The IKU MicroTeam, established by Kerem Yasin Yıldızhan, Eray Kalabalıkoğlu, Yiğit Efe Aydın and Kübranur Bayraktaroğlu, who are members of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Club, participated in the TEKNOFEST "Environmental and Energy Technologies Competition", concluding the first stage with a score of 82.67/100. The project of the team aims to break down and recycle micro-plastics with the device created by utilising enzyme systems present in nature to counteract micro-plastics pollution.  Compounds derived from the breakdown of micro-plastics will be used in plastic production, as they are the raw materials used in the process.  With that, while adding more unrecyclable plastic onto the heaps of plastic out in the world will be prevented, bits of plastic that are too small to be seen with the naked eye will be recycled.

Furkan Şanlı, a graduate of IKU Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, and his team received the honour of being deemed worthy of the "Purchase" award in the "Söğüt Architectural Project Competition" organized by the Bursa Branch of the Chamber of Architects of TMMOB.  We congratulate our graduate and his team for their big success and wish them good luck.

 The Team

- Furkan ŞANLI (Team Representative)
- Ezgi OĞUR
- Aybil GÜNGÖR
- Betül TOKDEMIR 

 Contributor

 - Eyüphan ERGÜL

 The Profound being in the midst of Nothing

The project area on the Eskişehir road just at the entrance of Söğüt, aims to create a new meeting centre for visitors and locals to meet, communicate and share their ideas with one another.  Because of this very reason, instead of constructing a mere object, trying to create a cultural landscape spot was the goal, an area construction in which the impressive natural scenery of Söğüt and the surroundings are intertwined with the rich cultural activities that the centre will provide.  A Cultural Centre is not 'built' so much as it is merely ‘unearthed' by carving it out of the ground.  This primal architectural strategy creates a building that is fully integrated with the landscape and that takes into account the local architectural traditions, with minimal negative impact.  The social life, the folklore, the  weddings, the cuisine, the greetings, the public and daily life interactions in Söğüt were the most important inputs considered in the making of the design.

Assist. Prof. Bilge Şan Özbilen  from the Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, gave a lecture on "Acoustic Laboratories, Laboratory Measurements and Used Standards" at Kadir Has University Cibali Campus as a part of "D2 Building Acoustics Measurement Certificate Training" ,carried out by the Turkish Acoustic Association (TAKDER), on January 12, 2023.

A film screening event in which the film titled “Shakespaeare in Love” will be screened will be organized in cooperation with the English Literature Society Club and the Department of English Language and Literature to encourage the personal development of students.  The film screening will be held at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on Thursday, January 26 between 15.00-18.00.