As both an architectural and urban designer, Özge plays a central role in the ongoing design dialogue at Finegold Alexander. Özge organizes Finegold Alexander’s firm-wide Friday presentations, promoting and provoking the free exchange of design ideas amongst her colleagues. In all endeavors, she is passionate about architectural detail, material, and craftsmanship. Her professional interests include repurposing existing buildings and experimenting with graphic representation techniques.

Özge  previously worked in Istanbul, Ankara and Pittsburgh. She is currently an adjunct professor at Boston University, where she has taught both beginner and advanced level architectural studio courses since 2018. She received her Master of Urban Design degree from Carnegie Mellon University where she also taught first-year architecture studios as an adjunct faculty member. In addition to teaching, she worked as a Research Associate on the book “Main Street Connectivity,” which received an AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant, and “Planning Riverlife – 10 Years” through the Remaking Cities Institute. Özge earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. In addition to design, she enjoys traveling, reading histories of architecture, and swimming.

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