Department of Architecture

Deputy Head of The Department of Architecture, Assist. Prof. Zeynep Ayşe Gökşin attended the "New Approaches in Design Seminar Program" organized virtually by the EXPLOREDRAFT Platform on 12-13 November 2022 as a guest speaker and made a presentation titled "Participatory Approaches in Housing-Based Transformation: A Reading on the Historical Process and Experiences".  In the seminar program, topics such as urban acupuncture, structured urbanization and participatory approaches were discussed.

Within the scope of the "International Ceramic Bathroom Kitchen Fair" held at the Istanbul Expo Centre between 7-11 November 2022, the "Bathroom Design Workshop" event was held on Tuesday, November 8, with the participation of IKU Faculty of Architecture students and lecturers, under the direction of Architect Dicle Hökenek.

A seminar titled “Right After Graduation: Being an Architect” was held on Monday, November 7, between 12.30-13.30, as part of the 2022-2023 Fall Semester activities of the IKU Department of Architecture. Architect & Real Estate Developer Çağrı Kanver participated in the event held at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center as the speaker.

A panel talk  titled “On Urban Landscape” was held on Thursday, October 27, at 15.00, at the Design Factory at our Ataköy campus as part of the 2022-2023 Fall Semester activities of the Istanbul Kültür University Department of Architecture with Assoc. Prof. Deniz Aslan as the speaker.

Res. Assist. Ufuk Küçükyazıcı and Res. Assist. Berkay Oskay from the Department of Architecture, participated in the TV program “Places and People” which was broadcast live on Medyascope TV on Monday, 31 October to present and discuss the study titled “University as an Actor in the Bahçelievler Millet Bahçesi Participatory Design Practice: An Evaluation Based on the Pedestal of Participation” prepared by a team consisting of Prof.  Dr.  Evrim Tore, Assist. Prof. Zeynep Ayşe Gökşin, Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Erkan Yazıcı, Ayşenur Hilal Iavarone and Lecturer Şeyda Şen.

Res. Assist. Idil Akkuzu, an instructor from the Faculty of Architecture, was a guest at the “Scientific Research Techniques and Publication Ethics” course given to the master’s degree programs of the Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul University. In the course held on Tuesday, October 25, Res. Assist. Akkuzu, who presented her study titled “A Process from Transience to Permanence: A Qualitative Research on the Socio-Spatial Practices of Silivri Caravan Park Settlers,” conveyed the topics of qualitative research techniques and grounded theory methods to the students.

“7th International Project and Construction Management” (IPCMC2022,) which is an international congress with wide participation in the field of Project and Construction Management, was held on October 20-22, hosted by Yıldız Technical University.  Assist. Prof.

As a part of the “ARC3020 Building Science II” and “MIM3020 Building Science II” courses given in the 2022-2023 Fall Semester in the Department of Architecture, masonry application training was held on Monday, October 17th in cooperation with YTONG. The questions posed by our students, who were involved in the controlled masonry application, were answered by YTONG officials.

Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Prof. Dr. Esra Bostancıoğlu attended the “7th International Project and Construction Management” conference held in Istanbul between 20-22 October 2022 with 3 papers she prepared with her graduate students. Prof.

Proceedings of the conference "ARCHITECTURAL EPISODES 02: NEW DIALOGUES IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE" held on 24-25 March 2022, hosted by Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture has been published electronically. The editors of the proceedings are our Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoğlu, one of the academicians of the Department of Architecture, Prof. Dr. Emel Birer, Assist. Prof. Esin Hasgül, Res. Assist. Merve Aksoy Oral, Res. Assist. Dilara Gür and Assist. Prof. Nur Kızılyaprak from Marmara University.