The purpose of the workshop to be held with Bilge Merve Çakmakçı on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 13:00 at İMALAT-HANE is to help children see that an object, which they believe has only one function, can serve different purposes when viewed from above, below, or the side. The goal is to develop their spatial and geometric relationships with the environment while ensuring that they have fun and expand their imagination in the process.
Can a matchbox at the point of punctum proximum be a large room or a garden?
Small objects, when viewed with different eyes and from different angles, can host an entire life because, in fact, we humans also enter and exit different-sized boxes in our daily lives. This workshop will include exercises by opening and closing boxes, arranging them side by side or stacking them on top of each other.
Bio:
After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Trakya University, Bilge Merve Çakmakçı completed her master’s degree in the Architectural Design Program at Yıldız Technical University. During her master’s studies, she continued to gain professional experience in the design and implementation fields in the private sector. While continuing her professional work, she taught architectural and interior design project courses at Yıldız Technical University, Galata University, and Istanbul Arel University.
Currently, she practices architecture at the “collective architecture workshop” office she founded in Bursa, teaches architectural project courses at Uludağ University, and is pursuing her doctoral studies in the field of “children and architecture” in the Architectural Design Program at Yıldız Technical University. She is also continuing her education in Child Development at Istanbul University and is involved in visual arts, dance, and yoga training.
Atölye + is an initiative founded by Bilge Merve Çakmakçı, an architect and yoga instructor, that develops and conducts workshops for children in the fields of architecture, art, and yoga. Atölye + implements its workshops in collaboration with experts in relevant fields according to the conceptual frameworks of each workshop. Inspired by the “child participation” principle mentioned in the United Nations Convention, Atölye + allows children to experience different ideas and perspectives in each seminar and aims to contribute to the academic world in pedagogy. Its ultimate goal is to work toward a healthy society of happy children who think, dream, create, and socialize.
