Façade Academy Advanced Façade Technology Design Certificate
Course Aims
The Façade Academy Certificate Programs is designed for professionals and graduate students who aim to specialize in architectural façade design and technology field. The program’s main objective is to convey the required competencies, skills and knowledge to participants required for the façade industry by addressing current and advanced technologies. Façade Academy consists of well-structured theoretical and practical lessons integrated with a project-oriented educational approach that considers the main trajectory of the program.
Who Can Participate in Training?
Engineers, architects, designers, professionals, and stakeholders in the façade industry have a minimum of 3 years of experience.
Starting Date
October, 2025
Lesson Days
Friday and Saturday (bi-weekly)
Syllabus
Module 1
Week 1: Facade Academy Fundamentals / Social skills in facade design
Week 2: Front Academy Principles
Week 3: Fundamentals of structural design of facades
Week 4: Building physics and performance requirements
Week 5: Building physics and performance requirements
Week 6: Materials Science in Facade Systems
Week 7: Materials Science in Facade Systems
Week 8: Phase 1 Project
Module 2
Week 9: Detailing the facade system
Week 10: Detailing the facade system
Week 11: Computational facade design
Week 12: Codes and Standards
Week 13: Quality management in the facade system / Project management in the facade system
Week 14: Circular facade systems
Week 15: Phase 2 Project
Week 16: Phase 2 Project
Place
Swiss Hotel Bosphorus, Beşiktaş Istanbul
Ozyegin University Çekmeköy Campus, Istanbul
Zoom Meetings, Özyeğin University Learning Management System (OzU LMS)
Instructors
Aslıhan Ünlü
Ulrich Knaack
Uta Pottgiesser
Holger Strauss
Kaan Kuran
Oğuz Cem Çelik
Daniel Artzmann
Luciana Savaş
Ecem Edis
Feride Şener Yılmaz
Neşe Ganiç Sağlam
Işılay Tekçe
Gulfem Kaya
İdil Erdemir Kocagil
Esra Yağdır Çeliker
Ömer Karadağ
Dilara Nitelik
Ayşe Özlem Dal
Alvaro Balderrama
Alexander Wolf
Dimitar Dukov
Olga Ioannou
Emre Can Korkmaz
Marc Dathjin
Mehmet Emin Bayraktar
Ferhan Hasmaden
Begüm Diker
Program Details
Lessons will be held in English. For this reason, participants must have an intermediate level of English.
Contact: bedtech@ozyegin.edu.tr