"Gümüşlük Festival Area Design Workshop" was organized by Istanbul Kültür University Department of Architecture between 19-21 April 2024 at the Design Factory in the Ataköy building of the Bakırköy campus.
Caner Bilgin, Founding Partner of Bilgin Architectural Design Office, and a 2009 graduate of IKU Department of Architecture, won the “Europe 40 Under 40” award, annually given to the most successful young architects and landscape architects in European countries to encourage the new generation that will shed light on the near future of world architecture and design, to determine and acknowledge the 40 most successful architects and designers under the age of 40, organized by “The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies” and “The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Archi
The project designed by Furkan Şanlı, a graduate of İKÜ Department of Architecture, and their team consisting of Elif Aydın Demir and Seda Özten won the special jury award at the “Competition for the Conceptual Architectural Design of the Hospital Facility within ‘Danilo I’ General Hospital Complex in Cetinje”.
We congratulate the IKU graduate and their team and wish them continued success.
Michal KACZMARZYK, Marcin CZARNOBREWY, Jakub TOMICZEK and Mariusz KOWALSKI, from Departments of Architecture and Foreign Languages of the University of Applied Science in Nysa (Poland), paid a visit to the İKÜ Department of Architecture as a part of the Erasmus + Staff Mobility, and carried out a program titled "Graphic illumination and the language of the city" on 4 April 2024.
Within the scope of the "ARC0802 Workshop II" course opened under the directorship of Assoc. Prof. Gamze Alptekin in the Department of Architecture in English Program, Architect Mert Cem Şengil and Architect Nida Sabaz from Kaleseramik company were guests of our university. Our guests, who gave a seminar titled "Facade Systems by Kaleseramik" at the event held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, explained the general features of porcelain tile and kalesinterflex products, the application techniques on the facade, and the application examples of the materials.
Within the scope of the 2023-2024 Spring Semester activities of the Department of Architecture, one of our graduates of 2004, Master Architect Berrin Ulutaş met with our students. In the event held on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at the Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall in the Ataköy building of Bakırköy campus, Ulutaş explained their journey in their professional life to our students with examples of the projects they have realized in Türkiye, Middle East countries and the USA.
As a part of the "ARC0802 Workshop II" course in the Department of Architecture English Program led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gamze Alptekin,Ali Tuna Şenatlı civil engineer and Marketing Manager Const. from Çuhadaroğlu Metal Industry and Marketing company was received as a guest by IKU. Şenatlı, who gave a seminar on aluminum joinery systems and curtain wall systems at the event held on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, showed examples of the wide product range of the Çuhadaroğlu company, which is 100% domestic and celebrated its 70th anniversary, and the projects the company carried out worldwide.
Within the scope of the "ARC0802 Workshop II" course led by Assoc. Prof. Gamze Alptekin from the Department of Architecture English Program, ESKA Metal San. Tic. LIKE. Master Architect Göker Algan from the company was the guest of our university. Algan, who gave a seminar on "Metal Coating Facade Systems" at the event to be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 presented the types of metal applied on building facades together with material examples. In the seminar, application details of the metal cladding systems used on the facade were also explained.
Selçuk Avcı was the guest of the "Architecture Conversations" series, which has become a tradition in the Department of Architecture. The interview titled "Principles/Obsession/Desires with Selçuk Avcı" took place on Thursday, March 21, 2024, hosted by The Circle, which he founded.
The "Best Project Awards", which has become a tradition in the Department of Architecture, were announced at the exhibition held on Thursday, March 14 at 12.30. The jury consists of faculty members of the Department of Architecture; In Turkish and English programs, "Architectural Design" courses in the 2022-2023 Spring Semester and 2023-2024 Fall Semester selected the best project of each group among the projects completed in the project groups. Certificates were presented to the owners of the most successful projects selected by the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Prof. Dr.
