New Year Lanterns 2018
This year’s Computation-based Basic Design Studio finals were very successful. Below are some of our student’s design works, and lanterns that light the campus area at İstanbul Bilgi University. It was a great experience for them to seek a design system between the domains of material computation and architectural geometry. 28 first-year students of architecture, interior design, and industrial design completed their projects in groups of 4.
Students: Aleyna Demirkök, Aleyna Yıldız, Ali Hayder Ali Al Obaidi, Ara Yerlikaya, Aybike Sarıgül, Ayşe Betül Yaman, Beshr Jemieh, Bilgin Eren Yıldırım, Cansu Salcı, Ceren Çoban, Didem Merdar, Elif Ikbal Er, Ensar Barış, Hazal Gülpınar, İdil Özbek, İrem Boydak, İsmail Emre Ersoy, Kamil Kerem Turan, Mehmet Berkin Beysel, Melike Aran, Meltem Nergis Ceylan, Nehir Tükenmez, Öykü Su Pekergin, Saliha Ekiz, Serra Katre Çimen, Sude Seyhan, Uygar Tufan, Zeynep Şule Günay
Studio instructors: Merve Gül Özokçu, Hülya Oral, Bulut Cebeci, and Tuğrul Yazar.
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