CITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN INTELLIGENCE
Research on The Future City
The “City Development through Design Intelligence” (CIDDI) research team explores the development of future cities. The project is jointly supported by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, and the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning. We are investigating cutting-edge methods and technologies in architecture, city planning and urban design that will shape the design of urban environments. The questions are: How will the application of AI, IoT, automation, smart and green technologies shape future societies and the morphology of our built environment? CIDDI is an applied research laboratory that leverages crowdsourcing, i.e. new methods and techniques in citizen science and participation, in order to:
Explore new practice models that shape future city form,
Incubate creative start-ups that innovate in the construction/design space,
Develop new applications that engage citizens in planning, design and services; fostering a vision for direct, transparent and democratic governance of future cities
We investigate new visionary technologies that tap into the power of crowd wisdom, artificial intelligence and cutting-edge urban design methodologies, in order to generate city form, govern planning decisions, and incubate start-ups relevant to the architecture and urban design space.
SUPPORTERS
Institutions
TUBITAK- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Ministry of Industry and Technology, Turkey
Cities
Municipality of Esenler, Istanbul
PROJECTS
CityMatrix: Using AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) in urban planning
A Collaboration with Dr. Cengiz Erbas
Hulya Sacin, Seyit Yigitarslan, Elcin Sari
Programify: Automating program distribution within the city via deep learning
A Collaboration with Dr. Prithwish Basu
Elcin Sari
Arrive: Managing and sharing urban green allocations of cities with its citizens
Selen Aksoy
Unplug: A social media network for the disabled - making future cities accessible to all
Doga Tuven, Sena Kayasu
Streetscapes: Interactive interfaces for citizens, the city, and businesses via signage and way-finding
Aygul Cinar, Sena Kayasu
AutoDat: Generating conceptual designs via deep learning
A Collaboration with Dr. Prithwish Basu
Mustafa Koc, Kaan Karabagli
Aesthetix: Understanding latent principles of beauty in architecture through ML
A Collaboration with Dr. Prithwish Basu
Mustafa Koc, Sena Kayasu
Empati: From smart street animal adoption systems to biodiversity in cities
Jana Bozáňová
TGB District: Area for technological development at the Future City
Asude Kosebas, Doga Tuven, Hilal Yazar, Kubra Karaca, Rumeysa Cicek, Mert Cigizoglu
Science Center: A gateway building for the Future City
Data Center: Smart city data acquisition and control center for Esenler
Asude Kosebas, Doga Tuven, Hilal Yazar, Hulya Sacin, Kubra Karaca, Ozge Borekci, Rumeysa Cicek, Suheyla Turan, Mert Cigizoglu
PUBLICATIONS
Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design: Technologies, Implementation, and Impacts
As, I., Basu, P.
Elsevier, Upcoming, May 2022
Using AI to turn graph representations into conceptual massing models
Karabagli, K., Koc, M., As, I., Basu, P.
ACM SIGGRAPH Conference, Aug 2021
A Machine Learning Approach for Locating Businesses along Main Arteries in Inner Cities
Sari, E., As, I., Basu, P.
IEREK Conference, Future Smart Cities, Upcoming, Dec 2021
A Machine Reasoning Approach to Identify Design Patterns from City Layouts
Sari, E., Sacin H., Yigitarslan, S., As, I., Erbas, C.
IEREK Conference, Future Smart Cities, Upcoming, Dec 2021
Esenler Gelecegin Sehri (Esenler Future City), Vol.2
Editors: As, I., Kayasu, S.
Esenler Belediyesi Yayinlari
Esenler Gelecegin Sehri (Esenler Future City), Vol.1
Editors: As, I., Razzaghmanesh, D., Kayasu, S., Cavus, O., Dede, A.
