Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Associate Professor of Architecture

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

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Most Recent Publications

Vision-augmented Robotic Fabrication (V-aRF): Systematic Review on Contemporary Approaches and Computational Methods in Architectural Fabrication and Assembly using Machine Vision

Ozguc Capunaman, Benay Gursoy, Construction Robotics

Making, Hacking, And Breaking: Constructivism and Constructionism Revisited in Architecture Classroom

Benay Gursoy,

Computing with Abstract and Material Shapes: The Case of Triaxial Basket Weaving

Benay Gursoy, Mine Ozkar,

Advanced Sustainable Architectural Acoustics Through Robotic Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing (EAM) of Fungal Biomaterials

Alale Mohseni, Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman, Alireza Zamani, Natalie Walter, Benay Gürsoy, 2025, Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Mush2Biom: From Edible Mushrooms to Sustainable Biomaterials

Chiara Dognini, Aisa Shams Hojjati, John Pecchia, Benay Gursoy, 2024,

Conformal Robotic 3D Printing and Post-fabrication Analysis of Mycelium-based Composites

Ozguc Capunaman, Alale Mohseni, Alireza Zamani, Natalie Walter, Benay Gursoy, 2024,

A comprehensive review on integrating vision-based sensing in extrusion-based 3D printing processes: toward geometric monitoring of extrusion-based 3D concrete printing

Paniz Farrokhsiar, B Gursoy Toykoc, Jose Pinto Duarte, 2024, Construction Robotics on p. 23

Robotic Sand Shaping for Reusable Formworks: From toolpath design to emergent shapes and patterns in cast form

Kieron Cook, Özguc Bertuğ Çapunaman, Benay Gürsoy, 2024, on p. 17-24

The Truchet Tile Grammar: A Generative System for Versatile Tile and Pattern Design

Natalie Walter, Heather Ligler, Benay Gürsoy, 2024, Nexus Network Journal

Three-Dimensional Printing of Living Mycelium-Based Composites: Material Compositions, Workflows, and Ways to Mitigate Contamination

Alale Mohseni, Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, Benay Gürsoy, 2023, Biomimetics

Most-Cited Papers

Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength

Ali Ghazvinian, Paniz Farrokhsiar, Fabricio Vieira, John Pecchia, Benay Gursoy, 2019, on p. 505-514

A Study on the Sound Absorption Properties of Mycelium-Based Composites Cultivated on Waste Paper-Based Substrates

Natalie Walter, Benay Gürsoy, 2022, Biomimetics

Visualizing making: Shapes, materials, and actions

Benay Gürsoy, Mine Özkar, 2015, Design Studies on p. 29-50

Mycelium-Based Composite Graded Materials: Assessing the Effects of Time and Substrate Mixture on Mechanical Properties

Ali Ghazvinian, Benay Gürsoy, 2022, Biomimetics

From Control to Uncertainty in 3D Printing with Clay

Benay Gürsoy, 2018, on p. 21-30

Three-Dimensional Printing of Living Mycelium-Based Composites: Material Compositions, Workflows, and Ways to Mitigate Contamination

Alale Mohseni, Fabricio Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, Benay Gürsoy, 2023, Biomimetics

BASICS OF BUILDING WITH MYCELIUMBASED BIO-COMPOSITES:A REVIEW OF BUILT PROJECTS AND RELATED MATERIAL RESEARCH

Ali Ghazvinian, Benay Gursoy, 2022, Journal of Green Building on p. 37-69

Formalizing shape-change: Three-dimensional printed shapes and hygroscopic material transformations

Elena Vazquez, Benay Gursoy, Jose Pinto Duarte, 2019, International Journal of Architectural Computing on p. 1-17

Computing stitches and crocheting geometry

Özgüç Bertuğ Çapunaman, Cemal Koray Bingöl, Benay Gürsoy, 2017, on p. 289-305

Craft-Inspired Digital Fabrication: A Study of Interactive Robotic Clay Carving

Iremnur Tokac, Benay Gursoy, Herman Bruyninckx, Andrew Vande Moere, 2022,

News Articles Featuring Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Oct 22, 2025

Oct. 24 kicks off 'Plants for the People and the Planet' innovation series

This free seminar series, open to the community at-large, will showcase cutting-edge research and diverse perspectives on how plants can shape a healthier, more sustainable future.

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May 08, 2025

Manufacturing PA Innovation Program funds two Stuckeman-led research projects

Two projects led by Stuckeman School architecture researchers have garnered grants through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Manufacturing PA Innovation Program

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Oct 21, 2024

Exhibition to showcase art and science collaborations

"Synergies in Art and Science," an art exhibition showcasing collaborations at the intersection of microbial science and artistic innovation, will be on display at the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture's Borland Project Space, located in 125 Borland Building, from Oct. 28 to Nov 15.

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Oct 15, 2024

Fungi Futures exhibition showcases work of Stuckeman architecture researchers

Three projects from researchers in the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing that focus on using mycelium, the root of fungus, as sustainable architectural components are featured in the “Fungi Futures: Exploring Mycelium in Product Design and Crafts” exhibition in the gallery of the (con)Temporary CRAFTS STUDIO in Bremen, Germany, which opened Sept. 21.

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Jan 29, 2024

Fungi into the future

Penn State researchers have aided the state’s important mushroom industry for nearly 100 years, and they’re still going strong. But mushrooms aren’t just for eating anymore

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