Assistant Professor of Interior Design Â
Department of Interior Design
American University in Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Imad Hanna is a multi-talented designer. He graduated from the University of Holy Spirit USEK (Kaslik- Lebanon) as Interior Designer. He accomplished his Master in Interior Architecture (D.E.S.) from USEK in 2008-2009 Imad is a confident and competent Interior Architect with extensive experience working on a different range of projects from design to execution. His interest in mixing architectural concepts with the latest technologies (virtual reality) leads made him an expert in digital design. Imad Hanna received the advanced certifications from Autodesk in many software that he masters: AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, V. Ray, BIM (Revit), in addition to Rhino, Adobe suite…etc. He is an expert in Lighting Design, digital media, animations, walk-through and rendering techniques. With his capability of bringing a design project to the next level, Imad Hanna achieved over a thousand high-end visuals and animations for prestigious and distinguished clients in the past few years. Apart from his digital and computational skills, he was naturally born artist. His unique artistic touch shows in his artworks and canvas. In 2003 he organized his first art exhibition in Beirut and since then he is omnipresent in the art shows and painting exhibition scene. Imad Hanna’s academic experience started at the Lebanese Canadian University where he was appointed at the School of Architecture, Art and Design. He was in charge of the courses of Lighting Design, Digital Design and software but also Senior Thesis and Portfolio Design. There, he discovered his passion to communicate with the students with a total belief in the teaching mission. In 2015 Imad moved to Dubai taking a step forward. He joined the School of Architecture, Art and Design (SAA&D) as an adjunct professor in Summer I, 2015 and was appointed as full time faculty under the capacity of Assistant Professor of Interior Design starting Fall 2015. Imad is an Associate member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Architecture,Interior Design