The Conzenian approach in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Tolga Ünlü has served as ISUF Secretary General since 2021. He has been a member of both the Urban Morphology Research Group since 2012 and the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) since 2009. He played a founding role in establishing the Turkish Network of Urban Morphology in 2014.

Since 2020, he has been a Professor of Urban Morphology and Planning at the Department of City and Regional Planning, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.

Prior to this, he held various roles at the Department of City and Regional Planning at Mersin University from 2006 to 2020, after earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees from the Department of City and Regional Planning at Middle East Technical University (METU).

His research focuses on urban morphology, urban design, and planning practices, particularly concerning urban growth, fringe belt development, and the relationship between research and practice in urban morphology and planning. He has authored articles and book chapters on the physical development and planning history of Turkish cities, as well as their morphological transformations.