Department of Architecture

Gülay Kanoğlu and Oktay Duran, İŞKUR Bahçelievler Business- Vocational Counsellors, were the guest to the course titled “MIM0216 Quality in the Building Production Process” lectured by Assist. Prof. Gamze Alptekin, given in the Turkish Program of the Department of Architecture. Our guests who gave seminars titled “İşkur-İş Başı Education Program” and “CV from Past to Today”, explained the points they should pay attention to the job application process and the support programs İŞKUR gives on finding a job, in a detailed way to our students who will be graduated soon.

The Head and the members of the Board of Management of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey Trakya Regional Representative Committee, visited Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture on March 3 2022, Thursday. In the extremely productive meeting, the topics such as enabling the internship opportunities to the students of the Department of Architecture, the announcement of the events of the Department of Architecture to the local architects, the work protocol between the Chamber of Architects of Turkey and the department were discussed.

Within the scope of "MIM4020 Building Science III" given by Assoc Prof Erkan Avlar and "ARC4020 Buildings Science III" conducted by Assist. Prof. Gamze Alptekin in the Department of Architecture; On Wednesday, March 9, seminars on waterproofing in buildings were given by civil engineer (m.sc) Jozef Bonfil in English and Turkish.

Within the scope of the seminar, insulation material selection criteria, application principles and details were explained to the students.

The article titled “Transformation of home environments in pandemic: the concept of 'life fits into room' in the new normal”, co-written by Department of Architecture academics Emel Birer and Esin Hasgül, and Architecture-Interior Architecture Diameter Program student Eren Can, Published in the February 2022 issue of Open House International, scanned in AHCI and SSCI.

The Department of Architecture organized a field trip to the Fatih region on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, within the scope of the "Climate Crisis Research and Awareness Center" in the "MIM0080-B Diploma Project Group B". After the seminar given to the students about the selected project area, the area was visited within the framework of the cooperation with Fatih Municipality.

In the home ownership of Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture, two workshops will be organized within the collaboration of Istanbul Kültür University and Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, between March 5-6, 2022 in Muğla and Istanbul, in order to present the results in the “ARCHITECTURAL EPISODES 02: NEW DIALOGUES IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE” conference. The main theme of the workshop, the forest fires in 2021, will be discussed in a panel to be held before the workshop by various actors of the field.

The Architecture Club organized an interview titled "After IKU"  for architects who graduated from IKU Department of Architecture to share their professional life experiences with our students.  The event, in which Dicle Hökenek, Celil Demirsoy, Bedirhan Koç, Yıldız Bayer, Aslı Altunkaynak, Serra Bozanoğlu, Cansu Özdil and Hamza Sabano were speakers, took place on Monday, 28 February at 15.00 at the Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center.

Architect Gökhan Avcıoğlu, who is known for his national and international award-winning projects, was the guest of the "Architecture Talks" series traditionally organized by the Department of Architecture of Istanbul Kültür University. In the events which was realized on Thursday February 24, 2022 Avcıoğlu, who told about his domestic and international projects at the conference held at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall, also conveyed his work on GAD Academy to the students.

A technical trip to Balat was held on Monday, February 21, 2022, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Ayhan Usta and Asst. Prof. Orkun Özüer, within the scope of the "Urban Culture Research Laboratory" subject in the Architectural Design V-VI-VII Project course given in the Department of Architecture.

Kubilay Ercelep and Serap Kaçmaz, students of the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Kültür University, and Sarp Özgen, a student of Istanbul Bilgi University, were guests of the "Open Architecture" program broadcast on Açık Radyo. In the program, how and why students got involved in Architecture for All, the working practices of the association and possible transformations for the coming years were discussed.