Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Assist. Prof. Dr. Vehbi Tosun and the students of the "Environmental Design" course started the registration and inventory work on Büyük Karaman Street within the scope of the street façade arrangements to be made in cooperation with the Istanbul Kültür University Department of Interior Architecture and Fatih Municipality. Büyük Karaman Street, which ends at Fatih Mosque, looks like an open architectural museum with its structures in different styles from different periods.

Assist. Prof. Mehmet Tosun, one of the academicians from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, our students Berk Bensol, Murat Sain from the undergraduate program and Ayşenur Kandemir from the graduate program, gathered with Kağan Mehmet Usta, Mayor of İznik in order to evaluate the last works of the İznik Konak Bazaar Restoration. In the scope of the project, which is expected to be realized soon, while 3 streets will be enclosed with a steel roof, it is planned to harmonize the frontispieces of İznik Bazaar, which is consist of four blocks, with its history.

Within the scope of "İÇM0511-0612 Interior Architecture Project V-VI" and "IAD0511-0612 Interior Design Studio V-VI" courses given in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design; A field trip to the Fatih region was held with 3rd year Turkish and English Program students, led by Prof. Dr. Rana Kutlu, Prof. Dr. Ayhan Usta, Asst. Prof. Vehbi Tosun, Lecturer Yasin Altıpat, Lecturer Tuğçe Rizeli Bilgi, Res. Asst. Furkan Evliyaoğlu and Res. Asst. Kadir Yesir.

In Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department- within Interior Design Studio III-IV course, together with Assist. Prof. Bilge Özbilen, Lecturer Aysun Karabay, Lecturer İrem Çatay  and 2nd class students (English programme) site visit was held in Fatih Zeyrek Region.

The students from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design will design the interior projects selected from various buildings of the Zeyrek-Fatih area, in their 2021-2022 Spring Semester “Interior Project” courses within the scope of the collaboration made with Fatih Municipality. The academics of the department did a field survey within the scope of the project, with the Fatih Municipality.

2021-2022 Academic Year Fall Semester one-course exam’s date and time have given below.

The award ceremony of the Student Competition for the Public Open Spaces Idea Project at MODOKO, held among the students of the Faculty of Architecture, was held on Friday, January 14, 2022 at MODOKO.

"15th Heads of the Department of  Interior Architecture Meeting” organized by Istanbul Kültür University Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, was held online on Friday, December 25th.

IKU Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, in cooperation with Başakşehir Living Lab (BLL) and Istanbul Design Factory (IDF), on 25-26 November 2021 under the direction of Assist. Prof. Arzu Erçetin and Assist. Prof. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek with the theme of "Interactive Urban Furniture Design" Başakşehir Living Lab Design Marathon was organized. On the first day of the workshop, the first design ideas were developed in the Başakşehir Living Lab campus, supported by the visits to the public spaces in Başakşehir district.