About my research
Dr. Burak Pak is an associate professor of spatial and technology-enabled design and the founder of European Spatial Research and Design Accelerator. He is currently providing service as a consultant in collaboration with academic and governmental organisations. His research focuses on co-creation, participatory and inclusive design enabled by digital technologies. He has supervised 14 PhD students and published over 130 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Pak founded the to advance research on spatial design. He has received funding from the EU, Innoviris-Brussels, and FWO Flanders for his research projects on urban co-creation. Dr. Pak also initiates community-engaged projects like Solidary Mobile Housing to address homelessness.
All Stories
- Empowering communities through social design practices: Lessons learned from post-disaster practices in Türkiye
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- Towards architectural design empowerment: analysis of the Solidary Mobile Housing project’s rationale through Theory of Change in Direct Design Empowerment Framework
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- Special issue: Co-creation and inclusion in and through spatial design
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- Creating a Network of Places with Participatory Actions across Cities and Cultures
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- Experiential Learning in Architectural Education
- Introduction
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- The right place. Finding locations for the co-creation of temporary affordable housing through the Solidary Mobile Housing Pilot Project
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- Le bon endroit. Trouver des lieux pour la cocréation de logements temporaires à prix modéré grâce au projet pilote Solidary Mobile Housing
- De juiste plek. Zoeken naar locaties voor de co-creatie van tijdelijke betaalbare woningen via het “Solidair Mobiel Wonen”-pilootproject
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- Tools for Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning
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- Between Post-Flâneur and Smartphone Zombie: Smartphone Users’ Altering Visual Attention and Walking Behavior in Public Space
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- Studying the interrelationship of the formal and informal processes in the making of collective spaces: the case of Place Liedts and environs, Schaerbeek, Brussels
- Responding to the urban transformation challenges in Turkey: a participatory design model for Istanbul
- Understanding Design Empowerment through ICT-based Platforms in European Cities
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- An Operational Framework for an Online Community Based on the Commons, Dissensus and Shared Knowledge
- A Survey on the Parametric Approaches and Tools Used in the Design Process by Practitioners
- Urban design empowerment through ICT-based platforms in Europe
- Post-flânerie: How do mobile devices shape the experience of the city?
- Studio_ L28: From a Socially Engaged Sound Art Practice to an Open Training Ground for Sonic Design Experimentation
- Participatory Design Theory
- Production of heterotopias as public spaces and paradox of political representation: A Lefebvrian approach
- FixMyStreet Brussels: Socio-Demographic Inequality in Crowdsourced Civic Participation
- ENABLING BOTTOM-UP PRACTICES IN URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIOS
- Learning from the ‘RE-PUBLIC Workshop’: Remaking the Public Space as a Medium of Knowledge Transfer in Design Education
- Design and Development of Sentient Collective Urban Spaces
- ICT-ENABLED BOTTOM-UP ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
- Virtuality and Fostering Critical Design Thinking: An Exploration of the Possibilities Through Critical Theory, Design Practices and Networked Learning
- Geoweb 2.0 for Participatory Urban Design: Affordances and Critical Success Factors
- Redesigning the urban design studio: Two learning experiments
- Utilizing Customizable Generative Design Tools in Digital Design Studio: Xp-GEN Experimental Form Generator
- Development of a Hierarchical Approach to Assess the Impacts of Transport Policies
- Interactive Rule-Based Design