And Akman

And Akman continues his academic and architectural works on building biology and ecology field since 1989. He started his professional education in 1981 at Mimar Sinan University, then carried on in New York University - NYU and Institut für Baubiologie + Ökologie - IBN. He realized worldwide ecological architecture projects and building applications in the Office of Lichtblick Architecture. He also consulted as one of the specialists to the UN project through the years 2012-2014. As of 2014, she taught at Konya Selçuk and Istanbul MEF universities, respectively, and she currently continues to teach part-time at Izmir University of Economics. He has focused his architectural design and consultancy works on the Aegean region especially İzmir Peninsula. Moreover, he is doing various trainings and workshops on ecological materials and construction methodologies and participates as guest speaker in several conferences in this field. His articles and papers on building biology and ecology have been issued in national and international publications. Meanwhile, relying on his long-standing relationships with the IBN he co-founded Building Biology and Sustainability Institute Turkey- YBE in 2015. Since then, as the co-director of YBE, he is actively directing the institute consulting and training works. He also one of the leading person in the formation and development of Natural Building Materials Working Group in 2018 which then enabled the foundation of Natural Building Materials and Methods Association-DYMD. He is one the founders of DYMD and still in the board of directors.