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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.

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  1. Article
    From Integrated to Intelligent: A Typological Exploration of Global Smart Home Cases and User Needs
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  2. Article
    Empowering communities through social design practices: Lessons learned from post-disaster practices in Türkiye
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  3. Article
    Towards architectural design empowerment: analysis of the Solidary Mobile Housing project’s rationale through Theory of Change in Direct Design Empowerment Framework
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  4. Article
    Special issue: Co-creation and inclusion in and through spatial design
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  5. Article
    Creating a Network of Places with Participatory Actions across Cities and Cultures
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  6. Article
    Experiential Learning in Architectural Education
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  7. Article
    Introduction
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  8. Article
    The right place. Finding locations for the co-creation of temporary affordable housing through the Solidary Mobile Housing Pilot Project
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  9. Article
    Le bon endroit. Trouver des lieux pour la cocréation de logements temporaires à prix modéré grâce au projet pilote Solidary Mobile Housing
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  10. Article
    De juiste plek. Zoeken naar locaties voor de co-creatie van tijdelijke betaalbare woningen via het “Solidair Mobiel Wonen”-pilootproject
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  11. Article
    Tools for Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  12. Article
    Between Post-Flâneur and Smartphone Zombie: Smartphone Users’ Altering Visual Attention and Walking Behavior in Public Space
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  13. Article
    Studying the interrelationship of the formal and informal processes in the making of collective spaces: the case of Place Liedts and environs, Schaerbeek, Brussels
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  14. Article
    Responding to the urban transformation challenges in Turkey: a participatory design model for Istanbul
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  15. Article
    Understanding Design Empowerment through ICT-based Platforms in European Cities
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  16. Article
    An Operational Framework for an Online Community Based on the Commons, Dissensus and Shared Knowledge
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  17. Article
    A Survey on the Parametric Approaches and Tools Used in the Design Process by Practitioners
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  18. Article
    Urban design empowerment through ICT-based platforms in Europe
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  19. Article
    Post-flânerie: How do mobile devices shape the experience of the city?
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  20. Article
    Studio_ L28: From a Socially Engaged Sound Art Practice to an Open Training Ground for Sonic Design Experimentation
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  21. Article
    Participatory Design Theory
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  22. Article
    Production of heterotopias as public spaces and paradox of political representation: A Lefebvrian approach
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  23. Article
    FixMyStreet Brussels: Socio-Demographic Inequality in Crowdsourced Civic Participation
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  24. Article
    ENABLING BOTTOM-UP PRACTICES IN URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIOS
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  25. Article
    Learning from the ‘RE-PUBLIC Workshop’: Remaking the Public Space as a Medium of Knowledge Transfer in Design Education
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  26. Article
    Design and Development of Sentient Collective Urban Spaces
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  27. Article
    ICT-ENABLED BOTTOM-UP ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  28. Article
    Virtuality and Fostering Critical Design Thinking: An Exploration of the Possibilities Through Critical Theory, Design Practices and Networked Learning
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  29. Article
    Geoweb 2.0 for Participatory Urban Design: Affordances and Critical Success Factors
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  30. Article
    Redesigning the urban design studio: Two learning experiments
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  31. Article
    Utilizing Customizable Generative Design Tools in Digital Design Studio: Xp-GEN Experimental Form Generator
    Associate Professor Burak Pak
  32. Article
    Development of a Hierarchical Approach to Assess the Impacts of Transport Policies
    Dr. Paul PfaffenbichlerAssociate Professor Burak Pak
  33. Article
    Interactive Rule-Based Design
    Associate Professor Burak Pak