CAAD Labs | American University of Sharjah

Director's Message

Welcome to CAAD Labs, the region’s most comprehensive and well-equipped design education facilities.
Ammar Kalo

CAAD Labs are at the center of our “culture of making” and our commitment to providing comprehensive to design education. We offer students and faculty the opportunity to explore and experiment in their practice of cross-disciplinary design and facilitate the production of full-scale designs right here on campus at AUS.

Our facilities include three primary lab groups:

  • Material Labs (woodshop, metal shop, ceramics studio, casting lab)
  • Fabrication Labs (laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC cutting, industrial robotics)
  • Media Labs (audio/video production, photography, printmaking and media equipment center)

Stocked with a comprehensive range of high-end equipment and tools, CAAD Labs have attracted faculty from some of the most prestigious institutions around the world.

CAAD Labs are open to students from all CAAD programs, with many of our award-winning student projects produced within our facilities under the supervision of our dedicated full-time support staff.

As you visit our labs, you will find CAAD students welding, making prints, creating ceramics, working with wood and experimenting with a wide range of materials and techniques as they bring their designs to life.

We hope you will join us in our culture of making and we look forward to seeing you at CAAD Labs.

Ammar Kalo

Director of CAAD Labs

News

Life After Life: AUS student Jana Khalifa on her acclaimed documentary about life after loss

We interviewed AUS’ very own Jana Khalifa, a fourth-year multimedia design student whose deeply moving documentary film Life After Life has received several...
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AUS film students attend secret preview of Hoba, Emirati filmmaker Majid Al Ansari’s upcoming psychological thriller, ahead of UAE release

On October 7, AUS students were given early access to watch Hoba , an upcoming Emirati psychological horror-thriller directed by Majid Al Ansari, through a...
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Posters for Peace: Global touring exhibition hosted at AUS

The College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) at American University of Sharjah (AUS) recently hosted Posters for Peace, an exhibition that brings...
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Designing for healing: AUS student project recognized in the 51st World Architecture Community Awards

Procession Through the Grove: A Spa Embedded in the Landscape , a project by Lara Yassine, a third-year architecture student at the College of Architecture,...
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AUS students win the prestigious Pavilion Prize at Abu Dhabi Art 2025

Two architecture students from the American University of Sharjah’s (AUS) College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD), Sara Alshehhi and Sarvani Pagadala,...
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Events

26
Oct

CAAD Symposium

Main Building & CAAD building
October 26, 2025
08:00 - 17:00
Free
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27
Oct

Contemporary Vernacular

CAAD, AD1-102
October 27, 2025
17:30 - 20:30
Free
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21
Dec

Fall 2025 Commencement

University City Hall
December 21, 2025
10:00 - 10:00
Invitation Only
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