Erden Güven - Senior Partner - Architect

Erden Güven, who graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Architecture in 1982, first started his professional life as a project manager. He continued to his career as site manager, subcontracting, contracting etc. at various construction sites, after "passing it off" with activities, he returned to his architectural career. Many cultural assets from important monumental structures in Turkey such as; Cizre Castle, Istanbul Rumeli Fortress, Nizip Fevkani Church, Gaziantep St. Bedros Church and Gaziantep Shih Fetullah Kulliye prepared the survey and restoration projects by his architectural firm. In addition to these, he finished few four and five star hotel projects, business centers, plazas, health buildings, various housing projects and urban design projects within the scope of urban transformation. He especially evaluates his last years with his work on sustainable architecture. In this sense, he designed Turkey's first passive structure in Gaziantep together with a German colleagues. In addition, he prepared an ecological urban design guide of approximately 300 pages with his team in order to make ecological designs on an urban scale in this city, to lead the creation of the largest ecological city plan in the world and to reference the design criteria of architects. Another of his most important recent projects is the construction of an old courthouse, which he built in Gaziantep by using waste material and recycling them in a significant part of building materials and turned it into an art center.

He also tries to contribute to the Union of Historical Cities by teaching at the academy of one of the most important foundations of Turkey, ÇEKÜL (Environmental and Cultural Heritage Conservation Foundation) as a member of the high advisory board. In addition, he occasionally receives invitations to conferences, interviews and workshops on a national scale and makes presentations.