"Upcycling Workshop: Sustainable Products Transformed from Waste Bottles" social responsibility project was designed with the theme of "Touching Glass" as a movement that tries to ensure that sustainability is better understood by students. Res. Asst Gökçe Uzgören, Res. Asst. Merve Karadaban and Res. Asst. Büşra Kılıç, Beycam Workshop visit & Beykoz Glass and Billur Museum technical trip were planned for the second leg of the project consisting of three stages. The visit, which was attended by a total of 8 students from the Departments of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and Communication and Design, took place on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, between 11:00-12:00. Beycam Workshop, which was established in Istanbul in 2019 by experienced glass masters with 50 years of experience, is a boutique glass workshop that mainly produces on the art of cold glass shaping. 
 

During this visit, Beycam's experienced craftsmen Mehmet Yavuz and Süleyman Yıldız demonstrated some of the techniques they apply to glass. Apart from the application, theoretical explanations on (i) free and mold blowing, (ii) cutting, carving, processing, (iii) sandblasting, abrasion, (iv) drilling, expanding, (v) gluing, joining, and (vi) polishing stages were carried out.