Donya Dalir

Donya Dalir serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Interior Architecture at Yeditepe University's Faculty of Architecture, where she conducts research at the intersection of architectural design, acoustic perception, and environmental psychology. Her work examines how sound environments shape human experience within built spaces, with particular emphasis on cultural specificity in Turkish contexts.

Her academic foundation includes a PhD (2016-2022) and Master's degree (2014-2016) in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University's Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, providing rigorous training in interdisciplinary research methodologies applicable to architectural acoustics.

Dalir's research program investigates soundscape perception through corpus-based linguistic approaches, statistical modeling of auditory attributes, and virtual reality experiments in healthcare environments. She pioneers culturally-grounded frameworks for understanding Turkish soundscapes while exploring how auditory cues influence spatial cognition and wayfinding in clinical settings, contributing to evidence-based acoustic design principles for therapeutic spaces.

Analysis of her six recent publications (2022-2023) reveals a cohesive research trajectory: developing methodological innovations for soundscape attribute identification through corpus-driven analysis and principal component modeling, then applying these frameworks to examine sound's impact on spatial knowledge acquisition in virtual healthcare environments. This work demonstrates consistent integration of architectural theory, psychoacoustics, cognitive science, and cultural studies with practical implications for healthcare facility design.