import type { AdditionalProject, PortfolioDictionary, Project } from "./types"; export const englishPortfolioContent = { meta: { title: "Grace Butrus Salmoun | Architectural Engineer Specialized in Architectural Design", description: "An architecture portfolio for Grace Butrus Salmoun, a Damascus-based architectural engineer specialized in architectural design, featuring work in urban rehabilitation, mixed-use towers, hospitality, landscape, shop drawings, and architectural visualization.", }, ui: { navAbout: "About", navPhilosophy: "Approach", navProjects: "Projects", navContact: "Contact", whatsapp: "WhatsApp", facebook: "Facebook", editorialPortfolio: "Architecture Portfolio", architectureEngineer: "Architectural Engineer Specialized in Architectural Design", viewProjects: "View Projects", downloadCv: "Download Portfolio", onlineResume: "Structured Resume", viewFullResume: "View Structured Resume", pdfDownload: "Portfolio PDF", contact: "Contact", letsCreate: "Clear architectural design\nand presentation-ready drawings.", availableFor: "Available for architectural design, urban rehabilitation studies, landscape and pool concepts, shop drawings, 3D visualization, and support for architectural presentations.", phone: "Phone", email: "Email", portfolio: "Portfolio", links: "Details", basedIn: "Location", profile: "Profile", designPhilosophy: "Design Approach", materialsMood: "Work Method", sectors: "Fields of Work", featuredProjects: "Selected Projects", awards: "Awards", craft: "Technical Production", documentation: "Documentation", visualization: "Visualization", coreSkills: "Core Skills", software: "Software", year: "Year", area: "Scope", role: "Role", education: "Education", experience: "Experience", professionalTimeline: "Professional Timeline", summary: "Summary", productionTools: "Production Tools", designDelivery: "Design and Delivery", backToPortfolio: "Back to Portfolio", languageLabel: "العربية", languageToggleAriaLabel: "Switch language to Arabic", selectedWorks: "Selected Works 2016-2025", viewFullSheet: "View Full Sheet", resumeUnavailable: "The PDF portfolio will appear here once the file is added to public/documents.", }, hero: { subtitle: "Selected Works 2016-2025", supportingLine: "Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape, and Visual Documentation", intro: "A portfolio presenting work in architectural design, technical drawings, visual representation, and urban rehabilitation in Damascus, with remote collaboration experience in pool and landscape concepts.", profileBlurb: "A Damascus-based architectural engineer specialized in architectural design, combining a clear idea, precise drafting, and strong visual presentation.", featuredProjectTitle: "Marota City - S160", featuredProjectText: "A study of a mixed-use urban tower including plans, elevations, massing, and exterior visualization within a dense urban context.", }, about: { title: "An architectural engineer who turns ideas into clear drawings and readable presentation boards.", description: "Grace Butrus Salmoun is a Syrian architect based in Damascus, holding a Master's degree in Architectural Design from Damascus University, with published academic research in 2025 titled \"A Study of the Factors Influencing the Residential Urban Product: Marota City as a Case Study.\" Her portfolio includes towers, hotels, villas, public squares, landscape studies, and shop drawings.", paragraphs: [ "Her work connects technical production with architectural presentation through plans, sections, elevations, analytical drawings, and 3D visualizations.", "The portfolio includes professional and academic work in Damascus, a first-place project for the rehabilitation of Bab Touma Square, remote collaboration with Regal Pool, and teaching support at Damascus University.", ], }, philosophy: { quote: "Good architecture makes the idea readable: the site, movement, function, and overall atmosphere should come before any decorative form.", body: "The work begins by reading the site, movement, and functional relationships, then translating them into a clear plan and understandable visual sequence. Each project is given its full share of conceptual clarity, technical precision, and a well-resolved final presentation board.", tags: [ "Site Analysis", "Functional Planning", "Urban Rehabilitation", "Shop Drawings", "3D Visualization", "Architectural Presentation", ], }, sectors: { title: "Fields of work represented in the portfolio.", description: "The work moves between architecture, urban design, landscape, technical documentation, and visualization, with a constant focus on clarity and precision in presentation.", categories: [ "Urban Rehabilitation", "Mixed-Use and Residential Towers", "Hospitality Architecture", "Villa and Residential Design", "Landscape and Pool Concepts", "Shop Drawings and Visualization", ], }, featured: { title: "Selected projects presented with clear professional wording.", description: "These samples show the scope of design work, drawings, and visualization, with the option to open the full board for each project.", projects: [ { id: "01", title: "Marota City - S160", location: "Damascus, Syria", year: "2019-2022", area: "Mixed-Use Tower", role: "Architectural design, drawings, and visualization", description: "A tower study in Marota City developed through repeated floor plans, facades, urban context, architectural massing, and exterior perspectives.", highlights: [ "Repeated floor plans", "Integration with the urban context", "Facade studies", "Massing development", "Exterior visualization", ], image: "/images/portfolio-pages/marota-city-s160-preview.webp", sheetImage: "/images/portfolio-pages/marota-city-s160.webp", imageAlt: "Portfolio board for Marota City - S160 with plans, facades, and exterior perspectives", }, { id: "02", title: "Marota City - S174", location: "Damascus, Syria", year: "2019-2022", area: "Residential / Mixed-Use Tower", role: "Architectural design, drawings, and visualization", description: "A tower study within Marota City including plans, architectural massing, facades, exterior perspectives, and the project's relationship to the surrounding urban context.", highlights: [ "Floor plans", "Urban massing", "Exterior visualization", "Facade studies", "Site and urban context", ], image: "/images/portfolio-pages/marota-city-s174-preview.webp", sheetImage: "/images/portfolio-pages/marota-city-s174.webp", imageAlt: "Portfolio board for Marota City - S174 with plans, perspectives, and facades", }, { id: "03", title: "Luxury Hotel", location: "Damascus, Syria", year: "2022", area: "Hospitality Tower", role: "Concept design and visual presentation", description: "A hospitality tower concept presented through guest-room floor planning, facade composition, roof study, and perspectives within the urban scene.", highlights: [ "Hotel floor planning", "Roof and service concept", "Facade rhythm", "Urban perspectives", "Hospitality presentation boards", ], image: "/images/portfolio-pages/luxury-hotel-preview.webp", sheetImage: "/images/portfolio-pages/luxury-hotel.webp", imageAlt: "Portfolio board for Luxury Hotel with plans and exterior perspectives", }, { id: "04", title: "Regal Pool Landscape", location: "United States, Remote", year: "2023-2024", area: "Pool and Landscape Concept", role: "Remote Designer", description: "A landscape and pool study for Regal Pool combining water movement, entry sequence, planting, privacy zones, and presentation drawings for the client.", highlights: [ "Water movement concept", "Entry sequence", "Landscape zoning", "Water elements", "Client presentation boards", ], image: "/images/portfolio-pages/regal-pool-preview.webp", sheetImage: "/images/portfolio-pages/regal-pool.webp", imageAlt: "Portfolio board for Regal Pool including landscape, water movement, sections, and perspectives", }, { id: "05", title: "Bab Touma Square Rehabilitation", location: "Damascus, Syria", year: "2021", area: "Urban Rehabilitation", role: "Competition Design - First Place", description: "An award-winning proposal for rehabilitating Bab Touma Square, strengthening pedestrian movement, public space, and the connection between old Damascus and the modern urban fabric.", highlights: [ "First place in the competition", "Public space strategy", "Pedestrian movement", "Historic context", "Day and night visualization", ], image: "/images/portfolio-pages/bab-touma-square-preview.webp", sheetImage: "/images/portfolio-pages/bab-touma-square.webp", imageAlt: "Portfolio board for Bab Touma Square rehabilitation with plans, strategies, and perspectives", }, ] satisfies Project[], }, awards: { title: "Awards, achievements, and selected participation", description: "A dedicated section bringing together competition results, academic distinction, and cultural and urban rehabilitation workshops.", items: [ { title: "First Place - Bab Touma Square Rehabilitation Competition", year: "2021", description: "Won first place for a proposal that reorganizes Bab Touma Square and improves the connection between old Damascus and the modern urban fabric.", }, { title: "Published Academic Research - Factors Influencing the Residential Urban Product", year: "2025", description: "Published academic research within the master's thesis titled \"A Study of the Factors Influencing the Residential Urban Product: Marota City as a Case Study,\" adding a clear research dimension to the professional and design profile.", }, { title: "Graduation Project Distinction - Platform for Cultural Dialogue", year: "2018-2019", description: "Graduation project titled Platform for Cultural Dialogue for the rehabilitation of Al-Soufaniah Garden, with a project grade of 90.", }, { title: "Academic Ranking at Damascus University", year: "2015-2016", description: "Ranked ninth at Damascus University for the academic year 2015-2016.", }, { title: "International and Regional Youth Participation", year: "2016-2019", description: "Participated in World Youth Days in Poland and regional youth events, strengthening communication and presentation experience in diverse cultural settings.", }, { title: "Urban Rehabilitation Workshops", year: "2017-2018", description: "Participated in rehabilitation workshops for