Faculty of ARCHITECTURE • Architecture • Industrial Design • Interior Architecture • Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
Prof. Dr. Ece CEYLAN BABA Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Architecture, being an ancient profession, is a part of our lives since the day humanity came into existence. According to the needs of the humanity and the world we live in, architecture keeps evolving as well. Within our faculty, which consists of design programs of various scales, we believe in the importance of an interdisciplinary education where theoretical knowledge is mixed with vocational practice, and an interactive and contemporary design education. We aim to raise professionals who are aware of their ethical responsibilities, as well as the limited resources of the world we live in, sensitive to environmental issues, and able to use technology effectively. Yeditepe University’s Faculty of Architecture raise the students as the individuals who are selfconfident, able to think multi-directional, are not imitators, who have adopted the principles of Ataturk, who have social responsibility and ethical values required by the profession. The main mission of our faculty is to train professionals who can integrate their own design approaches with the contemporary world and technology, as well as balancing the theoretical and practical knowledge. With the view that architecture is a whole, our faculty gathers Architecture, Interior Architecture, Industrial Design and Urban Design and Landscape Architecture under a single roof and, with the interactions of various disciplines, we aim to educate more qualified professionals with its holistic educational model. With lots of national and international seminars, exhibitions and workshops, our students have the chance to develop themselves in a variety of areas. Apart from their curriculums, all the departments of our faculty prepare our students for their careers with their vocational practice – academia, and -academia – industry collaboration projects. Architectural Accrediting Board 63
Architecture The Department of Architecture educates professionals who can use all the creative and technological possibilities that architectural practice can provide for a better world and future, are prone to teamwork, have developed communication skills, are productive, responsible, researcher, intellectual, innovative, can produce rational solutions to problems with a critical eye and analytical approach, have social and environmental responsibility, observe ethical values, and stand out with their designer identity. Within the scope of its education programme, the department prepares students to solve the architectural problems of the constantly developing and transforming contemporary world by providing them with technical and technological knowledge, imagination, environmental and historical sensitivity, creative and critical thinking, social and individual ethics, design and artistic creativity skills. This educational approach is demonstrated in architectural design studios, which are interdisciplinary and address architectural problems of all scales, in which architects who take an active role in the practice of architecture also contribute. 53% of our students are on a scholarship Practical education in Architectural Design Studios National and international extracurricular activities 64
Civil Engineering Industrial Design Interior Architecture Textile and Fashion Design Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Visual Communication Design Practical Education in Architectural Design Studios Architectural Design Studios, which form the backbone of the Department of Architecture education, are supported by compulsory / elective theoretical courses and internships that provide practical experience. The Department of Architecture aims to increase the level of awareness of students and prepare students for professional life in intellectual and technical terms by supporting the education programme with extracurricular scientific activities such as workshops, seminars, conferences, conferences, exhibitions and competitions held in national and international environments. With the decision of the Architectural Accreditation Board (MİAK-MAK) dated October 2022, the Department of Architecture has been awarded a 2-year accreditation. 65 Double Major Programs
66 Career Opportunities Our graduates can open their own architectural offices with their designer identities or work in public and private organisations. They can also pursue an academic career in universities. Introduction to Architecture, Architectural Basic Design, Information Technology for Architects, Architectural Technical Drawing, Architectural Presentation, Building Information, Building Information, Building Statics, Computer Aided Expression Techniques and Design Studies courses, they learn the concepts and theories that form the basis of the discipline of Architecture, acquire different expression and presentation techniques, start to develop their design and three-dimensional thinking skills and comprehend building systems. Architectural Design I and II, History and Theory of Architecture I and II, Building Materials and Physics courses continue their architectural education, and at the end of their second year, they experience the structural knowledge they have learnt in practice thanks to the construction site internship they will do at the end of their second year. With courses such as Building and Architectural History, students increase their knowledge and experience in architectural theory and practice, and with Design courses, students gain advanced skills in presentation, self-expression and design techniques. In the Architectural Design courses in their second year, our students design buildings based on urban data related to housing design and public space. Starting from the spring semester of the second year, students begin to gain in-depth knowledge and skills in the subjects they are interested in with field and non-field elective courses. In this year, students learn current world examples and practices in the field of building and architectural theory. They gain knowledge and application skills at the level of urban design. They gain knowledge about professional ethics, laws and regulations. In Architectural Design courses, our students design habitable residential environments, educational or accommodation buildings. They gain experience in project management through office internship. In their fourth year, which will contribute to their professionalisation, our students can focus on their own areas of interest with field and non-field elective courses. After designing a multifunctional building in Architectural Design courses, they prepare their Architectural Design VI, i.e. Graduation Projects, which develop with their individual studies based on urban readings. YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR Academic Education Year by Year Architecture
