RBDG is fortunate to have architectural/acoustical designer Zühre Sü on its project team. With her advanced knowledge of architecture and acoustics, combined with her practical experience in interiors, Zühre offers clients a unique blend of powerful skills and talent to create spaces that are sonically and esthetically pleasing.
Zühre's design experience includes both new construction and renovation projects ranging from acoustically sensitive spaces, such as sound stage and production studios and private recording studios, to residential housing developments and educational facilities. She is proficient in several acoustical analysis and prediction software programs such as MaxSens, CATT-Acoustic, ODEON and EASERA. Zühre's graduate research collaborations have been presented at international conferences and published in Architectural Science Review and the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
An avid swimmer from the beautiful coast of Antalya, Turkey, Zühre also enjoys cooking, dancing and all kinds of music.
Education
Bachelor of Architecture; Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; 2002
Master of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design; Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; 2004
Ph.D. studies in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design with concentration in Architectural Acoustics; Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; 2004-2005
Master of Science in Architectural Acoustics; School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; 2006
Professional Recognition
2006 Medalist – Robert B. Newman Award for Merit in Architectural Acoustics
Acoustical Society of America – Second Prize, Best Student Paper Award, June 2006
Acoustical Society of America – Commendation, Student Design Competition, 2006
Professional Affiliations
Acoustical Society of America
Acoustical Society of Turkey
Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects