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Sarah Lorenzen is a Los Angeles-based architect and is Professor of Architecture and former Chair (2012-2016) of the Architecture Department at California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona) She is a member of the American Institute of Architects  and in 2015, she was the Los Angeles AIA Presidential Honoree as Educator of the Year.

Under her leadership, the Cal Poly architecture program was rated in the top 20 schools in the country by Design Intelligence. http://www.di.net/articles/americas-best-architecture-schools-2016/. Additionally, Lorenzen is Director of the Neutra VDL Research House in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles and she is a principal of the media and design firm Plasmatic Concepts, with her husband David Hartwell.

Sarah Lorenzen is a Los Angeles-based architect and is a professor and Chair of Architecture at California State University, Pomona. In 2015, she was the Los Angeles AIA Presidential Honoree as Educator of the Year. She is Director of the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences in the Silverlake neighborhood in Los Angeles and is co-founder of Plasmatic Concepts, with her husband David Hartwell.

Early years
Born in Wisconsin, USA in 1969, Lorenzen moved to Mexico City in 1970 where she lived until 1987.

Education
Sarah Lorenzen studied at Edron Academy in Mexico City[1], Smith College and Atlanta College of Art where she graduated with a BFA in drawing in 1993. She received a Master of Architecture from Georgia Tech in 1997 and a post-professional degree from Sci Arc[2]. Lorenzen was a research fellow at TU Delft School of Design in 2011-2012.

Academic Experience

Lorenzen is Associate Professor of Architecture of Cal Poly Pomona where she has taught since 2005. She became Chair of the Architecture Department in 2012. In 2015, she was the Los Angeles AIA Presidential Honoree as Educator of the Year.[3] Under her leadership, the Architecture program was rated in the top 20 schools in the country by Design Intelligence[4] and was awarded 8-year accreditation by. Lorenzen was a Visiting Instructor Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture (2000) and has served as guest juror at: Sci-Arc, UCLA, Cal Poly SLO, Woodbury, USC, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Georgia Tech, Pasadena City College, and East LA Community College. She has also been a Jury member of AIA Kentucky Design Awards and the Los Angeles Business Council Design Awards.

The Neutra VDL house is owned by Cal Poly Pomona and provides laboratory space for students at the College of Environmental Design to learn about historic preservation, architecture, sustainable design, and landscape design. As Resident Director of the Neutra VDL Research Studio and Residences, Lorenzen is responsible for overseeing maintenance and repairs, organizing tours of the property, developing cultural programs, doing outreach, coordinating teaching activities, and spearheading fund-raising activities.

In 1997 house was in severe disrepair and had very few resources for it restoration. Lorenzen embarked on a campaign to restore the house and find funding for the project. Since 2008 there has been restoration of the roofs, penthouse level, garden house, gardens and site walls, plumbing and electrical system, and exterior of the main and guest houses. The house has also been re-furnished with reproductions of the original Neutra furniture.

Lorenzen has developed an Artist-in-Residence Program for site specific works at the Neutra VDL House. The works included:

•	Performance art piece Case Study, Stephen Lichty and Neil Marcus, Jan. 31 2015

•	Wet Horizons by Luis Callejas. Artist in Residence. Oct. 11 – Nov. 23, 2014.

•	Competing Utopias, curated by Sarah Lorenzen, Justin Jampol, Bill Ferehawk, David Hartwell and Patrick Mansfield. July 13 – Sept. 13, 2014. Exhibit used articles from the Wende Museum

•	Inverting Neutra by Bryony Roberts. Artist in Residence. July 13 – Sept. 7, 2013   Funded by the Graham Foundation

•	 Machine Project: Embroidering Neutra VDL by Jenny Hart. Part of Pacific Standard Time 2013, Getty Research Institute.

•	Architectones by Xavier Veilhan. Artist in Residence. August 9 – Sept. 15, 2012

•	Fort Da Sampler by Santiago Borja. Artist in Residence. Nov. 17 – Dec. 22, 2010

Projects and Publications

Lorenzen, Sarah. “#diversitymatters #designispolitics #fragmentedworld #professionisnotabadword #makingarchitecturerelevant” in X Agendas for Architecture edited by Marc Schoonderbeek. Artifice, December 2015. ISBN: 9781908967763

Neutra VDL iPad App, 2011

Video Installation "Somewhere there hides a well", Palm Springs Museum, 2011

Motion Graphics piece "Peripheral Landscapes" for Rotterdam Biennale with Arquitectura 911, 2007  Documentary Film about the Los Angeles River, 2007. Funded by the Graham Foundation.

Urban Proposal and Film "The Future of Filming in Downtown Los Angeles", 2005

Nerve Center Pavilion, AEC Expo, Mumbai India, 2005

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edron_Academy

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California_Institute_of_Architecture

[3] http://www.aialosangeles.org/home-page-latest-news/interview-with-cal-poly-architecture-chair

[4] http://www.di.net/articles/americas-best-architecture-schools-2016/