Environmental Approach In Interior Design Education In Turkey

Year 2013, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 164 - 188, 30.12.2013

Derya Adıgüzel , Ayşen Ciravoğlu

Abstract

These days there has been a severe encroachment on nature, a large amount of waste being generated, and natural resources being used irresponsibly during the design, application and usage phases of buildings. Environmental sensitivity is necessary during the construction of new buildings and re-usage of current buildings to resolve environmental problems. In order to increase environmental sensitivity, a great responsibility falls onto interior design along with other disciplines during the creation of living spaces. The accumulation of knowledge from career training and the level of awareness will determine the practical development of environmentally sensitive interior design. Therefore the purpose of this article is to make a determination of the current state of environmental design in interior design education in Turkey. The degree to which environmental design is reflected in the curricula of interior design departments was studied. The relationship between the awareness level of the students and the educational programs will be presented through three samples. Surveys were conducted at three universities that have varying degrees of environmental design within the interior design curricula. As a result, the importance of having an environmentally conscious design understanding within the curricula of interior design and recommendations for improving the environmental design awareness of students will be presented in this article.

Keywords

Sustainability; Environmental Approach; Environmental Awareness; Interior Design Education; Student Awareness.

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• Derya Adıgüzel got her BSc degree in Department of Interior
• Architecture at Istanbul Technical University by taking the third place
• in 200 She was graduated with the dissertation titled “Environmental
• Approach to Interior Architecture Education in Turkey” in Department
• of Design at Kadir Has University in 2011. In 2007, she attended
• international “Design Connects” Coburg & ITU Workshops and Venice
• Workshop in 2008. Leading through her education, she worked with
• Phare Design team and attended to Istanbul Design Week with lighting
• and chandelier collection. She proceeded to complete her PhD degree
• at Istanbul Kültür University, Department of Architecture and working
• as a research assistant at the same university, Department of Interior
• Architecture and Environmental Design.
• Ayşen Ciravoğlu was born in Istanbul in 1977. She has
• completed her bachelor degree in Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of
• Architecture in 1998; her masters’ degree in 2001 in Istanbul Technical
• University, Institute of Science, Building Science Programme with a
• thesis entitled “On Workshop-Studio Coherence in Architectural Design