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Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk

School of Natural and Built Environment
Gul Kacmaz Erk

Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk

School of Natural and Built Environment

I conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of architecture and cinema. Using film as a representation of urban/architectural space, I study the relationship between the two disciplines to better understand and interact with the built environment and urban geographies.

Architecture and migration is relatively a new area of research. I am interested in public/private spaces occupied by newcomers and minorities in a city. I have been working on the architectural consequences of forced migration in developing countries using film analysis/filmmaking in my methodology.

Contact info

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  • g.kacmaz@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 4203

Research Interests

  • Cinema and the City 
  • Architecture and Film 
  • Architecture and (Voluntary and/or Forced) Migration 
  • Minorities in the City 
  • Refugees and Home 
  • Architectural Space/Public Space/Film space
  • Digital Mapping in the Humanities 
  • Architectural Media and Representation 
  • Architectural Design Education

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • CACity - Cinema and Architecture in the City Collaborative Research Group: https://www.cacity.org

  • Walled Cities film seasons at Queen’s Film Theatre since 2017

    See, for instance: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1135937098228350976

    Or: https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Mickybo-Me

    Or:https://issuu.com/queensfilmtheatre/docs/qft_mar_2018_whats_on_guide_web (page 11)

  • Venice Biennale talk: http://vardiyaxpress.com/2018/06/29/digital-critic-vardiya-3-gul-kacmaz-erk/


Research students

Cliona Brady (architecture)

Working title: Permeable Boundaries: Architecture of the Psyche in Cinematic Spaces

Aaron Guthrie (film studies)

Working title: Keeping it Real: Non-fiction film and the shaping of Ireland’s capital city 1922-2022


Alumni: Where are they now

Didem Gunes Yilmaz – Head of Architecture, Bursa Technical University

Thesis: “Adaptation to Rural Transformation: A Place-based Investigation into Post-earthquake Permanent Housing Projects in Eastern Turkey”

Aisling Shannon Rusk– Belfast-based practicing architect

Thesis: “Mouthpieces of the Limit: Liminal Spatial Praxis in Divided and Contested Contexts”


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