Volkan Alkanoglu is an artist and designer based in Portland, Oregon and founding principal of VA | DESIGN LLC. His creative focus revolves around the exploration of innovative forms through spatial, material, and technological avenues.
Challenging established architectural norms, he engages in public design interventions as part of his mission to reshape the built environment. To achieve this transformation, he employs cutting-edge digital techniques, pioneering methods of construction, and sustainable material systems, such as large-scale 3D printing. Before establishing VA | DESIGN, Volkan Alkanoglu gained experience at Future Systems in London and Asymptote Architecture in New York. He holds a Master of Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UC London, UK, and a Diploma in Architecture from the Peter Behrens School in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Volkan Alkanoglu is a LEED Accredited Professional in the USA and held registrations as an architect in Germany and the United Kingdom. His recent projects have been implemented in various U.S. metropolitan areas, including Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, and Washington D.C. In the academic realm, Volkan Alkanoglu has shared his expertise, teaching at institutions such as the Architectural Association in London, UPenn in Philadelphia, and serving as the Director for Graduate Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. He has also been part of the design faculty at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, CA, and Harvard University, Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, MA.
