Natasha Sandmeier
Assistant Adjunct Professor
The work, teaching, and research of Natasha Sandmeier straddle the worlds of architecture and visualization, with a long-standing focus on the role of media in the creation and production of speculative architectures and environments. She directs the Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design (MSAUD) program at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, where she also leads the postgraduate Speculative Worlds Studio (formerly Entertainment Studio).
Sandmeier is a registered architect in the Netherlands and founding partner of the Los Angeles–based design practice Office UR (OUR). She is the author and editor of Little Worlds (London, 2014), a monograph of projects and essays re-examining the role of the architect in contemporary culture, and is currently working on Tremors and Signals: Field Reports from Possible Futures, an anthology combining speculative fiction, visual inserts, and short essays exploring how narrative and worldbuilding might help us make sense of systemic and planetary change.
She holds an MA with Distinction from the Design Research Lab at the Architectural Association in London and is a former Project Architect at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam, where she led the design of the Seattle Public Library. Her studio has produced international exhibitions, installations, and publications, with an emphasis on narrative environments and visual storytelling.
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Education
| M.A., Design Research Lab, Architectural Association |
- Little Worlds publication by Natasha Sandmeier
- Intro by Natasha Sandmeier
- One and Three Holes Project by George Massoud in Little Worlds
- Images in Little Worlds publication
- Building Worlds project in Little Worlds