IAED Instructor’s Project Takes First Prize in International Competition

14 October 2014 Comments Off on IAED Instructor’s Project Takes First Prize in International Competition

Bilkent Interior Architecture and Environmental Design PhD student and part-time instructor Zeynep Öktem has won first prize in the “Rediscovering Traditional Materials” category of the InnoMatnet competition. InnoMatnet, open to Europe-based architects, engineers and designers, focuses on the use of materials in the building industry.

The winning project, “Bird’s Nest,” is a concept for a self-sufficient, demountable living unit that can be articulated on the roof of a building. The project was designed by ONZ Architects, founded by

Ms. Öktem and Onat Öktem. The award ceremony was held in the Design Terminal in Budapest on September 17.