Wood and architectural education: Istanbul case

The study is carried out to examine the place of wooden material in architectural education at undergraduate level. The architectural vocational education is the bases for integration of wood with design and conservation. Istanbul is as the center of wooden architecture heritage and architecture education. Research is restricted with universities, located in Istanbul, including undergraduate level architectural education. In the independent course research on wooden; course category, semester, credit, course duration, application, theoretical and laboratory knowledge and course content are examined. In the content of the course investigation; the structural properties of wood, wooden building materials, usage areas of wood in the structure, wooden architectural heritage, carrier system, standards and regulations are taken into consideration. In the curriculum of the architecture, wood related courses are elective and theoretical courses. The content of courses is focused on wooden building material and the main source as trees. The study results show that information of wood and wood related issues are needed to be more involved in architectural education