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import type { AdditionalProject, PortfolioDictionary, Project } from "./types";
export const englishPortfolioContent = {
meta: {
title: "Grace Salmoun | Architectural Engineer and Architecture Portfolio",
description:
"An architecture portfolio for Grace Salmoun, also known as Grace Butrus Salmoun, a Damascus-based architectural engineer specializing in architectural design, urban rehabilitation, 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 Salmoun, also known as 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 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 Salmoun.",
} satisfies PortfolioDictionary;