Adèle Aybike Avinal

Adèle Aybike Avinal (born 1977) is a Turkish-French architect, BIM specialist and construction economist based in France. Before her career in architecture, she played chess for the Turkish national team and represented Turkey in international youth and Balkan chess competitions. Her later work has mainly focused on construction economics, digital construction methods, building information modeling (BIM) and project information management.

Chess career Avinal appeared in the Turkish press as a young chess player. In 1987, the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet published an article titled “Satranççı kız kardeşler” (“The chess-playing sisters”), about Aybike Avinal and her sister Aytuna Avinal.

Architecture career Avinal pursued her architectural work in both Turkey and France. In 2007, she was part of the team awarded second prize in the competition for the Konyaaltı Nature and Culture Park architectural and landscape project in Antalya, Turkey. The results published by Mimarlık magazine list Savaş Ekinci, Arbil Ötkünç and Aybike Avinal among the members of the awarded team.

In France, Avinal’s work gradually moved toward construction economics and digital project management. During the 2010s, she took part in professional events and publications on BIM, PIM and project information management. In an article published by Batirama, she was described as an economist and BIM manager, with comments on how information is managed in construction projects.

In 2019, Avinal led a technical workshop titled “BIM et nuage de points” during meetings organized by UNGE Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The workshop dealt with BIM and the use of laser scanning in BIM workflows. She was presented at the event as a CINOV representative and BIM Manager.

Avinal also prepared a BIM presentation for the Institut pour la Conception Éco-responsable du Bâti (ICEB), covering environmental performance and digital modeling.