Volkan Doda MSc, CEng, MCIBSE, MASHRAE, LCEA, LEED AP
Head of Design Technologies, New York
Volkan Doda is the Head of Design Technologies at Atelier Ten’s US offices and the 2025 CIBSE Engineer of the Year. With a background spanning architecture, engineering science, and environmental design, he has built his career at the intersection of disciplines, where the spreadsheets meet the sketchbooks.
Since joining Atelier Ten in 2013, Volkan has contributed expertise in whole building energy analysis, occupant comfort analysis, daylight analysis, lifecycle carbon analysis and benchmarking to projects of all scales. His international portfolio includes the Comcast Technology Center, WA Museum Boola Bardip, Google Platform 37 – King’s Cross, Space House, Bee’ah Headquarters, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
As the Head of Design Technologies, Volkan is currently exploring how AI and data might change the way we design buildings, while reminding everyone that sound sustainable design remains a team sport regardless of which tools we adopt to deliver it. He regularly shares his insights at conferences and supports the next generation of designers through mentorship.
Volkan holds an MSc degree in Climate Responsive Building Design from the Technical University of Munich, and BScs in Architecture and Engineering Science from Yale University.