Department of Architecture

Within the scope of the ‘Building Science II’ course conducted by Prof. Dr. Esin Kasapoğlu, one of our academicians from the Department of Architecture, a wall application training was given by Ytong company on Wednesday, October 16. As part of the training held in the backyard of the Ataköy building in the Bakırköy campus, company representatives made a sample wall structure using Ytong wall blocks.

Within the scope of the “Architectural Design 3 (ARC0003)” course conducted by Assoc. Prof. Asiye Akgün Gültekin, Assist. Prof. Z. Ayşe Gökşin, and Assist. Prof. Altuğ Sarıyar from the Department of Architecture, a technical trip was organized to Koşuyolu, the project area, on Monday, October 8, 2024.

Within the scope of the “MIM0080 Diploma Project” and “ARC0080 Graduation Project” courses, conducted by Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoğlu, Assoc. Prof. Gamze Alptekin, Lecturer Dr. Suzan Sanlı Esin and Res. Assist. Merve Aksoy Oral in the Department of Architecture, a project trip to the “Delmece Plateau Nature Park” in Yalova was organized on Wednesday, September 25.

Within the scope of the “MIM0080 Diploma Project” and “ARC0080 Graduation Project” courses conducted jointly in the Department of Architecture, guest speakers (Defne Akşin Akyol, Res. Assist. İdil Akkuzu and Murat Bayram) made presentations on the project topic titled “A Destination for Ecotourism in Delmece Plateau Nature Park” in Yalova on Wednesday, September 18.

Mehmet Küçük, a student from the Department of Architecture, who won an award in the “Murat Artu and the Passion for Architecture Student Competition” in 2023 with his classmates, served as a student jury member in the competition organized for the second time in 2024. As the representative of the student jury members, Küçük participated in the final evaluation process in Bodrum Architecture Library with the other jury members, and made a speech at the award ceremony held in Ankara, where he shared his experiences and reflections on the process.

Students of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture won 7 of the 21 awards given in the "Murat Artu and the Passion for Architecture Student Competition," which was organized for the second time this year.

In cooperation with the Department of Architecture and the Architecture Club, an event titled “Architecture and Innovation” was organized on Thursday, May 16th at Bakırköy Campus Ataköy Building. Within the scope of the event; workshops were conducted by Serge Ferrari, Kasso and Serannit companies between 10.00-15.00.

After the workshops; Cem Kafadar gave a talk about his book “Artificial Intelligence in Construction” and Bahadır Kul gave a talk about his success story.

"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.