Department of Architecture

The Dean of IKU Faculty of Architecture, Prof.  Dr.  Neslihan Dostoğlu and their spouse, who works in the same field, and son were guests of the "2 Generations of Architecture" event series held at the Design Studio Kadıköy (TAK) on Wednesday, May 24, by the Arkitera Architecture Centre with the support of Serge Ferrari.  In this series of events organized by Arkitera, the interaction between different generations in the field of architecture as well as the differences and the dynamics were  discussed by inviting names who have been working in the field of architecture f

A seminar titled “What We Learned from the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake: Right Place, Right Building, Right Supervision” was held on Monday, April 10, 2023, in cooperation with the Department of Architecture of Istanbul Kültür University and the Department of Civil Engineering. Having participated in the event as a speaker, one of our Department of Civil Engineering academicians, Assist. Prof. Erdal Coşkun conveyed his findings about faulty construction in the earthquake region, especially in Kahramanmaraş and Hatay, to students and academics.

The ARC-H-TEC team's project titled "Energy Efficient Living Unit in the Case of Disasters ", which was granted the chance to receive monetary aid under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program in 2022, passed the preliminary evaluation and project evaluation stages of the TEKNOFEST Technology for Humanity Competition in the "Disaster Management" category, “University or Above Level” and became a finalist.

ARC-H-TEC Team Members Are;

Within the scope of the "ARC0104 Ecology and Architecture" course given by Prof. Dr. Filiz Bal Koçyiğit, the students of the Department of Architecture compared the analyses of the structures built with modern and local architectural methods in different climatic regions of the world according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classifications. Our students, who modelled the buildings they chose, analysed indoor and outdoor daylight and wind, turned their work into videos.

IKU Faculty of Architecture Dean Prof.  Dr.  Neslihan Dostoğlu, on 18 February 2023 at Kültür Radio and Television (KRT) appeared as a guest on the programme titled “Is Istanbul Earthquake Prepared?” alongside Prof.  Dr.  Ahmet Ercan, Prof.  Dr.  Ali Kahriman, Prof.  Dr. Fuat Ercan, Archaeologist Nezih Başgelen, Prof.  Dr.  Okan Tüysüz, Assoc.  Dr. Ali Tolga and Architect Tezcan Karakuş Candan.

The project titled “Energy Efficient Living Unit for Disaster Situations” created by Şimal Kalkan, 4th year student of Architecture (English) and Öykü Konya, 2nd year student of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, under the supervision of Prof. Dr.

One of the activities carried out under the subject of "Unifying Cultural Forces for the Earthquake-effected Region" after the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes shook our country, was in-house trainings.  With that, Assoc.  Dr.  Evren Burak Enginöz, gave a seminar titled "How Should We Prepare for Earthquakes and the Aftermath?" on February 20, 2023.

Assoc. Dr. Evren Burak Enginöz in his speech said;

IKU Faculty of Architecture Dean Prof. Dr.

After the workshops held between 18 July and 15 August 2022 within the scope of the internship protocol signed between Istanbul Kültür University and the Bakırköy Representative Office of the Chamber of Architects, the works produced during the program were exhibited at the TMMOB Chamber of Architects Bakırköy Representative Office until 30.09.2022.

Istanbul Kültür University Architecture Program, having been one of the two architecture departments that applied to the Architecture Accreditation Board (MIAK-MAK), first received a 3-year accreditation in 2010. Then, for the time period spanning the years 2014-2020, the “3. 6-Year Accreditation with Specialized Evaluation per Year” was granted with the decision of the board bearing the date 16.02.2018 thanks to the positive result of the specialized evaluation made on the 2017 Annual Report, granting “6-Year Accreditation”.