Derya Uzal received her interior architecture degree in 2011 and architecture degree in 2013 from Istanbul Technical University. Currently she is a PhD candidate at the Architectural Design Program in Istanbul Technical University. While studying, she researched and worked on documenting and exhibiting of Turkish Architecture in the Early Republic period at SALT. At 2014, she took part at various exhibitions and architectural projects in EMBT | Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue | ARQUITECTES Associats-Barcelona office and foundation. She is working at MEF University; Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture Faculty as a research assistant since 2015.