Position Assistant Professor
Phone 805.756.1592
Fax 805.756.2270
Email utoker@calpoly.edu
Office 21-118B
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Education

B. Arch, Middle East Technical University, 1996
MCP in Urban Design, Middle East Technical University, 1999
PhD, Community and Environmental Design, North Carolina State University, 2003
Post-doctoral studies, Imperial College London, 2004/05

Areas of Interest

Environment-behavior studies
Participatory methods in planning and design
Urban design
Research methods
Computer applications

Planning Experience

Umut joined Cal Poly City and Regional Planning Department in 2005. He has been involved in several participatory planning and design projects with multidisciplinary teams, such as the Concept Plans for Downtown Delano, CA and Traver, CA; Urban Revitalization of Downtown Mebane, NC; Sandhills Community Center Project in Spring Lake, NC; and Laguna Child and Family Education Center Project in Laguna, NM. In summer 2007, he completed the 3D Digital Model of City of San Luis Obispo, a tool that will create potential for enhanced community input for municipal urban design decisions. His teaching experience includes participatory planning and design methods, urban design studios and computer applications. Umut’s research experience covers projects on the relationships between human behavior and the built environment in various settings, including R&D environments such as technology parks, university campus environments, urban plazas and streets.

Publications

Umut shares his research findings in journals such as the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, and the proceedings of conferences such as Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), and International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS). His most recent publications include:

Toker, U. and Gray, D. O. (2008). "Innovation Spaces: Workspace Planning and Innovation In U.S. University Research Centers" in Research Policy, 37:2.

Toker, U. (2006). "Workspaces for Knowledge Generation: Facilitating Innovation in University Research Centers" in Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 23:3.

Toker, Z. and Toker, U. (2006). "Community Design in its Pragmatist Age: Increasing Popularity and Changing Outcomes" in METU-JFA, 23:2.

Sanoff, H., Toker, U. and Toker, Z. (2005). "Research Based Design of a Child and Family Education Center" in Proceedings of the 36th Environmental Design Research Association Conference.

Memberships

Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
American Planning Association

Other

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