David Aouad holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from Alba University and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Montreal. He began his independent architectural practice in 1999 and later co-founded DAJH Architects with partner Juliana El-Haddad.

He is currently Associate Professor of Practice at the Lebanese American University (LAU), where he teaches senior architecture and design studios at the School of Architecture and Design. From 2019 to 2025, he served as Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies and Research (IESR) at LAU, leading interdisciplinary research and community-based initiatives. His work addresses urgent urban and environmental challenges, including residual spaces, fragmented urban fabrics, urban heat islands, rural regeneration, crisis-responsive urban strategies, and socio-spatial divisions in cities. He is presently directing research initiatives in Beirut on urban mobility, habitability, and the evolving concept of the urban project.

Beyond academia, Aouad was an elected member of the Municipal Council of Hasroun (2016–2025), where he contributed to local governance and community development. His scholarly contributions have been published in Urban Planning, Climate, Sustainability, Mobility and Design, as well as in numerous edited volumes exploring architecture’s intersections with sustainability, education, and climate resilience.

Juliana El-Haddad studied Interior Architecture at Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts - Alba (MSc. in Landscape architecture, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2002; DESS Interior Architecture, ALBA, 2000) with high distinction. She obtained a two year grant from the Spanish Embassy and the AECI (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional). In 2003 she co-founded with David Aouad “DAJH Architects” a study office established in Beirut. Besides her practice and since 2005, El-Haddad is a part time faculty member at Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) where she conveys to her students her passion for Landscape Architecture.

El-Haddad is also a passionate painter with contemporary, daring themes and style, her paintings are not merely colorful compositions; they convey a strong message that denounces the architecture of concrete and the lack of greenery within the city. El-Haddad’s research interests are focused on the benefits of green spaces in urban context as well as its numerous benefits in enhancing citizens’ daily life and their health. She has published different articles on that subject and brings that concern into her daily practice routine at DAJH Architects.