Zeynep is a multidisciplinary designer whose work explores the intersection of culture, design and the public realm. Trained as a landscape designer and urban planner, she is drawn to projects that reveal the stories embedded within a place—through cultural layers of history, ecology, infrastructure, and the everyday patterns of human use—and believes meaningful landscapes emerge from a deep understanding of context.

Her experience spans parks, waterfronts, mixed-use districts, civic spaces, and institutional campuses across North America. Some recent projects include the Western Rail Yards in New York City, the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, the West End Waterfront Master Plan in Vancouver, and the Joslyn Art Museum expansion in Omaha, Nebraska. Working across scales, from intimate site interventions to large urban frameworks, has deepened her interest in how landscapes hold complex stories and how design can make them legible in public life.

Zeynep earned dual master's degrees in Landscape Architecture and City and Regional Planning from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. Prior to joining dwg., she worked at Sasaki, Snøhetta, and Storefront for Art and Architecture, experiences that continue to inform her multidisciplinary approach to design, research, and public engagement.

Having spent her childhood between cultures and witnessing the lasting imprint of conflict and change on cities and landscapes, Zeynep developed an early appreciation for the ways places shape collective memory and belonging. That perspective continues to inform her work and her enduring curiosity about how people experience, adapt, and connect to place. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, seeking out overlooked and in-between spaces, and satisfying that curiosity through food, traditions, histories, and everyday rituals.