2009
2015
2020
PRESENT
SELDA GÜMÜŞDOĞRAYAN ARCHITECTURE
Founded in 2009, Selda Gümüşdoğrayan Architecture is an Ankara-based architectural practice providing services in architectural design, project development, specialist consultancy, and multidisciplinary project coordination.
The practice works across a range of scales and typologies, delivering national and international projects in healthcare, hospitality, education, residential, and mixed-use developments. Its approach combines architectural design with extensive experience in project management and coordination, developing context-responsive solutions from early design stages through project development and implementation.
HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE
20+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
SINCE 2005
Healthcare architecture has been a central field of expertise within the practice for over two decades.
Since 2005, Selda Gümüşdoğrayan has contributed to the design and development of healthcare environments ranging from specialized hospitals and branch hospitals to large-scale integrated health campuses.
This long-term experience has established a comprehensive understanding of healthcare architecture as a highly coordinated system, bringing together clinical requirements, complex functional relationships, circulation, technical infrastructure, operational efficiency, and the experience of patients, staff and visitors.
Depending on the scale and structure of each commission, the practice operates as Lead Designer, Lead Consultant or Specialist Healthcare Design Consultant, coordinating architectural design with structural, mechanical, electrical, medical planning, landscape and other specialist disciplines.
EXPLORE HEALTHCARE EXPERTISE →SELDA GÜMÜŞDOĞRAYAN
Selda Gümüşdoğrayan graduated from the Department of Architecture at Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, in 1994. During her studies and following graduation, she gained professional experience at various architectural practices. Since 1999, she has continued her work at Selda Gümüşdoğrayan Architecture, the Ankara-based practice she founded under her own name.
Alongside her professional practice, she has contributed to architectural education as a part-time lecturer at various universities since 2000. She is a member of the Chamber of Architects (TMMOB), the Turkish Association of Architects in Private Practice (TSMD), Architects’ Association 1927, and the DID Seismic Isolation Association.
Her design approach continuously questions established knowledge through diverse forms of architectural expression, considering people, environment, and technology as integral design inputs. Her work aims to create original and contemporary architecture while responding to the needs of users, clients, and project stakeholders.
Throughout her career, she has worked across diverse scales, functions, and building typologies. Since 2005, her practice has increasingly focused on healthcare architecture in Türkiye and abroad, with a particular concentration on Integrated Healthcare Campuses since 2014, bringing together complex programs, specialized medical requirements, and multidisciplinary design components.
Drawing on her extensive experience in the healthcare sector, she is also among the founders of BioConsult, providing consultancy, project management, and design services for healthcare investments.