ICSA '17 - Intercultural Study of Architecture

The Intercultural Study of Architecture (ICSA), organized by the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design together with Japan's Mukogawa University, is being held in Italy for the first time this year, hosted by BAU Rome on 18-28 February, after taking place 7 times in Japan and 5 times in Türkiye.

Within the scope of this program, students studying architecture in Japan have the opportunity to visit buildings and spaces of historical importance in architecture, accompanied by experts, and to examine the spatial reflections of cultural differences in context.

A total of 156 students, 76 Turkish and 80 Japanese, have participated to date in this exchange program, which has been held without interruption since 2009 and in which participants receive full scholarships.

With this program, which plays an important role in the professional development of participating students, Bahçeşehir University and Mukogawa University aim to contribute to relations between Türkiye and Japan in the scientific and cultural fields.