Yeditepe University has been my “home” both in my years as a student, and after my graduation, during my journey to discover being creative while learning to be an architect. I have been growing every day thanks to the joyful years at the campus, strong friendships, our attentive academics, competitions, seminars, a great intellectual capital, opportunities to participate in workshops abroad the professional life of an architect that we have seen even during our student years, and with the opportunities my school and department presented me with following my graduation. Being part of Umut-Elazığ project, conducted with the collaboration of Emre Arolat Architects, is a milestone in my life. Yeditepe Architecture Department is the first step that enabled me to establish my identity as a producer and designer in the field of architecture. Throughout my education process, I was able to draw the route of what kind of professional life I want before graduating thanks to the opportunities provided by my school such as workshops with important architectural offices and professionals, compulsory and voluntary internships in the offices I want to work in, student clubs, student magazine. I had the chance to produce projects outside of school in competitions I participated in with my schoolmates I knew from different departments and to achieve success that will be a reference for me in professional life. Ediz Üstündağ 4th Year Student Gözde Dalaklı Alumni 67 Student Comments
Industrial Design The Department of Industrial Design educates talented designers who are able to transform innovation and the source of inventions into the products required for future life, who are equipped with design and production knowledge, who can understand the problems of the world and country industry in the science and art environment, and realize high value-added designs. Industrial Design, which focuses on durable consumer goods as well as investment products automotive, furniture, packaging and many other industries, is a natural extension of its academic tradition and the representative of the classical education school based on talent, and it also has a perception considering the science, technology, art and innovative trends of the age. Projects with University – Industry Collaborations Our department adopting an application oriented approach that emphasizes creativity, raises the students as the individuals who are apt to work in more experienced, interdisciplinary and professional ways within the framework of university-industry cooperation of local, national and international companies from various sectors. Also, our students have the opportunities for working and having internships from companies in different industries due to our university – industry collaborations. 53% of our students are on a scholarship. University – Industry Collaborations Workshops Equipped with Latest Technology 68
Career Opportunities Our graduates can work as an industrial product designer in almost every sector such as furniture, automotive, durable consumer goods, exhibition-stand, medical and yacht design. Architecture Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Graphic Design Information Systems and Technologies Interior Architecture Textile and Fashion Design Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Visual Communication Design Production Experience with Workshops Equipped with Latest Technology Our students realise their prototypes by using wood, metal, plastic, ceramic materials in accordance with their projects in the Ceramic Workshop, Computer Aided Manufacturing, CNC, 3D printer and rapid prototyping workshops, Recycling Workshop (YU-DU Lab). They can effectively use the three-dimensional printing equipment updated with the latest technologies, so they can have production experience during their education. 69 Double Major Programs
70 For two and three-dimensional expression and application techniques; courses such as Basic Art Education, Pattern, Industrial Design Technical Drawing, Perspective, Modeling, Introduction to Design, Creation of Prototypes, and Presentation Techniques courses are given. Structure, Ergonomics, Materials and Production Techniques and Computer Design that describe information and techniques related to construction and use are some courses given. There are both theoretical and practical technical courses such as Design Theories, Technical Physics, Computer 3D Design and Modeling among the main courses. Courses on Design Management, Computer Aided Animation, Advanced Computer 3D Presentation Techniques, and 3D Printing and production techniques, which are more practical with advanced expression techniques, are given. YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR The academic programme of our department includes six departmental elective courses and five free elective courses from the first year. Elective courses for the specialisation areas of the Industrial Design department: Yacht Design, Conceptual Automotive Design, Sustainable Design, Portfolio Design, Trend Analysis and Branding, Cultural Approaches in Design, Reverse Design, Additive Manufacturing for Innovative Design-3D Printing, Creativity Techniques, Structural Packaging Design, Design of Fictional Products and Spaces, Accessories and Jewellery Design, Typography in Design, Trademark and Design Law, Marketing, Furniture History. Academic Education Year by Year Industrial Design
I graduated from the Department of Industrial Design with a Double Major in the Department of Architecture. With its successful academics who teach designing any object that can be mass produced, I received an education that we can specialize in our fields of interests. As academics and students, we are a huge family working like a design team, trying to develop each other. With my enthusiasm and the opportunities provided by my department, such as industrial collaborations, internships, workshops and exchange programs, I developed my knowledge and personal skills at the same time. We spend a very enjoyable four years with our courses that teach the necessary technical knowledge in the industrial design department education process, which is intertwined with many disciplines, and to develop product design processes with today’s technologies. The opportunity to be in contact with our professors at any time is very helpful especially in project processes. Thanks to the companies we work with while doing our projects, the information we gain about the sector is very valuable. At the same time, thanks to these collaborations, we get both internship and job opportunities. While living in constant change with the speed of technology, I am excited to be in a professional group that reflects this change to physical products, establishes the user-product relationship, thinks about its manufacturability and ensures its accessibility. Dua Simge Savcı 4th Year Student Sema Nur Kalkan Alumni 71 Student Comments
