Collaborations with Private & Public Collaborations

Each semester we strengthen our collaborations with private and public sectors by our COOP courses, guest speakers, and our workshops / competitions. 

• Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality High School Design Marathon: "Designing Disaster Gathering Areas for Resilient Cities" design marathon was held in collaboration with BAU, IKU, Başakşehir Municipality, and Başakşehir Living Lab.
• In collaboration with Rothoblaas Turkey and hosted by Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design, courses on the ever-evolving timber market were provided to industry participants and students.
• ID4Excellence: Immersive Design and New Digital Competences for the Rehabilitation and Valorization of the Built Heritage, the second local multiplier event of the ID4Ex (Erasmus+ project), focusing on Architectural Heritage and Immersive Design, was held in collaboration with Özyeğin University and hosted by Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design.
• With the coordination of Bahçeşehir University Continuing Education Center (BAUSEM), the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department has held a training program prepared to support the development of interior designers in collaboration with Turkey's renowned furniture design, production, and marketing firms.
• In the "Lighting Fixture Design Workshop", which we organized in cooperation with Creart-Prizma Engineering, the designs of our students selected by competition are produced by Creart-Prizma Company.
• “Neslican Tay Memorial Design Workshop” was held with the collaboration of Beşiktaş Municipality. Students from our faculty conducted memorial designs for a park which will be named after Neslican. 
• “Park Design Workshop” was held with the cooperation of Bahçelievler Municipality, in which our students developed ideas for the park areas of the municipality. 
• As a result of the collaboration of our faculty with Özak GYO, “Büyükyalı Fabrika-ı Hümayun Installation Design Workshop & Competition” was held. The students designed in three categories: Entrance, Open Space and Interior Space. At the end of the competition, students were rewarded and their designs were produced .