Intern
KUR-SMS Construction, Ankara, Turkey
Site engineering internship: monitored execution on site and checked alignment of built work with design intent.
Education
M.Sc. Architecture and Regeneration of the Built Environment
Istanbul University
Multi-objective optimisation of gridshells using computational designView →
M.Sc. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
Eskişehir Technical University
BIM-GIS workflows, UTCI urban thermal comfort analysis
B.Sc. Civil Engineering
Eskişehir Technical University
Structural design, seismic analysis, hydropower engineering
B.A. Sociology
Anadolu University
Understanding human factors in design and technology adoption
Languages
- TurkishNative
- EnglishB2 Upper Intermediate
- RussianA1 Elementary
Interests
- Multi-agent LLM pipeline development
- VR/AR integration for AEC
- 3D printing and fabrication
- Projection mapping & immersive experiences
Want to connect?
Open to talk about entity data and validation, geospatial and BIM workflows, and what it takes to ship an AI product. Reach out if something here resonates.
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