DESIGN SUCCESS OF IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

Asst. Prof. Dr. Emre Ergül, Lecturer at Izmir University of Economics Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, returned with 2 awards from the architectural project competitions held by Ministry of Family and Social Policies and Ministry of National Education. Ergül won honourable mention awards with his designs for Adıyaman Active Living Centre Architectural Project and Istanbul Beykoz Education Campus Architectural Project at competitions respectively held by Ministry of Family and Social Policies and Ministry of National Education.

Ergül gave information about the competitions and stated that the Ministry of Family and Social Policies planned to establish active living centres in major cities gradually, and chose Adıyaman as a pilot city. Ergül indicated that 44 architects entered the Ministry’s competition. “Project competition was held in order to establish active living centres for the care of the disabled and help them get occupations. We designed a project for an 18 thousand 600 square meters plot in Adıyaman. I designed a sensitive and fragile structure for the project that aims the integration of the disabled people with the city,” said Ergül.

Designed an education campus

Ergül stated that he was invited to the competition by the Ministry of National Education to design an education campus. He said that he received an award for a project that involved education, sports, and dormitory areas. Ergül said that he took the comb like structure into consideration when he was designing the campus. He said:

“It would be most beneficial to design the education campuses that are half an hour bus drive from many of the cities in completeness. The students will be able to do many activities. And on the weekends, the sports areas and conference halls may be open to public use. Such structures call for an integrated approach.”