Melis Ugurlu (b.1993, Istanbul) is an editor, writer, and designer of architecture based in London. She works independently and collaboratively on projects that span interior and furniture design, research and publications, and exhibitions and installations. Melis is a contributing editor of the Avery Review and collaborates with Territorial Agency, currently on the publications of How Heavy is a City? for the 2025 Lisbon Triennale. Previously, Melis was assistant curator at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, and edited for the Pavilion of Turkey, titled Architecture as Measure and led by Neyran Turan.
︎︎︎MoreSELECTED WORK:
Editorial
︎︎︎The Avery Review︎︎︎Architecture as Measure, Pavilion of Turkey Online Publication
︎︎︎PLAT 6.0 Absence
︎︎︎PLAT 5.5 Re:License
︎︎︎CLOG x Artificial Intelligence
Curatorial, Exhibition, Research
︎︎︎The Pavilion of Turkey, Venice Architecture Biennale 2021︎︎︎Museum of Lost Volumes
︎︎︎STRAIT, SALT Gallery
Writing
︎︎︎The Elephant in the Gallery︎︎︎RSVP for Location
︎︎︎The Culture of the Ephemeral, Conglomerate, and Transient
︎︎︎New York Review of Architecture Dispatch: Bowery
Architecture, Interior Design
︎︎︎The Sloane Street Deli︎︎︎Christian Louboutin, La Salvada House
Objects
︎︎︎Pliable: Bag as Billboard︎︎︎3 Feet Deep Records