Ozan Sen

Education

Master of Arts in Architecture, Rice University
Bachelor of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University

Biography

Ozan Şen is a designer and educator whose work engages contemporary urbanism and architecture through research, theory, and representation. Operating across multiple scales and geographies, he investigates and speculates on urban form, infrastructures, and public space. He joins the UVA School of Architecture as a Virginia Architecture Fellow and Assistant Professor for the 25-26 academic year.

Prior to joining the UVA, Ozan taught architectural design studios at the University of Houston's Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture as an Adjunct Faculty member and practiced at SWA Group as an Associate with a focus on public open space frameworks. His projects and collaborations have been recognized in several national and international competitions, including Europan, the Holcim Awards, and the National Architectural Awards of Turkey. He contributed to the design-research project Health City to Healthy City: A Case of the Miami Metrorail as a Research Associate at the Office for Urbanization at Harvard GSD in 2021.

He was awarded the Patrick T. Curran Fellowship in 2024, through which he explored the implications of the digital turn within the public realm with his project titled Invasive Species: Networks, Gadgets, and Commons in the Digitized Landscape. Forming the foundation of his current research, the project examined the expanding presence of digital infrastructures, surveillance technologies, and autonomous systems in the built environment.

Ozan holds a Master of Arts in Architecture from Rice University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Istanbul Technical University. He is a registered architect in Turkey.