Onur Gun

About

Onur Yüce Gün is a seasoned computational designer and instructor whose expertise helped him bring non-standard designs in extreme scales, from skyscrapers to minuscule 3D printed lattices, into life. Onur instituted the Computational Geometry Group at Kohn Pedersen Fox New York (KPF) in 2006. His computational architecture work got published in Elements of Parametric Design. In 2009, he developed the curriculum and directed İstanbul Bilgi University’s undergraduate program in architecture. He taught at MIT, RISD and Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile, and acted as a mentor at numerous schools and workshops around the globe. Trained as an architect, Onur holds a Ph.D. and a Masters in Design and Computation, both earned at MIT. He is currently the Creative Manager of Computational Design at New Balance. He develops computational design workflows and futuristic concepts with a specific concentration on DfAM (design for additive manufacturing).