Dilan Vural, M.A. TUM (Entwurf, Umbau & Denkmalpflege)

Dilan Vural studied architecture at the Technical University of Cologne, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and the Technical University of Munich, completing each program with high distinction. Additionally, she studied literature at Goethe University Frankfurt. She worked at various chairs at the Technical University of Cologne and the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich. In 2017, she was a DAAD scholarship holder for a fellowship programme for engineering in Shanghai.
Her master’s thesis, entitled "Department Stores Giving Up the Spoon," constitutes the most comprehensive inventory and analysis of the Kaufhof and Karstadt buildings in Germany. In 2018 she founded the competition collective TIMB with Florian Tobschall and in 2022 her own office Dilan Vural Architektur. In her professional practice, her focus lies on transdisciplinary collaboration among stakeholders and the critical examination of adaptive reuse and sustainability in new construction. Her primary objective is the development and establishment of innovative argumentative frameworks that thoroughly address the social, economic, and ecological dimensions of architecture, thereby providing a robust foundation for decision-making in construction projects. In 2024, Dilan Vural was nominated for the North Rhine-Westphalia State Advancement Award in the category of Baukunst. Since 2024 she woks as a Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Architecture and Design at the TUM School of Engineering and Design.