Between Education & Profession: An Evaluation of Graduation Projects in the Field of Interior Architecture in Turkey

Design studios are at the core of architecture, interior or design education. Different problems experienced and solved in these every term year. The last step is graduation/degree project, which characteristic a threshold between education profession. scope study to examine projects’ approaches schools that providing architecture Turkey evaluate their project outputs. Thus, quantitative analyses qualitative evaluations have been made on documents MEKAN/İç Mimarlık Öğrencileri Ulusal Bitirme Projeleri Yarışması (Interior Students National Graduation Projects Competition), served as an important archive. In this respect, within study, inventory has tried be put forward by evaluating competition processes through participant projects 2012-2021. Firstly, analysis numerical distribution all according years diversity participating schools. Then, more detailed carried out award-winning narrowing sample group. addition, developments matters perspectives different problems, proposals for solutions, representations, etc. brought light. As researchers educators, it open way how reconstruct itself future, rethinking itself.