Architecture Portfolio — 2026

Livanur Özcelep

Architecture student at Ondokuz Mayıs University. Starts every drawing with people, not buildings — making room for the fisherman on the shore, the child in the neighbourhood, the neighbour in the courtyard and the story on the studio lot.

SAMSUN · TRABZON, TÜRKIYE
Facade drawing from the portfolio cover: people walking, talking and strolling with children beneath a pergola
04 PROJECTS · 2025–2026

Selected Work

01 — 04

Meeting & Transit
Transfer Hub

2026 · SAMSUN · MERT PARK

A multimodal hub that brings the coach terminal, ferries and tram together in one place — keeping the fishermen’s shelters and the coastal culture around them alive.

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Urban
Regeneration

2025 · ANADOLU NEIGHBOURHOOD · COMMERCIAL AXIS

A commercial axis linking the Youth Centre to the Sports Club — with 11 shops, a market square, a playground and a residents’ courtyard, it becomes the heart of the neighbourhood.

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Mixed-Use
Housing

2025 · FROM THE STREET TO A CYCLE OF LIFE

An eight-storey home for 38 households: food waste from the café becomes compost for the gardens, and what grows there goes back to the café.

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Film Academy and
Studio Lots

2026 · LEARN — MAKE — EXHIBIT

A campus that turns the three stages of filmmaking into a route you walk through — with sound stages shaped by the spatial moods of Shutter Island and Pride & Prejudice.

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Models & Photographs

MODELS · SKETCH · PHOTOGRAPHY

Models where ideas take shape by hand, a sketch, and black-and-white photographs in search of light and shadow.

  • Model01 · Transfer hub model

  • PhotographFountain

  • Model04 · Film academy model

  • PhotographSkylight

  • Model03 · Mixed-use housing model

  • StudyHigh Line Park, New York

  • PhotographMuseum

  • ModelCardboard form study

  • PhotographEntrance

  • SketchStreet sketch

  • PhotographCorridor

  • PhotographInstallation

  • PhotographTowers

Portrait of Livanur Özcelep

About

Throughout my architectural education I have worked on design and technical drawing at many different scales. Alongside design, I aim to grow in construction and project coordination.

EXPERIENCE

  • Chamber of Architects, AnkaraOffice Intern · Ankara · July – August 2026
  • Valore MimarlıkOffice Intern · Istanbul · July – August 2025
  • Ayçil İnşaatConstruction Site Intern · Samsun · July – September 2024

EDUCATION

  • Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityB.Arch · Samsun · 2022 – present
  • Yavuz Sultan Selim Anatolian High SchoolTrabzon · 2021

SOFTWARE

  • AutoCAD
  • Revit
  • SketchUp
  • Lumion
  • Photoshop

LANGUAGES

  • Turkish (native) · English (A2)

ACTIVITIES

  • Participant, “Mayıs Tasarım Samsun 2026”
  • Coordination team, “2025 Samsun ÜMOB Architecture Students’ Meeting”
  • Participant, “Kuzey Boru Bridge Competition”
  • Participant, “Mayıs Tasarım Samsun 2024”

CERTIFICATE

  • Project Management — Certificate of Participation · BTK, 2025