With over a decade in the field, Isil Akgul has a global perspective on architecture alongside a deep knowledge of urban planning and sustainability. Passionate about coastal resiliency and circular economy strategies, Akgul has worked with the Waterfront Alliance and RETI Center in New York. An award-winning designer, she is also a fellow with the Urban Design Forum (UDF) and with the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP). She developed Energetic: The Boardgame in collaboration with City Atlas, Institute for Sustainable Cities, City University of New York (CUNY). At Cooper Robertson, Isil is actively working on the New Museum of Contemporary Art Expansion project with OMA and recently completed the new Breech School of Business at Drury University. She earned her Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Systems from Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture and received her Bachelor of Architecture from the Technical University of Istanbul.