Y. Burak Dolu started his architectural education in 2002 at Yıldız Technical University, and continued his education at Restoration Master Programme in 2007 at Istanbul Technical University and History of Architecture Master Programme in 2008 at Athens Technical University. Since his education, he studied and worked on various projects about cultural heritage and historic areas and buildings, he also participated in architectural design projects and competitions. He engaged in several social responsibility projects, utility associations, workshops and projects like Sulukule Platform. He is co-founder member of YTU Construction Workshop which aims to make students work on design and construction of buildings in rural regions according to their needs. He worked as a consultant at United Nations Development Programme, Cyprus Cultural Heritage Project. Since 2006, his continuous knowledge from freelance works and cooperative works created the basis of founding KOOP in 2011.
KOOP provides opportunities to work with landscape, architecture, restoration, construction, graphic design and other different professionals. KOOP’s historical buildings restoration and transformation projects, museum and exhibition designs, cultural centers, urban square designs, housing and restaurant projects. Completed works got various architectural awards. KOOP’s works found their place in different national and international exhibitions and publications.