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About Me

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Hello, I am Saleh,
welcome to my course in Domestika.

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I will tell you about myself,

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where I am from, what I do,
what's my profession,

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and also, I will show you
some of my works.

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I am originally from Syria,
working and living in Istanbul.

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I am an architect.

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I work in designing and developing
several kinds of buildings

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like commercial,
residential, and others.

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I have 12 years of experience.

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I graduated
from Damascus University in 2010

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and I travelled to a couple of countries
like Arab United Emirates,

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Qatar,

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Egypt, and Turkey.

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After mastering
a lot of architectural computer programs

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like Revit,

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3ds Max,

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AutoCAD,

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although a lot of architects
depend on computer programs

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to do their work and maybe to do
their design from the beginning,

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I would argue that starting by sketching
is the best way for doing your design,

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and you can just easily

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think and develop your design
through your sketch.

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One of my favorite projects
is my graduation project.

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It was a real project for real people.

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They lived in a really bad condition.

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That's why I had to design
new houses for them

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with a courtyard providing
a private and good condition of life.

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Also, I designed in that project
a place for children to play.

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Another project
is an office building.

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It's one of my recent projects
I'm working on.

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In this project, I am an architect,

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so I'm responsible of all the processes
and things going on

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and I was involved in it
from the beginning.

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I learned a lot and a lot

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from how to do the brief concept
to doing the detail design.

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The great support of my life
was positive thinking

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and not giving up
at the darkest moment.

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By practicing every day
and following my passion and dream,

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I got to where I am now.

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In this course,
I hope that you will see sketching

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as a language and tool
for thinking and designing.

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Now you know about me
and about my story.

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In the next lesson,
you will know about my influences.