Gonca Arık Çalışkan is a multidisciplinary architect working across architecture, design, storytelling, and filmmaking. Her practice explores the intersections of people, nature, and place, combining creative work with research, storytelling, and cultural inquiry. At TA_, she serves as Research, Communications, and Publications Director, supporting project research, design development, publications, and leading strategic communications. Gonca is also a board member of the Baksı Culture and Arts Foundation, supporting initiatives that expand access to art and culture across Türkiye, and an instructor at Arkki Türkiye, where she leads hands-on ateliers for children (ages 4–11), using architecture and design as tools for exploration, imagination, and learning.