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EMU Interior Architecture Department Breathes Life into Mantinengo Bastion

Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture breathed life into the recently completed Famagusta Mantinengo Bastion restoration project.

EMU Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture held an Honour - High Honour Certificate Ceremony for the Spring Semester of the 2017 – 2018 Academic Year as well as a welcoming event for new students as part of the department’s 20th year. The event titled “High Honour / Honour Ceremony & ‘Re-Use projects for Martinengo Bastion Exhibition’ and ‘Amazing’ themed Warm – Up Projects Presentation” took place at the Martinengo Bastion located in the walled city of Famagusta. 

The Martinengo Bastion project aimed to re-open this historical place, once again making it a part of our everyday life. Breathing life into the Martinengo Bastion for the first time since the completion of the project was an honour for the EMU Department of Interior Architecture, the only department of its kind with AQAS accreditation in Turkey.

The aim of the ceremony was to present certificates to successful students of the Spring Semester as well as to allow ITAS 302 and INAR 392 students to present their Martinengo Bastion revival and sustenance projects, designed with the aid of course instructors Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Olgaç Türker, Seyit Ermiyagil and Costantinos Economides as well as assistants Tala Moghaddam and Javad Khodaparast. In addition, ITAS 201/INAR 291 students displayed their amazing themed warm-up projects designed with course instructors Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zehra Öngül, Asst. Prof. Dr. Hacer Başarır, Ahenk Yılgın Damgacı, Seyit Ermiyagil and Pınar Sabancı, as well assistants Javad Khodaparast, Sıla Su Yanar and Orhun Rıza Tokgöz.

Speaking at the opening of the ceremony, Department of Interior Architecture Chair Prof. Dr. Uğur Ulaş Dağlı stated that they are holding a series of activities to celebrate the 20th year of the department which was the fourth Interior Architecture Department founded in Turkey. Prof. Dr. Dağlı went on to state that one of the main missions of the department is to revitalize historical places that are no longer in use, noting that the department has completed many revival and sustenance projects in the Walled City. Prof. Dr. Dağlı also added that they held the activity at Martinengo Bastion because they felt responsible to bring life to the Bastion where restoration was recently completed. In a speech of his own Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Özgür Dinçyürek congratulated the Department of Interior Architecture and its students for their outstanding achievements.