Ingrid Lao
Day in the Life
“The arts take you out of the everyday and give you a new experience.” – Ingrid Lao, M.Arch Candidate, Architecture
Ingrid Lao seems to always be in the right place at the right time. Since she started in the master’s program in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, she has worked alongside faculty on high-profile competitions, award-winning building projects, and innovative exhibition installations, the latter of which she gets to help fabricate from the ground up. Alongside her climatology class and design work, she helps organize technology workshops and collaborates with colleagues including fellow graduate students with whom she hopes to resurrect a student-run publication that will reflect the culture of the school and provide a voice to the greater architectural community.
On any given night, you might find Ingrid working late in the grad studio, dusting off newly minted 3-D models in the shop or partaking of Supper Studio, where she can share a meal and participate in informal conversations with influential theorists, historians, and practitioners who are invited to UCLA as special guests.
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2015 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program with A.UD Visiting Assistant Professor Erin Besler
En Pointe installation with A.UD Associate Professor Heather Roberge