UCLA Architecture and Urban Design launches ’Extreme IDEAS’ series

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) will carry the narrative of modern architecture in Los Angeles forward from its influential past to the future with " Extreme IDEAS: Architecture at the Intersection ," a series of panels, discussions and events that chart a dynamic new future for architecture. The programs will look beyond the field's traditional boundaries and explore topics arising from unexpected quarters in the film, automotive, aerospace and technology industries in order to explore rapidly emerging new technologies, possibilities for interdisciplinary growth and the role of Los Angeles in the evolution of architecture. "Extreme IDEAS" builds momentum toward the fall 2013 launch of IDEAS , a new satellite location for A.UD that will serve as a hub for cross-discipline research and development with industry and outside partners to expand the future parameters of architectural practice. Renowned architect Neil Denari, a UCLA architecture and urban design professor, will lead a panel on the implications of emerging "intelligent environments" and their effects in transportation, manufacturing and urbanism. Panelists will include filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, director of "Oblivion" and "Tron: Legacy," and Greg Lindsay, a contributing writer at Fast Company and author of "Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next." Industry experts will discuss the new interconnections within high culture, commercialism, art, media and design. Panelists will include Scott Trowbridge, vice president of creative research and development at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Thomas Krens, founder and CEO of Global Cultural Asset Management and former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (1988-2008).