She graduated from ITU Architecture Faculty in 2008, and in 2010, she completed her postgraduate study in Bilgi University Architectural Design Graduate Program. Being a member of Assos Excavation team, Bal has been involved in archeological excavations since 2007. She is currently working on her PhD dissertation titled Bilgi Architecture, Speculation and Drawing: An Experimental Theory İstanbul at ITU and she is a research assistant at Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Architecture.
Bilge Bal and Bahar Avanoğlu talked with Mario Carpo on the first year design studios as the foundation of architectural education and the role of computational design tools in the field.