Tishreen City, the open theater in Dummar Cultural Complex, Hotel Al Safeer in Maaloula, and documentation work related to Palmyra as a UNESCO World Heritage site.", }, ], }, craft: { title: "From the first idea to drawings, models, and presentation boards", description: "The portfolio reflects the ability to turn architectural ideas into readable drawings, technical documents, analytical diagrams, rendered perspectives, and final presentation boards.", skills: [ "Architectural Design", "Urban Rehabilitation", "Landscape Planning", "Shop Drawings", "3D Modeling", "Architectural Presentation", ], software: [ "AutoCAD", "Revit", "Photoshop", "SketchUp", "3ds Max", "V-Ray", "Corona", "KeyShot", "Lumion", ], documentationText: "Plans, elevations, sections, wall details, shop drawings, and coordinated presentation sheets prepared for architectural review and client communication.", visualizationText: "Exterior perspectives, aerial views, urban diagrams, landscape boards, material studies, and presentation layouts used to explain design decisions clearly.", additionalProjects: [ { title: "Residence Classique", type: "Residential design and shop drawing package", location: "Damascus", year: "2025", }, { title: "Villa", type: "Villa concept with pool, garden, plans, and facades", location: "Syria", year: "2025", }, { title: "Platform for Cultural Dialogue", type: "Graduation project for the rehabilitation of Al-Soufaniah Garden", location: "Bab Touma, Damascus", year: "2018-2019", }, { title: "Media Complex + TV Building", type: "Academic study for a media building and masterplan", location: "Damascus", year: "Academic work", }, { title: "Al-Thawra Street Planning", type: "Urban study linking old and modern Damascus", location: "Damascus", year: "2017-2018", }, { title: "Sweida, Tishreen, and Tishreen Stadium Workshops", type: "Workshops for the rehabilitation of public squares and open spaces", location: "Syria", year: "2017", }, ] satisfies AdditionalProject[], }, resume: { title: "A concise professional profile built from the resume and portfolio pages.", description: "Review the structured resume or download the full portfolio PDF to explore education, experience, achievements, and selected architectural work.", onlineResumeTitle: "Summary", onlineResumeDescription: "An architectural engineer with a Master's background in architectural design, published academic research in 2025 on the residential urban product in Marota City, teaching support experience, remote design work, and urban rehabilitation achievements.", resumeIntro: "Grace Butrus Salmoun is a Damascus-based architectural engineer specialized in architectural design, working in architectural design, urban rehabilitation, landscape concepts, shop drawings, and visual presentation.", profileParagraph: "She combines organized design thinking, technical drawing ability, 3D modeling, and clear presentation skills, alongside academic research experience connected to her master's thesis and a published study on Marota City, with Arabic as a first language and good proficiency in English and French.", experienceDescription: "Experience includes remote design work, university teaching support, training and volunteer work, office-based design practice, and architectural model making.", experience: [ { period: "2023 - 2024", role: "Remote Architectural Designer, Regal Pool - USA", detail: "Worked online with Regal Pool in the United States on pool concepts, landscape concepts, and presentation boards.", }, { period: "2020 - 2025", role: "Teaching Assistant, Damascus University", detail: "Supported design studios and taught concrete and quantity surveying courses for two years.", }, { period: "2021 - 2025", role: "Volunteer and Trainer, D-DISC with L'oeuvre d'Orient", detail: "Participated in training and volunteer activities connected to design, rehabilitation, and community work.", }, { period: "2019 - 2022", role: "Architectural Designer, Al Iwan for Design", detail: "Worked under the supervision of architect Bassem Barghouthy on architectural design, technical drawings, visualization, and model-making support.", }, ], education: { degree: "Master of Architectural Design / Bachelor of Architecture", school: "Damascus University", location: "Damascus, Syria - Master's 2025; Bachelor's 2018-2019, average 80.79", }, designDeliveryDescription: "A skill set that combines conceptual design, urban analysis, technical documentation, model making, and client-ready visual communication.", productionToolsDescription: "Tools used across technical drafting, BIM, 3D modeling, visualization, final post-production, and presentation board layout.", }, metrics: [ { value: "2025", label: "Master of Architectural Design" }, { value: "First", label: "Bab Touma Square Rehabilitation Competition" }, { value: "9", label: "Core programs for drafting and visualization" }, { value: "3", label: "Languages: Arabic, English, and French" }, ], footer: "Architectural design, urban rehabilitation, landscape studies, shop drawings, and visual presentation by Grace Butrus Salmoun.", } satisfies PortfolioDictionary;