iaed – Bilkent University Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

IAED Researchers to Present at CII 2026 Symposium

by iaedadmEvents, Student Events April 11, 2026April 11, 2026Comments are Disabled

MFA and PhD researchers from Bilkent IAED will present two papers at the Current Issues in Interiors (CII) 2026 Symposium, to be held on 15–17 April 2026 at Yaşar University, İzmir. The symposium addresses interdisciplinary perspectives on interior architecture through three thematic tracks: Adaptive Reuse; Design, Culture, Environment and Behavior, and Environmental Systems and Technology. …

Book Talk: “Architecture and Social Sustainability: Understanding The New Paradigm” in conversation with Alexandra Staub

by iaedadmEvents March 31, 2026April 1, 2026Comments are Disabled

2026 Spring Architectural History and Theory Talks will hold its second installment in 2026 Spring semester with Alexandra Staub, professor of architecture at Penn State University, College of Arts and Architecture, for a book talk titled “Architecture and Sustainability: Understanding the New Paradigm” on April 2nd, 2026, Thursday at 17:30. The talk series is organized …

Talk: “Building Pera, Burning Pera: The 1870 Fire and the “Imaginary Lines” of Urbanization” by Mehmet Kentel

by iaedadmEvents March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Comments are Disabled

2026 Spring Architectural History and Theory Talks will begin with K. Mehmet Kentel’s lecture “Building Pera, Burning Pera: The 1870 Fire and the “Imaginary Lines” of Urbanization”, in March 27, 2026, Friday, at 12:30 in FFB-05. The talk series is organized by Aslıhan Günhan (Architecture) and Semra Horuz (IAED). On 5 June 1870, the heart …

IAED252 – Material Seminar with Petra the Flooring Co.

by iaedadmEvents March 17, 2026Comments are Disabled

In scope of the annual material seminar series made for IAED 252: Construction and Materials II course, interior architect Asrın Uçar, interior architect Ayça Özger Yalman, Civil Engineer (MBA) Derviş Yıldız, and architect Hüseyin Kağan Öztoklu from Petra the Flooring Co. gave a seminar on the floor finishing materials in Mithat Çoruh Hall on March …

Summer Practice 2025-26 Spring Semester – Important Dates

by iaedadmAnnouncements March 16, 2026March 17, 2026Comments are Disabled

STS – Application period: 22 January 2026 (08:30) – 22 May 2026 (17:30) Earliest internship start date: 1 June 2026 Latest internship end date: 15 September 2026 STS – Deadline for report upload: 22 February 2026 (For Enrolled Students Only) For detailed information, please review the A1-290 and A1-390 documents (Course Introduction) carefully and check …

FA 102 Basic Design II – Module 1 Exhibition at FADA Gallery

by Mina SelçukEvents March 5, 2026March 5, 2026Comments are Disabled

The FA 102 Basic Design II – Module 1 Exhibition opened on 2 March 2026 at the FADA Gallery and will be on view until 6 March 2026. Basic Design is a shared foundation course within the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, bringing together first-year students from Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED), Architecture …

Pratt–Bilkent Collaboration in Design Education

by iaedadmEvents February 13, 2026February 13, 2026Comments are Disabled

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 …

Lecture by Karen Stone & Münire Kırmacı: Design Stories (03.02.2026)

by iaedadmAnnouncements January 25, 2026March 17, 2026Comments are Disabled

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 …

Conference Presentation: “Sustainable Design and Technologies in Lighting” in the 14th ATMK National Lighting Congress

by iaedadmEvents, Student Events December 18, 2025December 18, 2025Comments are Disabled

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) …

IAED 590-690 Fall 2025 Presentations

by iaedadmAnnouncements, Student Events November 18, 2025November 18, 2025Comments are Disabled

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.