Department of Architecture

The "The Best Project Awards", proving to be a tradition in the Department of Architecture, will be announced at the exhibition held on Thursday, March 14 at 12.30 in the 2nd floor C corridor of the Bakırköy campus Ataköy building. The jury consisting of faculty members of the Department of Architecture, selected the best project of each program among the projects produced in the project groups within the "Architectural Design" courses in Turkish and English programs.

A trip was organized to the construction site of a housing project in Bakırköy as part of the “ARC0802 Workshop II” course given by Assoc. Prof. Gamze Alptekin, from the Department of Architecture English Program, on Tuesday, March 5.  The students, who were informed by the Project Manager Master Architect Özgür Onur, in particular about the details of the foundation and basement walls and other structural details, had the opportunity to see the applications on site.

Graduates of the Department of Architecture came together at the Kültür College Alumni Association Club on Sunday, March 3.  The alumni meeting evet was attended by Prof. Dr. Koray Gökhan, who served as the Head of the Department in the establishment of the Department of Architecture in 1998, Lecturer Müfide Aksoy  who has given basic design and sculpture courses for many years, Assoc. Prof. Gamze Alptekin from the IKU Department of Architecture in particular among other faculty, Graduates of the Department of Architecture from the first and subsequent years.

The projects prepared by IKU Department of Architecture students in the "Architectural Design Studios" during the 2023-2024 Fall Semester were showcased on Monday, January 8, 2024. End-of-term submissions were made as a jury in some studios, and as an end-of-term exhibition in some studios. "ARC0003 Architectural Design III" studio, run by Prof. Dr. Evren Enginöz, Assoc. Prof. Asiye Akgün and Assoc. Prof. Gamze Alptekin, completed the term with an evaluation meeting with broad participation and consisting of internal and external stakeholders.

Within the scope of the "Physical Environmental Control 2" course led by Prof. Dr. Esra Bostancıoğlu from the Department of Architecture, the technical facilities of our University were visited on December 26, 2023 with the contributions of IKU Department of Construction and Technical Affairs. Şenol Çolak from the Department of Construction and Technical Affairs informed the students about the places and equipments related to hot water supply, heating, cooling, fire and electrical installations in our Ataköy building on Bakırköy campus.

An event was organised by Istanbul Kültür University Architecture Club in which graduates and students of the Department of Architecture were brought together at Ataköy International Youth Center on Thursday, December 21, 2023. The event was attended by Canan Ganiç (2011), Hilal Şavlı (2012) and Betül Nur İleri (2020), graduates of the Department of Architecture, who participated as speakers. At the event the graduates shared their professional experiences to the students and answered their questions.

As a part of the 2023-2024 Fall Semester activities of the Department of Architecture, Master Architect Hale Akdemir Şener, one of the graduates of the İKU Department of Architecture, gave their presentation titled "Today is a Great Day to Design Something New" on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. Coming together with the students at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall, the graduate talked about their leap into the professional life, starting from the years they studied at İKÜ Department of Architecture, and the design projects they was involved in.

Istanbul Summer School 2023, titled "Architectural Detail and the Search for Genius Loci in a Contemporary Sketch by Young Architects" and conducted by Piotr Karbalczyk (University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw) in collaboration with Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture and Erasmus+ Internship Consortium, has started between 06-16 September 2023. In the summer school, ten sketching workshops will be organized, three at our university and seven at selected locations.

Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture first-year students won awards in four different categories of the "Murat Artu and the Passion for Architecture Student Competition". As a part of competition, students were asked to design a 'living thing', and were expected to produce designs that describe the characteristics of this living being and approach the matter from the perspective of architecture students.

The Faculty of Architecture organized a trip titled "ArchiphotoTRIP" on Wednesday, May 24, with the participation of students from the Department of Architecture and the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. The trip, which took place on the route of Galata, Istiklal Street and Karaköy, was organized by Assist. Prof. Aliye Rahşan Karabetça from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, and Res. Assist. Elif Çileli Umuç from the Department of Architecture.