Jawad Aridi
Built to feel like walking through a gallery, clean, dark, and focused on the work itself.
- Client
- Jawad A.
- Date
- Feb 2025
- Role
- Architectural Portfolio
- Website
- jawadaridi.com
The opportunity
Jawad needed an architectural portfolio that felt premium, like a physical gallery, but without sacrificing speed. The challenge was displaying large, high-res images instantly. The goal was to create an experience that feels more like an exhibit than a typical portfolio website. A standard WordPress template would have killed the user experience with slow loads and generic transitions. We needed a handcrafted, performant approach.
What we did
We engineered the site using Next.js for server-side rendering and static image optimization, ensuring lightning-fast load times. Motion.dev was implemented for silky-smooth page transitions, giving that 'gallery walk-through' feel. We built a dark, minimal aesthetic to put 100% of the focus on his work. Each project section allows the visuals to speak.
The outcome
A portfolio that feels handcrafted, much like his architecture. At launch it scored 98/100 for performance in Lighthouse. More importantly, Jawad reported roughly three times his usual callbacks on job applications after the switch — and landed the position he was after. It's a portfolio that works as hard as he does.
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