Sarah Lorenzen, AIA, is an architect and an assistant professor in the Architecture Department at Cal Poly Pomona, where she teaches courses in architecture, urban design, and film. Ms. Lorenzen is also resident director of the Neutra VDL House, and she is a principal at Multimedia design firm Plasmatic Concepts. Recent Plasmatic Concepts' projects include a documentary film about the Los Angeles River, a short motion graphics piece about Informal Urbanism in Mexico City, and a temporary exhibition space in Mumbai, India. Ms. Lorenzen was educated at Smith College, the Atlanta College of Art (BFA), Georgia Tech (M. Arch), and SCI-Arc (M. Arch MR+D).