Prof. Dr. Bige Tunçer’s research addresses the complex interplay between the spatial morphology and physical attributes of urban and architectural environments, the ways these spaces are used and experienced, and users’ perception, behavior, and appreciation over time. Her work investigates how design decisions shape social, environmental, and economic outcomes in cities, and how these relationships can be made explicit, measurable, and actionable.

The overarching goal of her research is to develop AI-enabled, data-driven methodologies and decision-support systems that translate heterogeneous data; ranging from spatial, environmental, and sensor data to citizen participation and human-centric data; into meaningful knowledge for early-stage design, planning, and policymaking. These methods support designers, planners, engineers, policy makers, and other stakeholders in navigating complexity, uncertainty, and competing objectives in the built environment.

Her chair’s research focuses on data collection and sensing, information and knowledge modelling, and advanced visualization and interaction techniques to support informed architectural and urban design. Key application domains include urban vitality and walkability, energy transition and positive energy districts, urban resilience and climate adaptation, digital construction and linked data ecosystems, citizen participation and post-participation analysis, and nature-based solutions. Across these domains, the research emphasizes early design support, parametric and computational approaches, and the integration of human and machine intelligence in collaborative design and decision-making processes.

Prof. Dr. Tunçer is an established leader in the field of evidence based design and urban science. She leads and participates in various large multi-disciplinary research grants in evidence informed design and planning, IoT, urban science, AI, big data, and digital twins. She has often been invited to conferences and workshops in academia, government agencies, and industry as a keynote speaker, and sits on academic, government, and industry panels and boards. She has numerous publications in influential academic journals and proceedings, and these have been cited widely in the academic community. Her work has been exhibited at international exhibitions and has won awards.

Bige Tunçer is a full professor and Chair of Information Systems in the Built Environment at the Department of Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology. She received her PhD in Architecture (design informatics) from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), her MSc (computational design) from Carnegie Mellon University, and her BArch from Middle East Technical University. She was an associate professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), assistant professor at TU Delft, and junior faculty at ETH Zurich. She held visiting professorships at Institute for Computational Design and Construction of University of Stuttgart, Chair of Information Architecture at ETH Zurich, School of Architecture and International Design Center at MIT, Computer Engineering Department of University of Pavia, and Faculty of Architecture at Middle East Technical University.