Ayse Erktin Email & Phone Number

Ayse Hasol Erktin is a partner at HAS Architects Ltd., one of the leading design/build firms in Turkey. She has been with HAS for more than thirty years where she has designed and coordinated the design process of various housing, office, healthcare and hospitality projects, including the 5 star Swissotel Grand Efes, and 45.000 sqm Anadolu Health Center, all of which were designed in coordination with a global team of specialists. Under her leadership, HAS formed project based associations with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Inc. (SOM) in 1993, with REES Associates, Inc. in 1999, with NBBJ in 2003, with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 2006, with Llewelyn Davies Yeang in 2007, and with RMJM in 2009.A graduate of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Ayse Hasol Erktin received her MBA from Bogazici University and BS in Architecture from Istanbul Technical University. Ayse Hasol Erktin is the Chairperson of ULI Turkey Executive Committee (2016). She was a board member at Istanbul Professional Architects Association between 2012-2014, and at the Turkish Green Building Association between 2011-2013, and served as the president of Istanbul Project Management Association (PMI, Istanbul Potential Chapter) in 2000-2001, and vice president of Harvard Alumni Club of Turkey between 1997-2002. She is a BREEAM Assessor and an EDAC Accredited Individual. Erktin’s writing and speaking focus on the management of creativity and value of design.

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  Partner

  Has Architects Ltd.

  1988 - Present - Berlin, Germany

  HAS Architects Ltd. is one of the leading design firms in Turkey. The firm has designed and coordinated the design process of various housing, office, healthcare, education and hospitality projects as well as working extensively on the interior design and construction of a large number of offices and banks. Among these are several prestigious investments that require a high level of expertise such as; Swissôtel Grand Hotel Efes Izmir, Hyatt Regency Dushanbe, Hotel El Aurassi in Algiers, Anadolu Health Village and Crystal Tower.Crystal Tower was selected among the Top Ten of the 2014 Emporis Skyscraper Award, the only prize for high-rise buildings awarded annually on a global basis. Crystal Tower also received The Chicago Athenaeum 2016 International Architecture Award.HAS Architects Ltd. has formed associations with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Inc. (SOM) in 1993, with REES Associates, Inc. in 1999, with NBBJ in 2003, with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 2006, with Llewelyn Davies Yeang in 2007, and with RMJM in 2009.Recently, HAS completed the design of the 168 meter-tall Crystal Tower in Istanbul (in collaboration with PCF), a 120-bed hospital in Basra and Anadolu Health Sciences University in Gebze as well as Bogazici University Kandilli Science and Technology Complex, ING Bank Kahramanmaras IT & Operations Building, two oncology hospitals in Algeria and Sisli Urban Renewal projects. Among current projects are large housing developments in Istanbul Goztepe and Sutluce along with Bogazici University Kilyos Campus Buildings.HAS Architects Ltd. is the first design firm in Turkey licensed as BREEAM assessor. The team also includes the first and only EDAC (Evidence Based Design) Accredited Individuals in Turkey.