We are delighted to share that PhD candidate Ekin Atasoy and PhD candidate Parla Özkul represented our department at the XX Colour Conference, organized by Gruppo del Colore – Associazione Italiana Colore, held on 4–5 September 2025 in Naples, Italy. Together with their advisor Assoc. Prof. Nilgün Olguntürk, they presented their collaborative research “The Impact …
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We are proud to share that PhD candidate Büşra Altıntepe represented our department at the 18th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum (15–17 September, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain). Together with Assist. Prof. of Practice Burçak Altay and Prof. Dr. Halime Demirkan, she presented “Designing for Participation: Spatial Preferences of 8–11-Year-Olds in Museums”, highlighting children’s …
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We are pleased to announce our upcoming seminar “Designing for the Senses: Interior Architecture and the Flavour of Experience” by Noor Fajrina Farah Istiani on September 30, 2025, at 12.30 in FFB 22. The seminar will explore how multisensory interior design through lighting, sound, and spatial atmosphere can shape how we perceive taste and food …
The Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at Bilkent University will host an online seminar titled “Reading/Writing: Architecture as Process” by Fabio Alessandro Fusco on April 8, 2022. The seminar will explore architecture as a process of reading, interpreting, and designing spaces. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
Dr. Naima Iftikhar will deliver an online lecture titled “Reflective Narrative on Cross-pollination between Research and Innovative Teaching for Optimising Contemporary Design Pedagogy” on May 28, 2021 at 12.30pm. The lecture will explore research-informed teaching, innovative educational methods, and interdisciplinary approaches in design education. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
Dr. David Calas will deliver an online lecture titled “Adaptability, a Call to Action” on February 17, 2021, at 12.30 pm. The lecture will explore adaptability, flexibility, and design approaches responding to changing social conditions in interior architecture and design. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
Fabio Alessandro Fusco will deliver an online lecture titled “Dissolutio Urbis – From Domestic to Social Landscape” on September 30, 2020, at 12.30 pm. The lecture will explore the changing relationships between interior spaces, domestic environments, and social landscapes within urban transformation processes. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
Raul Pinto will deliver a lecture titled “Form by Growth: Between Assembly and Growth – From Cultivated to Spontaneous” on November 18, 2019, at 12:50 in FFB-05. The lecture will explore form-making in the Anthropocene, focusing on the relationship between design, living systems, and bio-inspired approaches. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
Zeynep Birgönül will deliver a lecture titled “Designing Symbiotic Experiences” on April 17, 2019, in FFB06 at 12.50 pm. The lecture will explore digital fabrication technologies, interactive architecture, and data-driven design approaches. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
Dr. Mohamad Nadim Adi will deliver a lecture titled “Using Virtual Reality to Evaluate Building Design and its Effects on Users” on January 14, 2019, in FFB06 at 12.50 pm. The lecture will examine the use of virtual reality technologies to evaluate building design and its effects on users. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.