Award-winning architect Melike Altinisik will give a lecture at the opening of the Computational Design: NEXT 5.0 conference about her experiences, recent projects, and the integration of BIM and computational design with architecture and construction. She’s a designer and educator dedicated to developing an innovative approach toward architecture, urbanism, and design. Her work aims to develop the relational thinking capacities of architecture about design technologies.Since 2006, she has developed her wide range of international professional architectural experience by working on large-scale projects, from high-rise buildings, masterplans, cultural centers, and museums to bespoke furniture designs. Her design work has received several prestigious design awards, including Europe 40 under 40, FEIDAD Design Award 07′, and Swiss Art Award.She participated in various national and international and invited architectural competitions, exhibitions, and publications. Her work includes prize-winning projects such as Istanbul TV and Radio Tower (Istanbul, Turkey, Under construction) and the Robot Science Museum (Seoul, South Korea). Before forming her practice in Istanbul, she worked in London as a Lead Architect with Zaha Hadid Architects (2006- 2013).In addition to her professional architectural practice, she has been an invited critic, guest lecturer, speaker, and jury member at various institutions, such as AA (Architectural Association, London), SAC (Staedelschule of Architecture, Frankfurt), LAU (Lebanese American University, Beirut), ITU (Istanbul Technical University), and BU (Bilgi University, Istanbul).Melike Altinisik received a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory, AADRL (2006) in London and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Istanbul Technical University, ITU (2003) in Istanbul with High Honours.