Bahanur is an architect, researcher and film producer. She has studied in Vienna and Barcelona where she has specialized in sustainable architecture and future proof development concepts. Currently she is involved in a research project focusing on heritage development, as well as centrality concepts for peripheral or rural settlements, paying special attention to the relationship between environmental and social impacts. She has produced films, documentaries and fiction movies, amongst which “The Sea in Me” and “Borders “. She is co-author of “Represent & Reflect” as part of the Wonderland series and has contributed to the publication “Manual for Emerging Architects”. She is the Head of Organisations at Wonderland – platform for european architecture. She is working on the COST actions “Underground 4 Value” (EU funded), with the aim to support communities throughout Europe to valorise their heritage collectively, to serve everyone and not just selected few, as well as Rural NEET Observatory to increase chances for youth and create opportunities to social integration. She has been working on the project “Underconstructions” (Creative Europe funded) to find out how communities can initiate and sustain a bottom up development on heritage sites. In “Open Heritage” (H2020 funded) the aim is to extract successful models out of European best practices, while also creating knowledge sharing products (manuals, films, stories, webinars and trainings). She is project manager of “PlaceCity” (JPI Urban Europe funded), where the international consortium develops frameworks revitalize neighbourhoods, in order to create local central hubs for the stakeholders, by using placemaking tools and methods.

Eutropıan

Eutropian is an organisation providing support with advocacy, research and policy to support inclusive urban processes. Eutropian helps community groups, citizen initiatives, municipalities and EU institutions in participation, fundraising and policy development, as well as in designing cooperation and communication within local and international ecosystems. Eutropian is specialised in urban regeneration, cultural development, community participation, local economic development and social innovation, with a special focus on building development scenarios on existing resources. Eutropian offers international know-how for inclusive and sustainable urban regeneration projects by connecting various stakeholders around urban planning and regenerations issues and supporting local development through sustainable economic, environmental and social models.

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