Raci Şenalp

Islamic Design
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Ottoman Aesthetics and Design

Ahmet Raci Şenalp is an architect, instructor, and researcher. He completed a B.A. in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). 

His research and work explore the outlook of the Islamic perspective on beauty and truth. His research aims to reach the true roots of Islamic art and surpass the surface-level orientalist view that has indoctrinated the West and Muslim society over centuries of cultural colonialism. He champions that each artwork must reference divine beauty and strives to spread this message through lectures, exhibitions, and his professional practice as an architect. 

Raci Şenalp is an architectural project manager at an Istanbul-based firm, Hassa Architecture, specializing in contemporary applications of traditional Islamic architecture. Hassa Architecture designed the Diyanet Center of America in Maryland and many other famous sites worldwide. https://www.hassa.com/en  His work focuses on concept development and curation for exhibitions. Additionally, he teaches classes at Mekteb-i Mimari, a school for architecture students.

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