A Multidisciplinary Design Studio: Designing an Eco-house Project on Burgazada, Istanbul

This paper describes collaboration among Architecture, Arts, Mathematic and Ecology. A problematic of design titled Designing an Eco-House Project on Burgazada, Istanbul with taking references from abstract paintings of Miro and Kandisky and using the complex geometrical forms, which are formed by compositions of triangles, octagons and hexagons, etc. was given to students on the Design Studio 1 of the Department of Architecture of Yildiz Technical University. Burgazada, one of the Prince's Islands of Istanbul, with an almost 2500-years old history, was chosen as the project site. The project process has been continued during the 15 weeks long spring semester of 2012-2013 education year. The project involved designing of a lightweight structure on an ecological house design, which gives minimum damage to the ground and the ecology. The aim of the studio was to create an innovative, interdisciplinary eco-house, which takes references from selected abstract paintings of Miro and Kandisky for students to creatively solve design problems in a SPRİNG semester time period.Thus, the paper will have not only the process of A Multidisciplinary Design Studio, but also different design solutions of Designing An Eco-House Project on Burgazada, Istanbul.