Esenler Belediyesi Yayinlari
MEDIA
Gelecegin Akilli Sehri Esenler (in Turkish)
Cihan Dinar, Interview, Sehir ve Dusunce Dergisi Sayi 18, pp 88-91
Dec 14, 2021
What are the Details of the Esenler Smart City (in Turkish)
Fatih Altayli, Haberturk TV, Teketek Show, National TV Primetime Science Show
Nov 22, 2021
The Future City in Esenler (in Turkish)
Esenler Belediyesi Haberler, News
Dec 24, 2020
The Future of Future Cities (in Turkish)
Dunya Trendleri, Radio Podcast
Aug 21, 2020
AI and Smart Cities (in Turkish)
Aksaray Universitesi, Webcast
May 14, 2020
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Organized Future City SUMMIT, May 2021
A collaboration with BIM4TURKEY
Ayse Dede, Furkan Filiz, Kaan Karabagli
POSITIONS
We are always looking for outstanding research and design talent. If you are interested in the topic, please get in touch with us.
PEOPLE
Dr. Imdat As, Director
Elcin Sari, PhD
Esra Aslanturk, MA
Haticetul Kubra Saraoglu, MA
Kaan Karabagli, PhD
Mehmet Onur Senem, PhD
Mustafa Koc, PhD
Suedanur Ozden, MA
RESEARCHERS
Dr. Derya Gulec Ozer, Istanbul Technical University
Dr. Pelin Ozkan, Izmir Democracy University
COLLABORATORS
Dr. Prithwish Basu, Raytheon BBN Corp.
Dr. Cengiz Erbas, Hacettepe University
Dr. Jana Bozáňová, Společnosti plant science and biodiversity center
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Berkutay Ali Coskun, MA
Ecem Atature, MA
Esra Aslanturk, MA
Kubra Yilmaz, MA
Nasim Naeimi Shishavan, MA
Nihan Simay Harmancıoğlu, MA
Seyyare Ece Akdağ, MA
Suedanur Ozden, MA
Yusra Ekin, MA
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Cem Dogan (Collaboration w Dr Cengiz Erbas)
Doga Tuven
Ibrahim Burak Tanrikulu (Collaboration w Dr Cengiz Erbas)
Jeremi Sienkiewicz (Erasmus)
Maria Milusheva (Erasmus)
Seyit Yigitarslan
ALUMNI
Asude Kosebas, MA
Atra Hattur, MA
Aygul Cinar, MA
Ayse Ceylin Hundal, MA
Ayse Dede, PhD
Begum Aktas, PhD
Begum Moralioglu, PhD
Betul Uckan, MA
Betul Yildiz, MA
Can Muezzinoglu, MA
Deniz Oskay, PhD
Ecem Ozturk, MA
Elif Dedeler, MA
Enes Altin, Intern
Koray Bingol, MA
Ceylin Yildirim, PhD
Delara Razzaghmanesh, PhD
Gizem Kinsiz, MA
Gokhan Uyduran, MA
Gokhan Yarar, MA
Hanim Gulsum Karahan, MA
Hilal Yazar, UG
Hulya Sacin, UG
Idil Tonguc, PhD
Irem Ercan, MA
Irem Konur, MA
Kaan Buyukmihci, MA
Kubra Karaca, UG
Makbule Yildirim, MA
Mehmet Dicleli, MA
Mehmet Salih Ozalp, MA
Melike Ozbek, PhD
Mert Cigizoglu, PhD
Merve Akdogan, PhD
Nursena Coskun, PhD
Onur Oruc, Intern
Ozan Balci, MSc
Ozge Borekci, BArch
Ozlem Cavus, PhD
Rumeysa Cicek, UG
Salim Furkan Kirac, MA
Sana Atheer, PhD
Selen Aksoy, PhD
Sena Kayasu, PhD
Sena Kaynarkaya, PhD
Serkan Kocabay, MA
Sinem Kirkan, PhD
Suheyla Turan, BArch
Turan Altintas, PhD
CONTACT
ciddilab@gmail.com