Shahd Farran is a Jordanian-Palestinian architect and designer whose work explores the intersection of binaries. Farran investigates the interstitial spaces between opposing conditions, with a particular interest in the visual, material, and cultural heritage of the Levant and Indigenous cultures.

After receiving her Bachelor’s of Architectural Engineering from the University of Jordan, Shahd worked with several architectural practices across Jordan and the region. Farran contributed to projects of varying scales and typologies, including residential, commercial, hospitality, mixed-use, and urban developments. She was also invited to serve as an architecture critic for final juried reviews at the University of Jordan.

She’s currently pursuing a Master of Science in Digital and Material Technologies at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Farran served as Co–Editor-in-Chief of Twenty-Two Architectural Magazine. Her graduation project, The Hearth of Paradoxos-Topia, was a finalist in the Tamayouz International Graduation Projects Competition, and she was part of a finalist team for the Young Architects Award(2022).

Her work has been exhibited in Jordan, Armenia, and Mexico. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program (FFSP) and the Graduate Student Art Research Grant - University of Michigan.