Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nihal Arda AKYILDIZ (ORCID: 0000-0003-1948-188X) completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Architecture at Anadolu University in 1991. In 1990, she received an award in the "Preservation-Oriented Project Competition" organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of Turkey's Monumental Environmental and Tourism Values (TAÇ) for her project titled "Eskişehir Odunpazarı Arrangement: Meerschaum Trade and Education Center". She pursued her professional career in architecture within public institutions. Between 2014 and 2017, she completed her master's and doctoral studies in the Department of Social Policy at Yıldırım Beyazıt University; the title of her doctoral thesis is "Age-Friendly Cities and Active Aging." She served as a visiting lecturer at Southern University and A&M College (Louisiana, USA) during the 2017-2018 academic year. She continued her academic work at the Faculty of Architecture at Fırat University from 2018 to 2021 and has been working at the Faculty of Architecture at Balıkesir University since 2021. She attained the title of Associate Professor in the field of Architecture in January 2022. In addition to the Scientific Research Project (BAP) titled "Illustration of the Ancient City of Alexandria Troas" (Project No. 2024/013), she served as a researcher on the TÜBİTAK 1001 project titled "HABİTAP: Damage Detection and Analysis Platform for Reinforced Concrete Buildings Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" (Project No. 742224).