The third program in our AUD60 programming, "Transitioning Worlds" was a two-day conference celebrating sixty years of architectural experimentation at UCLA AUD, bringing together faculty, alumni and guests to explore how design responds to a world in flux. Organized by Natasha Sandmeier, Kutan Ayata, and Mariana Ibañez, the conference reflected on the changing global conditions that shape architecture and the evolving pedagogies, practices, and technologies through which AUD continues to engage them.

Day One of "Transitioning Worlds" offered four thematic sessions

Session 1 | EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES

Natasha Sandmeier (moderator), with Kristy Balliet (MArch '05), Dumene Comploi (MArch II '10), Jia Gu (MArch '14), Greg Lynn, Mark Mack, Gesthimani Roumpani (MSAUD '20)

Session 2 | DESIGNING EDUCATION

Dora Epstein Jones, PhD '04 (moderator), with Hitoshi Abe, Marcelyn Gow, John May, Thom Mayne, Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter (MArch '90)

Session 3 | ARCHITECTURE WITH CAPITAL B

Mariana Ibañez (moderator), with Kutan Ayata, Miroslava Brooks, Kevin Daly, Neil Denari, Claus Benjamin Freyinger (MArch '05)

Session 4 | LA LABORATORY | Moderated Roundtable

Frances Anderton (moderator), with Annie Chu, Dana Cuff, Jeffrey Inaba, Elena Manferdini (MArch '00), Marc Norman (MAUP '92)

Day Two featured a series of student presentations, advancing many of the questions and conversations that filled Day One.