ABOUT

QH.Studio (QhS) is an architecture and design atelier founded by Kübra Mercan Harputluoğlu in 2022.

Born in the Netherlands and working between the Netherlands and Turkey, Kübra holds a BSc in Architecture and Construction Engineering and an MSc in Architecture, Building and Planning from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).

Throughout her career, she has gained professional and academic experience across Europe, Asia, the United States, and Africa, collaborating with international teams and multidisciplinary design environments. Alongside her studies, she completed a minor at TU Delft, participated in international workshops, and during her research period in the United States was mentored by faculty from the University of Pennsylvania (PennDesign).

With a background in both architecture and the visual arts, her work moves fluidly between disciplines and scales, from built houses and spatial interventions to photography, drawings, exhibitions, furniture, and material research. Rather than beginning with form alone, her projects often begin with observation: the way light enters a space, the atmosphere of a place, the rhythm of a façade, or the dialogue between colour, material, and shadow. She approaches architecture not merely as construction, but as a poetic medium through which atmosphere, memory, rhythm, and emotion can be explored.

Through Qh.Studio, Kübra develops projects that are tactile, intuitive, and layered. The studio focuses on small-scale work with high emotional and conceptual impact, ranging from family houses and interior transformations to furniture, installations, exhibitions, and research-driven proposals. Observation, sketching, photography, material exploration, and a continuous curiosity for light, colour, and atmosphere form an essential part of the design process.

Alongside her professional practice, Kübra has contributed to architectural education through lectures, workshops, and teaching positions, including at Beykent University. She is also a member of the Dutch Business Association in Turkey.

Her work has been awarded, published, and exhibited internationally through architecture competitions, exhibitions, festivals, and photography platforms. In parallel, she regularly gives talks on design processes, material atmospheres, and the value of small-scale thinking in contemporary architecture.

Qh.Studio believes that architecture is more than the making of buildings. It is about creating meaningful experiences through space, light, colour, material, and careful observation. Every project begins with the same question:

How can a space make us feel something?

Awards

Casa Lindada | 2nd Prize Winner | Portugal,2023

Rising From Ashes | Finalist, Shortlisted, Terraviva Competitions | Italy, 2026

Senses of Wine | Longlisted, TramodAwards | Italy, 2024

100 year Friendship 100 Photos | 2 photos selected for a digital exhibition organized by | Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2024

Exhibition

[Solo] Lines, Graphics and the City, ArtcrowdIstanbul & HuginveMunin Collective, Kuzguncuk, Istanbul 2024 | Photography and Sketch

[Group] Art of Gifting, BambookPark, Bursa, Turkey 2025 | Photography

[Group] Re - Imagine, Alan, Cihangir, Turkey 2025 | Photography

[Group] Horecava, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2026 | Photography

Publications

Modern Renaissance Magazine, issue 26, p. 80-81

Kübra Mercan Harputluoğlu

By CulturallyArtsCollective.

Fashion & Travel Magazine, Winer 2024- 2025, p. 54-55.

"Mekanin Ruhu: Sehirleri Okumak"

Retouchmag.

" Lines, Graphics & The City’ sergisi Hugin&Munin Collective’de"

By Eser Akgül, November 2024

Instyle.

"Mimarın Mimariye Bakışı: Lines, Graphics & The City"

By Ani Nalyan, November 2024

Artimekan.

"Kubra Mercan Harputluoglu Lines, Graphics and The City"

Interview by Başak Ferik, December 2024

Kingdom of the Netherlands.

"100 year friendship 100 photos digital exhibition" competition

2 Photos of Kubra Mercan Harputluoglu has been selected for the exhibition

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