Faculty of Architecture

Architect Caner Bilgin and Architect Begüm Yılmaz Bilgin, graduates of IKU Department of Architecture, participated in the Faculty Opening Panel organized by Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture at the beginning of the 2024-2025 Fall Semester. The panel titled “Possibilities” was held on Monday, October 7, 2024, under the moderation of Assist. Prof. Emre Arslan from Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture.

As the UNESCO Bursa Site Chairperson, Prof. Dr. Neslihan DOSTOĞLU, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, delivered a presentation titled “From the Traces of the Past to Future Goals in Mudanya: Expectations and Responsibilities” at the “International Mudanya Armistice and Cultural Legacy Symposium,” held at the Tirilye Cultural Center in Mudanya on October 4-5, in cooperation with Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, Bursa Uludağ University, Mudanya Municipality, the ÇEKÜL Foundation, and Bursa School, on the occasion of the hundred and second anniversary of the Mudanya Armistice.

Our Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoğlu participated as a panelist in the "Women in Architectural Education and Professional Practice: Obstacles and Expansions" panel, hosted by Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design, on Monday, April 29, 2024. Nilay Ünsal Gülmez moderated the panel in which the issue of women's visibility in architectural education and profession was discussed from the perspective of past, present and future. The panel, which continued until late hours, was watched with interest.

Within the scope of the 2023-2024 Spring Semester activities of the Faculty of Architecture, a conference titled "Disaster Resistant Park Design and Post-Disaster Usage Scenarios" was held on Wednesday, March 20, with IMM (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) Green Area Project Chief Evrim Nebiler as the speaker.

A visit was paid to IKU Faculty of Architecture by Yıldız Technical University Construction Club in order to promote the "CIVIL ISTANBUL Engineering and Architecture Conferences" to be held between 1-3 March 2024.  At the meeting, participated by IKU Deputy Dean Assoc. Dr. Gamze Alptekin, Taha Yiğit Şen and Emirhan Aksoy, both students of the Department of Architecture, besides encouraging the IKU students to attend the CIVIL ISTANBUL event, cooperation opportunities between YTU Construction Club and İKÜ Architecture Club were also discussed.

The winners of the international TraMod AWARDS 2023 competition, which focuses on the interactions between tradition and modernity in architecture and design and includes world-renowned architects among the jury members, were awarded. The competition organized in the professional and student categories consisted of architecture, interior architecture, product, and fashion design.

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.

Our Faculty of Architecture Dean Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoğlu took part in the events held in Hatay on 23-24 August 2023, with the contributions of the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage and Civil Society and Collective Research working groups, within the scope of the works carried out by the Common Mind-Antakya Platform for the revitalization of Antakya and its surroundings after the earthquakes of 6 February 2023. Prof. Dr. Dostoğlu, who was invited to events as a member of the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Working Group, attended various workshops and made field visits.

IKU Faculty of Architecture Dean Prof.  Dr.  Neslihan Dostoğlu, on 18 February 2023 at Kültür Radio and Television (KRT) appeared as a guest on the programme titled “Is Istanbul Earthquake Prepared?” alongside Prof.  Dr.  Ahmet Ercan, Prof.  Dr.  Ali Kahriman, Prof.  Dr. Fuat Ercan, Archaeologist Nezih Başgelen, Prof.  Dr.  Okan Tüysüz, Assoc.  Dr. Ali Tolga and Architect Tezcan Karakuş Candan.

The Dean of IKU Faculty of Architecture, Prof.  Dr.  Neslihan Dostoğlu and their spouse, who works in the same field, and son were guests of the "2 Generations of Architecture" event series held at the Design Studio Kadıköy (TAK) on Wednesday, May 24, by the Arkitera Architecture Centre with the support of Serge Ferrari.  In this series of events organized by Arkitera, the interaction between different generations in the field of architecture as well as the differences and the dynamics were  discussed by inviting names who have been working in the field of architecture f