Interior Architecture The Department of Interior Architecture teaches designing functional, comfortable, healthy, healthy, appealing to all senses and universal design principles, which can determine the space requirements with environmental and user-specific analyses. It aims to educate interior architects who have strong knowledge of materials, structure and technique, have high two and three dimensional presentation and expression skills, follow and apply current approaches in design, question, adopt interdisciplinary teamwork, are aware of professional ethics, have high aesthetic and originality concerns, are principled and prudent. The curriculum of our department provides students with the ability to produce creative and original ideas, to approach critically, and to use presentation and expression techniques effectively. It provides the ability to reach correct and sound detail solutions by using structural and technical knowledge, to understand and make sense of history, art and the concept of space from the past to the present, and to develop original, economical, user and environmentally sensitive solutions to design problems at various scales. 50% of our students are on a scholarship Interdisciplinary and innovative curriculum 72
Architecture Arts and Culture Management Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Graphic Design Industrial Design Information Systems and Technologies Plastic Arts and Painting Sociology Textile and Fashion Design Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Visual Communication Design Innovative Curriculum Emphasising Creativity The Department of Interior Architecture effectively uses current approaches, technology and educational practices suitable for the period we live in. In addition to teaching professional and technical knowledge, our renewed curriculum has an up-to-date approach that develops students’ design-oriented thinking skills and creativity and supports them to use current presentation techniques effectively. Career Opportunities Our graduates can work as designer interior architects in offices, as practitioners or supervisory interior architects in construction sites, or in production or sales stages in workshops and factories producing products and materials related to the building. They can take part in restoration projects. They can work in the field of furniture design and sales. They can work in public institutions or they can continue their academic careers and become faculty members. 73 Double Major Programs With the mutual agreements of the Department of Interior Architecture and the Association of Interior Architects, our students have the opportunity to work with well-known interior architects in the sector in projects of different scales every year. Our students are introduced to professional design life and have the opportunity to experience professional practice and customer relations.
74 Interior Architecture Academic Education Year by Year In addition to the Architectural Technical Drawing courses that will provide learning of two-dimensional basic drawing techniques and three-dimensional technical expressions at different scales, there is a Basic Design course that aims to gain abstract thinking skills and develop design skills. Drawing and Expression Techniques course, which aims to teach students the techniques of presenting their ideas in two or three dimensions by using different materials and colouring their projects by using different materials, theoretical course of Materials in Interior Space, Building Knowledge and Fine Construction applied courses and Space Knowledge course on how to design different interior spaces are included in the first-year programme. The Introduction to Interior Architecture Project course, which aims to develop the ability to perceive and define the space in three dimensions, to construct and organise the space, is also a first-year course. Project courses, which start from the second year and are prerequisites for each other, continue by diversifying the scale and content of the design problem until the Diploma Project. In the second year, living space and sales environment designs are made respectively. Building Knowledge II and Spatial Knowledge II courses and Installation and Lighting courses, which continue in the second year, contribute to professional knowledge and students reflect their knowledge to their designs in project courses. The architectural concepts and the structures produced by different civilisations in different periods starting from before Christ are transferred to the students in the History of Architecture course. Computer aided design and modelling courses strengthen students’ project presentation techniques. Surveying courses are given in order to explain the current conditions of the buildings through drawing and to ensure the protection of architectural objects of cultural value with the correct methods. In addition, students can take departmental elective courses to strengthen their two and three dimensional presentation and expression techniques and free elective courses in line with their curiosity. In order to better prepare students for professional life, the first 30-day construction site and 30-day office internship is carried out at the end of the second year. YEAR YEAR
I graduated from the Department of Interior Architecture with a double major in Industrial Design. I became a part of this competitive sector before I graduated from Yeditepe University Department of Interior Architecture, where I received innovative and sector-oriented education. In addition to the highly successful academic staff that our department offers us, it is our greatest privilege to be in one-to-one communication with our professors on every subject. Currently, thanks to the qualified education I received in the Department of Interior Architecture, I can take part in projects of different scales and concepts in the design studio where I work as an interior architect while continuing my double major programme. My academic journey, which I started in the Department of Interior Architecture at Yeditepe University, continued with 3 departments thanks to the many opportunities offered by the university. I had the chance to study in the departments of Architecture with the DMP programme and Industrial Design with the minor programme. The teaching staff in these three departments not only lecture to the students but also take great care to prepare them for life. By giving examples from their own work, they teach students how to approach the problems they may encounter in real life. In addition, students are encouraged to use their creativity and take a different perspective in their projects. In this way, we are able to come up with more innovative and creative projects instead of ordinary projects. Meslina Yaşar 4th Year Student Sıla Selin Tok Alumni 75 Student Comments Project courses, which are the basis of design education, continue in the third year with working and eating-drinking space designs. Students take the first of two application projects in the third year, which includes the application and detail solutions necessary for the realisation of the space they have designed. There are advanced modelling courses to strengthen their three-dimensional modelling. Furniture Design course, which provides the necessary infrastructure for students to produce original furniture suitable for the space they have designed, and Furniture History course, which describes the furniture produced and used by different civilisations in different periods, are also third year courses. Students can take departmental elective and free elective courses in line with their specialisation tendencies and curiosities. 