The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design of Izmir University of Economics, Turkey, hosted and sponsored a Design and Woodworking Workshop directed by Architect Sebastian Erazo, and Faculty Member Architect Stefano Pugliese. The workshop had two main pedagogical aims: first, students from Interior Architecture and Industrial Design had to respond to a design brief prepared by the tutors: they were asked to activate certain areas of their campus through a spatial intervention with simple architectural actions: a roof, a wall or a bench.

Second, to provide the student a method that would guide and frame their design process in strict relation with a given technique and material. In this specific case: pine wood and reclaimed agriculture mesh fabric. During the first 2 days of the workshop the students and the instructors worked in a process of collaborative design in order to define: the architectural strategy to be applied, the location to install the structure and all the constructive details to be developed in order to build in the following 3 days.

The challenge of this workshop was to involve the students in all design phases, leading to the experience of building a 1:1 working and usable ‘small’ architecture. Geçit is a turkish word meaning portal, passage or gateway. This is how the students wanted to name their work, once they had built it.

Material Used :

1. 45x95MM pine wood
2. agriculture mesh fabric, white, reclaimed / 11 x 3,5m
3. black cord
4. 4x6 wood screws

Team :

Students: Melis Özbaş, Büşra Nalbantlar, Selen Erdoğan, Anil Dinç Demirbilek, Serkut Yüksel, Oğul Görgülü, Beste Çiçek

Consultants: Argun Tanriverdi (DmakerLab), Elif Tekcan (Fashion Department, FAAD, IEU).

Video Making and Editing: Ali Matay (Media and Comunication)