Sıla Akalp Email & Phone Number

Türkiye

The Social Entrepreneurship, Empowerment, and Cohesion Project (SEECO) is financed by the European Union and coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Directorate General for Development Agencies, and the World Bank. The main objective of the project is to improve the livelihoods of women and youth and contribute to their social cohesion in the target regions of Turkey by supporting social entrepreneurship. The project covers 11 provinces in five development agency regions.SEECO project consultancy was provided to develop communication strategies and deliver "right", "timely," and "attention-grabbing" messages to the target audience of social entrepreneurs. Communication strategies have been determined, a plan has been created, and visuals for events, the SEE website, and social media platforms are being prepared in line with the corporate identity of the SEECO project.Objectives: The SEECO Project communication campaign objectives, the audience to be communicated with, the messages to be conveyed and the targeted impact have been clearly defined.Brand Analysis, Target Audience Identification, Brand Personality Identification, Communication Language, Main Messages and Themes, Communication Channels, Visual Identity Design Studies, Content Creation, Impact Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation studies are being carried out.

Istanbul, Turkey

Sıla Akalp is currently working as Strategic Design Manager and partner at Urban Strategy. The company provides advisory services to the public and private sectors and local people in the fields of urban regeneration.Three main fields of the company are; • Urban Vision• Strategic Design Management• Negotiation ManagementSıla Akalp conducts mainly “strategic design management” that studies the relationships between “strategy” and “design” in order to identify principles of planning and design within participatory environments. Main responsibilities are; masterplan design management, conceptual design projects, regeneration models, vision plans and road maps for cities.She is also managing DESTEK Platform (SUPPORT to Local Initiatives) and responsible with 3Blocks1Block Model, Mahalle (Neighbourhood) Model, 3x3 Strategic Design Charettes, Design Atelier Kadikoy (Tasarım Atölyesi Kadıköy)(TAK) and Studio 33 Programs. The aim is bringing public, private and civil sectors together for producing innovative, applicable regeneration approaches, which are more democratic and socially responsible as well as, economically feasible.

Kadıköy

Design Atelier Kadikoy (TAK) is an organization formed by the collaboration of public (Kadikoy Municipality), private (Kentsel Strateji) and civil society institution (CEKUL) It follows strategic design management approach by assembling strategy and design notions in order to find solutions for spatial problems in Kadikoy district of Istanbul.The aim of TAK is bringing public, private and civil sectors together for producing innovative, applicable approaches, which are more democratic and socially responsible. It has been established to raise awareness to the notion of "power of design". Programs are structured around these issues.www.kadikoytasarim.orghttps://www.facebook.com/TasarimAtolyesiKadikoy

Turkey

Urban Vision Platform, CoordinatorThe aim of the platform is to develop restructuring strategies by “urban vision” and “power of design”. Aim is to open up a debate for discussing the new planning and management approach by making studies on region, city and neighbourhood scales.• 81 City 81 Vision Program is discussing urban vision and strategies in the new urban regeneration process with new local administrations.• Urban Vision Studio aims to educate ‘urban strategists’ who will be active in proposing solutions for urban problems throughout the workshops and also creating them new job opportunities.• 3x3 Region, City and Neighbourhood Program proposes 3 strategic outputs in 3 different scales in order to put forward comprehensive planning and management approach.• 'Ten Projects, Tens of Impacts' Program calls for sociologist, urban planners and visual communication designers to make researches on 10 regeneration areas in İstanbul, with the aim of bringing the 'Social Impact Assestment Report' into public agenda.www.kentselvizyon.org

Greater Istanbul

Taking part in the core planning team, she was responsible for the re-planning strategies of Istanbul, the determination of special project areas and urban design processes. She was responsible for the preparation of all digital presentations, communication language, graphic design, data visualization, as well as writing the plan report of the Istanbul city center area and producing high quality graphic materials.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), City And Regional Planning

Master, Urban Design

Master of Urban Design

Exchange, Urbanism And Strategic Planning