Between January 26 and February 5, the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED) hosted Karen Stone, adjunct associate professor at the Pratt Institute, and Münire Kırmacı, visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute (New York) and IAED ’01 graduate. Stone and Kırmacı held an intensive workshop with senior students within the scope of IAED 402: Three-Dimensional Design, Form …
The lecture titled “Design Stories” will be held on Tuesday, February 03, 2026, at 12:30, in FFB-22, which will be given by Karen Stone, adjunct associate professor from Pratt Institute, and Münire Kırmacı, visiting instructor from Pratt Institute. All students and staff are welcome. Karen Stone is a former Director of Design for Knoll, Inc., responsible for the design …
Read more “Lecture by Karen Stone & Münire Kırmacı: Design Stories (03.02.2026)”
The workshop for IAED 402: Interior Design Studio VI, titled “Three-Dimensional Design, Form and Space Methodology”, will be made on January 26, 2026, Monday, at 10:30, in FFB-22. The organizers of the workshop are Karen Stone, adjunct associate professor from Pratt Institute, and Münire Kırmacı, visiting instructor from Pratt Institute. All students and staff are …
Read more “IAED 402 Workshop: Three-Dimensional Design, Form and Space Methodology (26.01.2026)”
Parla Özkul and Ekin Atasoy, graduate students of IAED with Nilgün Olguntürk, associate professor at IAED attended to Turkish National Committee of Lighting (ATMK), 14th National Lighting Congress, with the paper titled “Age-Sensitive Lighting: An Investigation of Intergenerational Light Color Temperature Preferences”. The event took place in İstanbul Technical University, Taşkışla Campus, Nezih Eldem (109) …
Bilkent University, in collaboration with the Ara Güler Museum and Gallery Siyah Beyaz, proudly presents the exhibition “Ara Güler – A Selection of Ankara Photographs”, organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. The exhibition opened with a reception on November 18 at the İhsan and Ayser Doğramacı Science, Culture and Art Center. Featuring …
Read more “Bilkent University Presents: “Ara Güler – A Selection of Ankara Photographs””
The presentations for IAED590: Seminar in Research Topics and IAED690: Seminar in Advanced Research Topics will be made in FFB05 on November 25, 2025, Tuesday.
Semra Horuz, assistant professor at IAED contributed to an international seminar titled “(Mutual) Exchanges: Ottoman and Islamic Architectural History and the West (1500-1923)” organized by Professor Elizabeth Merrill (UGhent) and Dilara Tuygar (UGhent) as part of a Specialist Course, funded by the Doctoral Schools Program of the University of Ghent. The seminar brings together leading …
Asst. Prof. Nuri Cihan Kayaçetin from our department has represented the Urban-CoLLaR project at national and International events over the last two weeks! He was invited as a guest speaker by TÜBİTAK to the National Info-day of Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) 2025 call on September 18th to share his leading experiences as the first-time coordinator …
Read more “Urban-CoLLaR in TÜBİTAK DUT National Info Day & DUT Projects 2025 Event”
The award ceremony and moderated sessions of the 16th Natural Furniture Design Competition – Design for Export 2025, organized by Central Anatolian Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association (OMKO) and Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) was held in Ankara ATO Congresium on September 24, 2025. Our department was represented by dean Yasemin Afacan, acting chair …
Read more “Bilkent IAED at 16th National Furniture Design Competition”
We are pleased to share that PhD candidate Beyza Yazıcı, together with her advisor Prof. Dr. Yasemin Afacan, presented the paper “Parametric Optimization of Façade Design and Thermal Setpoints for Carbon Reduction and Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings in Türkiye” at the 17th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB-25), held in Catania, …
Read more “Conference Presentation: “Sustainability in Energy and Buildings” in Sicily, Italy”