2 diploma projects from IUE to 6th Architecture and Education Congress

The diploma projects of Beste Demircan and Selin Özaşık, 2021 graduates of Department of Architecture,  Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics, were exhibited at the 6th Architecture and Education Congress in Eskişehir organized by the TMMOB Chamber of Architects.

"Creative Co-living Organism" Beste Demircan

Starting with Joseph Beuys' philosophy, which eliminates the differences between all humanity and creates social equality, while tries to remind people that their ideas and thoughts are under everyone's responsibility and encouraging them to think and contribute. The project links this issue of thinking to raising awareness about accessibility, and users are directly involved in design by displaying their silhouettes in the exhibition units. The strategy is producing artworks together with different senses and having collective living spaces. It will have a dramatic contribution to the evolution of the social context while creating awareness about accessibility in Izmir.

Unit 1: Critical Practices
Coordinators: Michael E. Young, Gaye Bezircioğlu, Nazlı Kök

"IM_Pulse" Selin Özaşık

IM-Pulse is located in the heart of the city and acts as a focal & nodal point regarding the intersection of vehicle & human mobility. IM-Pulse is a responsive building that transmutes and transforms both visually & functionally according to human interaction. Throughout the whole building, New Media Art & Kinetic Art is displayed and the building is exposed to public and acts as a public art gallery. The flow of the artwork brings people to the site and circulates them around the building. Post-pandemic offices provide flexibility by kinetic façade and bifold doors that are adaptable & transformable.

Unit 3: Technological Practices
Coordinators: Işık Ülkün Neusser, Metin Şahin, Rüya İpek Balaban