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. The award ceremony, held on Monday, December 18th at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center in Istanbul Kültür University Bakırköy Campus Ataköy building, was attended by world-renowned architects Emre Arolat, Tim Fu and Arash Tehrani and Interior Architect Natalia Orca.
The competition, organized by TraMod ACADEMY in collaboration with Istanbul Kültür University, Islamic Azad University and Eskişehir Technical University, was directed by Dr. Javad Eiraji. The jury members included nationally and internationally renowned architects, interior designers and fashion designers such as Sanjay Puri, Emre Arolat, Alireza Taghaboni, Neslihan Dostoğlu, Ali A. Alrauf, Hatice Gökçe, Tim Fu, Alper Çabuk, Habibeh Madjdabadi, Osman Tutal, Rıza Najafian, Luca Poian, Rizvi Hasan, Siavaş Sufinejad, Adeyemo Shokunbi, Natalia Orca and Arash G. Tahrani.
The award ceremony was attended by the Dean of Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoğlu, Dean of Eskişehir Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design Prof. Dr. Osman Tutal, Prof. Dr. Alper Çabuk, Dean of Işık University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture Prof. Dr. Osman Demirbaş, Dr. Javad Eiraji from Islamic Azad University Department of Architecture, Master Architects Emre Arolat, Tim Fu and Arash Tehrani and many academicians, architects, designers and students.
Prof. Dr. Dostoğlu: There are Very Famous Architects and Designers Among Us
Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoğlu, Dean of Istanbul Kültür University Faculty of Architecture, said, "We are organizing this event together with Islamic Azad University in Iran and Eskişehir Technical University. We expected both students and professionals to produce projects in four basic fields such as architecture, interior architecture, fashion design and industrial design in a process that ensures cooperation and integration between tradition and modernity and directs them to think about it. Today, there are very famous architects and designers among us. We wanted students and professionals to watch these awards on an international scale in the exhibition, to see the projects, and especially for our students, we wanted it to be an event that would provide a one-on-one meeting with the international environment."
"Many Countries of the World Participated in the Competition"
Prof. Dr. Dostoğlu said, "There were participants from many countries around the world in this competition. We think that students can perceive the criteria according to which the award winners were selected by looking at the projects and evaluate these works for their own development. For this reason, we care very much. Istanbul Kültür University collaborated with two different universities on both an international and national scale. I think that the continuation of such collaborations and the development of dialogues are very important for both academics, students and institutions."
"More than 200 Projects came from 50 Countries"
Dr. Javad Eiraji from the Department of Architecture at Islamic Azad University stated that TraMod AWARDS showed how tradition and modernity can be side by side in architecture and design, and said, “The most important architects and designers of the world participated as jury. The competition was held in four different categories such as architecture, interior architecture, fashion and industrial design, including professionals and students. More than 200 projects came from 50 countries. We organized this event together with Istanbul Kültür University and Eskişehir Technical University. Today, we will present the awards to the winners."
"They can Understand Better when they Conduct Projects"
Dr. Eiraji said, "How can we use the past and traditions today? In a cultural geography like Türkiye and Iran, these are very important, we should not forget them. We received a lot of projects from students, and this is very important for them as well. They have traditions and cultures of their countries and geographies, they have traditional architectural design styles. And they live in the present, so how can they use these two concepts at the same time? They can understand better when they conduct projects, and we continue on this path."
