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About
Filiz Yalçınkaya is an architect and interior architect with international experience in architecture, interior architecture, and project management. Throughout her career, she has played an active role in mixed-use projects, commercial spaces, tenant delivery processes, and high-end interior architecture applications; she has successfully managed design development, tenant coordination, technical control, and site management processes. Through her site and project experience in Istanbul, Qatar, Doha, and the United Arab Emirates, she has developed a strong professional perspective that enables her to manage design, implementation, and operational processes together. Especially in retail design, fit-out management, and mixed-use projects, she has contributed to projects progressing in line with quality standards by coordinating investors, tenants, consultant teams, and site operations. With a disciplined, solution-oriented, and systematic working approach, she has strong experience in the early identification of technical issues, process management, and site organization. She focuses on producing functional, sustainable, and feasible solutions by bringing architectural aesthetics together with implementation reality. With a broad project background ranging from historic building restoration and conservation projects to modern commercial buildings, Filiz Yalçınkaya closely follows innovations in the sector and combines a contemporary architectural approach with technical expertise.
Experience
Years
12
Who Is She?
Filiz Yalçınkaya is an experienced professional specialized in architecture and interior architecture, with strong expertise in project coordination and implementation management. Having started her education in restoration, Yalçınkaya later specialized in architectural design, retail projects, tenant delivery processes, and large-scale commercial projects. Throughout her professional career, she has worked for leading companies such as Sembol İnşaat, ASL İnşaat, Artisto Interiors, and STFA İnşaat. She has taken active responsibility particularly in the Tersane Istanbul project, focusing on tenant coordination, store handover processes, and technical site management. She has also gained experience in historic building restoration, urban transformation, and cultural heritage projects, taking part in technical support and restoration processes for many projects related to Istanbul's historic fabric. With international project experience, strong coordination skills, and a solid technical background, Filiz Yalçınkaya is an architect who can play an active role in every stage of architectural projects, from design to on-site implementation, working with attention to detail and a strong sense of responsibility.
Filiz Yalçınkaya
Architect
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2024
Sembol İnşaat - ASL İnşaat partnership Haliç Altınboynuz - Tenancy Delivery Manager
I have experience in architecture, interior architecture, and mixed-use projects, with expertise in tenant coordination, fit-out management, technical control, and site coordination. In particular, I actively managed store handover processes, design approvals, technical infrastructure checks, and tenant coordination processes for the Tersane Istanbul project. I work in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to ensure that projects progress in line with quality, schedule, and implementation standards.
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2022
Sembol İnşaat - ASL İnşaat partnership Haliç Altınboynuz - Design Office Architect
I worked on the Tersane Istanbul project, contributing to the development of implementation projects in line with site processes, the management of technical revisions, and the coordination processes for commercial areas.
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2022
GalaCephe İnşaat ve Ticaret A.Ş. - Site Chief
I managed site coordination, implementation tracking, and team management for the exterior facade application processes of modern buildings in the Tersane Istanbul project.
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2020
Artisto Interiors - Designer
I worked on interior architectural design development, project coordination, and the management of implementation processes for custom villa projects.
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2010
STFA İnşaat - Restorer / Technical Draftsperson
I supported technical office processes, project revisions, and the preparation of implementation drawings for the EPIC for Container Terminal at Mesaieed project.
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2009
Boğaziçi İnşaat and Istanbul Metropolitan Planning Center - Restorer
I took an active role in Istanbul urban transformation and historic building projects, including the preparation of historic building inventories, restoration analyses, site inspections, and project coordination processes. Within the scope of the Historic Peninsula Urban Transformation Project, Kucukcekmece Earthquake Master Plan, and Fatih Earthquake Master Plan, I worked in coordination with interdisciplinary teams and provided technical support for conservation and transformation processes.
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2007
Sima İnşaat Mimarlık - Restorer
I worked part-time as a restorer on urban transformation projects, supporting existing building analyses, project research, technical drawing processes, and transformation-focused planning studies. I collaborated with teams from different disciplines and contributed to the technical and implementation processes of the projects.
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2006
FOM Grup Mimarlik - Restorer
I worked on restoration and restitution projects focused on the conservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings, taking an active role in existing building analyses, technical drawings, measured survey studies, and conservation-focused project development processes. I contributed to preparing projects in accordance with the historic fabric and ensuring their technical accuracy.
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2006
İzYapı Mühendislik - Restorer
I worked on restoration and design processes for various residential projects, contributing to project development, technical drawing preparations, existing building analyses, and the creation of implementation details. I supported projects in progressing with functional and feasible solutions by coordinating design and technical processes.
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