30 days of construction site and 30 days of office internship is done at the end of the third year. In the project course in the fourth year, students encounter design problems with complex functions such as educational buildings, accommodation buildings and cultural centres. Academic education ends with the Diploma Project. Students take the second part of the Application Project course in the fourth year, which includes the application and detail solutions necessary for the realisation of the space they have designed. Students take a large number of departmental elective and free elective courses in which they can develop themselves in line with their own specialisation tendencies. YEAR YEAR
Urban Design and Landscape Architecture The Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture aims to train qualified planners and designers who are needed to overcome the increasing disconnection between nature and human in the rapid urbanization process of the modern world. In this context, the department aims to educate creative individuals who are competent in their profession at national and international levels, open to developments and sensitive to the environment, adopt the principle of sustainability by creating natural and cultural environments, socially, economically and environmentally viable and compatible with nature, solution-oriented, and open to development. Sustainable and Habitable Spaces Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, which deals with the environment as a whole, including design, development, planning and management issues, aims to create living environments for people and other living creatures while preserving ecological relations and cultural values. The studies of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture combine the structural design skills of architecture, scientific principles of engineering, urban planning approach and basic subjects of natural sciences with the aim of creating livable, functional and aesthetic designs 67% of our students are on a scholarship Educational Approach with Sustainability at the Forefront Specialization thanks to the Electives 76
Career Opportunities Our graduates can work in landscape architecture, urban design and planning, architecture and construction offices, and take positions at the municipalities, the Ministry of Environment, Urban Planning and Climate, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, General Directorate of National Parks, General Directorate of Highways and non-governmental organizations. They can also open their own offices. Architecture Industrial Design Interior Architecture Visual Communication Design 77 Double Major Programs
78 Courses on fundamental information regarding different fields are provided. Apart from fundamental courses of the Faculty of Architecture such as Drawing Techniques, Information Technologies, Computer Assisted Design and Design Principles, there are introductory courses to Urban Design and Landscape Architecture such as Introduction to Landscape Theory, History of Cities, History of Landscape Architecture, Plant Materials, Landscape Engineering, Irrigation and Drainage. The year includes courses focusing on theoretical knowledge on urban planning and natural sciences such as Field Design Techniques, Construction and Materials, Public Places and Urban Places, Botanical Design, Paedology, Urban Green Space Planning. Project courses starting in the second year continue until the last semester with a variety of topics, scale and contents. For their preparation to professional life, our students finish the first Office part of their 30-day long Office and Worksite internships at the end of the second year. Courses that will develop both theoretical and practical knowled are provided such as City and Ecology, Environmental Image, Landscape Application Technique, Rural Landscape Planning, Sustainable Urban Design and Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Principles. Also, at the end of the third year, our students complete their 30-day long worksite internship. A framework of courses that focus on occupational specialization and aim to develop theoretical and practical knowledge are provided, such as Natural Preservation and Tourism, Landscape Maintenance Techniques, Landscape Aesthetics and Quality, Environmental Impact Evaluation, Grass and Trailing, Quantities and Vocational Application. YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR Our students also have the opportunity to develop themselves in the fields that they want to specialize in with 6 area electives and 6 free electives within the scope of their four-year training. Academic Education Year by Year Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
Thanks to the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, from which I graduated with the first rank last year, I had the opportunity to apply for competent positions in the market. Thanks to the topics such as ecology, climate, design, sustainability and detailed technical trainings we focus on, I am confident that I will be able to make design proposals compatible with the changing world in the coming years. With its up-todate and superior curriculum, Yeditepe is a warm campus where I am preparing for my working life. The opportunity to learn the profession not in classrooms but in practice by examining successful landscape design spread all over the campus, competent academics and a perfect campus life awaits! As a student of the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, which is unique in its field with its academic staff, each of whom are experts in their fields, with its theoretically and practically effective curriculum, I see myself as having developed myself both professionally and academically in these four years I have spent at the school, with my professors, each of whom is prominent in their fields, and the numerous opportunities offered by our school. I think that our school and department is unique in its field with its opportunities such as double major / minor, which we cannot catch many opportunities elsewhere, with its opportunities abroad, and with the practical and theoretical contributions of our competent professors. İnci Acar 4th Year Student Orçun Mert Carlık Alumni 79 Student Comments
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