Benay Gürsoy Toykoç is an assistant professor of architecture at Penn State. Her research and teaching focus is on computational making, digital fabrication, craft theory, shape studies, basic design education, and cognitive studies of the design process. She has published and presented her research internationally and received awards in international conferences.
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Three-Dimensional Printing of Living Mycelium-Based Composites: Material Compositions, Workflows, and Ways to Mitigate Contamination
Mohseni, A., Vieira, F. R., Pecchia, J. A. & Gürsoy, B., Jun 2023, In: Biomimetics. 8, 2, 257.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
From Graphical Treatment of Combinatorics to Tiling Grammars
Walter, N., Ligler, H. & Gürsoy, B., Jun 2023, In: Nexus Network Journal. 25, p. 321-332 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
BASICS OF BUILDING WITH MYCELIUMBASED BIO-COMPOSITES:A REVIEW OF BUILT PROJECTS AND RELATED MATERIAL RESEARCH
Ghazvinian, A. & Gursoy, B., Dec 1 2022, In: Journal of Green Building. 17, 1, p. 37-69 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mycelium-Based Composite Graded Materials: Assessing the Effects of Time and Substrate Mixture on Mechanical Properties
Ghazvinian, A. & Gürsoy, B., Jun 2022, In: Biomimetics. 7, 2, 48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MYCOCREATE 2.0: A SPATIAL STRUCTURE BUILT WITH LOAD-BEARING MYCELIUM-BASED COMPOSITE COMPONENTS
Ghazvinian, A., Khalilbeigi, A., Mottaghi, E. & Gürsoy, B., Jun 1 2022, In: Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 63, 2, p. 85-97 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Study on the Sound Absorption Properties of Mycelium-Based Composites Cultivated on Waste Paper-Based Substrates
Walter, N. & Gürsoy, B., Sep 2022, In: Biomimetics. 7, 3, 100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Formalizing shape-change: Three-dimensional printed shapes and hygroscopic material transformations
Vazquez, E., Gürsoy, B. & Duarte, J. P., Mar 1 2020, In: International Journal of Architectural Computing. 18, 1, p. 67-83 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Formal descriptions of material manipulations an exploration with cuts and shadows
Gürsoy, B., Jowers, I. & Özkar, M., 2015, In: Communications in Computer and Information Science. 527, p. 439-457 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Schematizing Basic Design in Ilhan Koman’s “Embryonic” Approach
Gürsoy, B. & Özkar, M., Dec 1 2015, In: Nexus Network Journal. 17, 3, p. 981-1005 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Visualizing making: Shapes, materials, and actions
Gürsoy, B. & Özkar, M., Nov 2015, In: Design Studies. 41, p. 29-50 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review