Ulvi Erhan EROL

Ulvi Erhan Erol is an internationally experienced landscape architect, ecological design and planning expert, Associate Professor and design juror with 30+ years in practice, research and academia. Founder & Principal of UEE Design & Planning Landscape Architecture International, he is Associate Professor at Süleyman Demirel University’s Faculty of Architecture, Türkiye, and founder, founding faculty member and founding chair of its Landscape Architecture Department. He holds an MLA from Louisiana State University (USA) and a PhD in ecological planning and design from Istanbul University. Since 2018 he has served on the Grand Jury of the A’ Design Award (Como, Italy). His jury affiliations include the Arch Design Award (Helsinki, 2026–27), Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) jury pool and IADA/ADC jury community. He has evaluated approximately 17,000 projects through an interdisciplinary lens of creativity, innovation, sustainability and ecological performance. An ASLA member since 2010, he became a Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (USA), in 2026.Honors include the IGS Hamburg 2013 Silver Medal and second place for “Reverse Garden,” two first-place PLANT Awards for projects built in Germany and Kazakhstan, and Akdeniz University environmental recognition for Verbascum research. His work spans Türkiye, USA, Germany, Mexico, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Albania, across award-winning landscape design, hospitality, sustainable planning and large-scale ecological restoration. Pioneering work includes one of Türkiye’s earliest smart parks, restoration planning for 14 dams and 100+ wind turbine sites, and performance-based landscapes integrating biodiversity, native plants, water conservation, carbon management and resilience. Linking science, academic leadership, international practice and multidisciplinary jury service, he believes design must move beyond beauty to restore ecosystems, improve well-being and deliver measurable lasting value.