Zuhal Kol is the Founding Partner of OpenAct architecture and Design Studio. She is an architect and urban designer focused on the intersection of politics, infrastructure and new urban environments. She received her Masters of Architecture + Urban Design from Cornell AAP in 2013 and her B.Arch from Istanbul Technical University with High Honors. During her studies in Cornell AAP between 2012 and 2013, she practiced as a teaching assistant. Zuhal has given lectures, review critics and workshops including Cornell University, Istanbul Technical University, Europan Forum, and various design festivals. She has participated in various national, international and invited architectural competitions, and won numerous awards including the most recent of Bandirma Park International Competition (TR) and Europan 13 Zagreb “Swap on the river” (HR) which currently are both under the process of implementation. Her work as a designer is complemented by a body of writing and research which concentrates on indeterminate and contingent design relationships between public realm, infrastructure, and ecology; and published in international books & journals such as Water Index, Petropolis of tomorrow, Association, Praznine, Arquitectura Viva and Mimarist, her work has also been exhibited in numerous international venues. Currently, she is the co-founder together with Carlos Zarco of Openact Architecture, a design studio examining indeterminacy and plurality through varying scale competitions and ongoing projects.