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Writing

Publications, editorial and curatorial work, and peer review.

Writing is a method of inquiry in my work. Some texts grow directly from research and fieldwork; others emerge through teaching, projects, and spatial practice. Across these forms, writing helps me trace relationships, clarify what I am seeing, and communicate it to different audiences.

Selected academic work is published under the name Çiçek Karataş Yıldırım.

02 / Publications & conference presentations

03 works
01

Peer-reviewed proceedings

Spiritual and Cultural Sustainability: Documenting Heritage in Antakya, Turkey, after the 2023 Earthquake

02

Conference presentation — accepted

Tracing Living Heritage After Rupture: The Four-Quadrant Framework in Post-Earthquake Antakya

03

Conference presentation

Spiritual and Cultural Sustainability: Preserving Heritage in Antakya, Turkey, After the Earthquake

03 / Editorial & curatorial work

04 projects
01

Co-editor

Prometheus: IIT PhD Journal of Architecture, Vol. 7

As co-editor, I contributed to the volume’s thematic and editorial framing, selection of contributions, author revisions, production, and layout.

02

Co-editor

Weekly PhD newsletter

Gathered contributions from across the department, wrote and edited weekly summaries, and assembled the newsletter for circulation among PhD students, faculty, other schools and departments, and external academic contacts.

03

Co-curator & co-organizer

ACSF Chicago Salon

Co-curated Common Ground: Altars, Architecture, and Collective Memory, a distributed Salon exploring relationships among architecture, spirituality, cultural memory, and identity across Chicago. The program moved between sites including Crown Hall, Unity Temple, and Perkins & Will, using different architectural and institutional settings as part of the conversation while bringing together tours, dialogue, workshops, and invited participants.

04

Co-organizer & co-curator

In Between: Architecture and the Development of the Urban Landscape

Co-curated an international symposium examining contemporary architecture in relation to changing urban contexts across North American landscapes. I helped shape the program through keynote and speaker selection, bringing different perspectives into a sustained conversation at Crown Hall.

04 / Peer review

02 reviews
01

Blind peer reviewer

ACSF Montréal Salon

ACSF

Conducted blind peer review of dialogue circle submissions for the 2026 salon.

Montréal, Canada2026
02

Blind peer reviewer

ACSF 15: Myths and Placemaking

ACSF

Conducted blind peer review of submissions across paper and panel proposal categories.

Varanasi, India2025