Celâleddin Çelik

Celaleddin Çelik is a Turkish architect and founder of NUN Architecture & Design, an Istanbul-based practice internationally recognized for its culturally grounded and conceptually rigorous architectural work. His practice operates at the intersection of contemporary design and historical continuity, with a particular focus on reinterpreting architectural heritage through a refined and timeless spatial language.

Çelik has led and completed a range of significant public and cultural projects in Turkey, including the restoration and adaptive reuse of the Yedikule Fortress, one of Istanbul’s most historically layered monuments, the Istanbul Water Civilization Museum, which explores the architectural and cultural legacy of water infrastructures, the Mosaic Museum, where architectural intervention engages directly with archaeological heritage, and the Batman Brotherhood Mosque, a contemporary religious structure that reconsiders the spatial and symbolic principles of Islamic architecture within a modern framework.

His work is distinguished by a careful engagement with material, proportion, and memory, often integrating traditional building knowledge into contemporary construction techniques. Beyond architecture, Çelik maintains a deep connection to Ottoman-Turkish classical music, which informs his understanding of rhythm, structure, and improvisation in spatial design. His interdisciplinary approach positions architecture not only as a technical discipline, but as a cultural and intellectual practice.

Through built works, exhibitions, and international collaborations, Çelik continues to contribute to a global discourse on architecture rooted in continuity, place and cultural depth.