Ep 08 Collaborative Design with Ece Uyar Aktaş - Founder of Bej Mimarlik
January 29, 2023
In this episode, Barron Schimberg and Ece Uyar Aktaş discuss their collaborative projects within the United States, Turkey, and throughout Europe and how both their businesses and the client experience have improved. They also discuss how their designs have become more expansive and created a melting pot of cultural and design opportunities.
A year and a half ago, the Schimberg Group began collaborating with Ece Uyar Aktaş and the Bej Mimarlik team, an architectural design company based in Izmir, Turkey. This effort was not about creating a relationship to collaborate and design projects together.
In this episode, Barron Schimberg and Ece Uyar Aktaş discuss their collaborative projects within the United States, Turkey, and throughout Europe and how both their businesses and the client experience have improved. They also discuss how their designs have become more expansive and created a melting pot of cultural and design opportunities.
Topics Include:
- How culture and background influence design
- How the client benefits from collaborative designs
- Creating more diverse projects
- And other topics...
Ece Uyar Aktaş is the founder of Bej Mimarlik, an architectural company based in Izmir, Turkey. Ece is a 2010 graduate of the Izmir University of Economics with a B.A. degree in architecture. She received her master’s degree in architecture from the Institute of Technology, where she specialized in socio-cultural studies in architecture.
Resources Mentioned:
- Bej Architects: https://www.bejmimarlik.com/
- Ece Uyar Aktaş on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ece-uyar-akta%C5%9F-5529754a/
- Podcast: https://www.theschimgroup.com/podcast
- Email: info@theschimgroup.com