Sanford L. Hirshen Collection 2011.-04
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
2018
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820
designarchives@berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Sanford L. Hirshen Collection
Creator:
Hirshen, Sanford (1935-2013)
Identifier/Call Number: 2011.-04
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet:
1 carton, 1 legal size document box
Date (inclusive): 1965-2004
Language of Material:
English
.
Access Statement
Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice
is required for use.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Sanford L. Hirshen Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Funding
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the Joan Draper Endowment, Depart of Architecture,
College of Environmental Design, U.C. Berkeley.
Biographical Note
Sanford Hirshen (1935 – 2013) was born in New York City and attended the New York High School of Music & Art where his
high school classmates and lifelong friends included architect Sim Van der Ryn and photographer Joshua Freiwald. After graduating
high school, he enrolled at Columbia University School of Architecture receiving a bachelor of Architecture in 1959.
After forming a partnership, Hirshen Van der Ryn Architects (1965-1971), were awarded a contract from the federal Office of
Economic Opportunity to construct Flash Peak Camps for migrant workers. They constructed thirty-three camps between 1965 and
1974 receiving the 1968 AIA National Honor Award for Indio Camp. During this time, he also participated in the United Nations
Previ Project in Lima, Peru. As a partner with HGTC (Hirshen, Gammill, Trumbo & Cook) (1971-1974), his projects included
Hale Mahaolu Elderly Housing, Hawaii and
Housing for the Elderly in Pleasanton CA. Between 1989 and 1994 he was a partner in HTA (Hirshen/Trumbo & Associates).
In addition to his award-winning design career, Hirshen had an active academic career. He began teaching as a lecturer in
the Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley in 1966, becoming a full professor in 1974 and serving as Chair of the Department
from 1982-1983. He later became Director of the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia (1991-1999) and
an Associate in the Vancouver firm of Henriquez Partners Architects.
A recognized expert in social housing and shelter, public sector community services, health facilities, and child development
and educational projects, Hirshen became a fellow of both the AIA (1981) and the Royal Canadian Institute of Architects (1992).
Systems of Arrangement
This collection is organized into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, and Project Papers.
Scope and Contents
This collection is organized into four series and documents Hirshen's architectural career from 1965 until 2004. Series I:
Personal Papers comprises of Hirshen's biographical information, including his curriculum vitae and oral history. Series II:
Professional Papers consists of case study writings Hirshen collaborated on or wrote, clippings and photographs from HTA (Hirshen/Trumbo
& Associates), and records regarding the exhibit "Toward an Architecture of Conscience." Series III: Faculty papers contains
a few documents on studio classes Hirshen taught at the University of British Columbia. Series IV: Project Records is composed
of drawings, photographs and slides documenting projects including elderly housing and health centers, to migrant farm labor
camps in the Central Valley of California. The Sanford L. Hirshen Collection consists of the exhibit materials—boards, photographs,
and files—for the 2003 exhibition
Toward an Architecture of Conscience: The work of Sandy Hirshen, partners, employees, and professional colleagues exhibited at the University of British Columbia SOA Downtown Gallery in Vancouver. Some of the materials exhibited includes
Hirshen's work on low-cost migrant farm labor camps, social housing for the elderly, and community schools.
Custodial History
Records donated by Sanford Hirshen
Project Index
The following is a list of architectural projects from the Sanford L. Hirshen Collection. For more complete information about
collection contents for each project download the complete
Project Index in an Excel spreadsheet format by going to
Sanford Hirshen i-Page . For instructions on interpreting the Project Index, see
The Guide to the Project Index.
The project list below, derived from the Project Index, is arranged alphabetically by Project/Client Name and contains information,
where available, about the location, date, project type, collaborators, photographers, and formats for each project in the
collection.
Project/Client Name (location, date, project type) Collaborator (role), Photographer [Format - Ms=Manuscripts, Dr=Drawings,
Ph=Photographs]
- Berkeley Women's Center and SRO Housing ( Berkeley , CA ; 1992 ; humanitarian ) Collaborator: Hirshen Trumbo & Associates
(architect) [Ms]
- Big Sister League: Colleague Infant Care Center ( Los Angeles , CA ; 1973- 1974 ; humanitarian ) Photographer: Joshua
Freiwald. [Ms, Dr, Ph,Sl]
- Charles E. Drew Nieghborhood Health Center ( East Palo Alto , CA ; 1968 ; medical ) Collaborator: Hirshen & Partners
Architects ; Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Dr, Ph]
- Flash Peak Camps, Linden ( Linden , CA ; 1965 ; residential-multi ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ph]
- Flash Peak Camps, Indio ( Indio , CA ; 1965-1966 ; residential-multi ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Dr, Ph, Sl]
- Flash Peak Camps, Gridley ( Gridley , CA ; 1968 ; residential-multi ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ph]
- Flash Peak Camps, Harvey Lane ( San Joaquin County , CA ; ca. 1970 ; residential-multi ) [Ph]
- Flash Peak Camps, Hollister ( Hollister , CA ; ca. 1970 ; residential-multi ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ph]
- Flash Peak Camps, Watsonville ( Watsonville , CA ; ca. 1970 ; residential-multi ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald.
[Ms, Dr, Ph,Sl]
- Flash Peak Camps ( unknown , CA ; ca. 1970 ; residential-multi ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ph, Sl]
- Friends House Life Care Facility ( Santa Rosa , CA ; 1983-1984 ; medical ) [Ms, Sl]
- Design: Geodesic Dome ( unknown , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ph]
- Groundwork Institute: Las Arbodelas ( Havana , Cuba ; ca. 1980, 2002-2003 ; residential-multi ) Collaborator: Huck Rorick
(Groundworks Executive Director) [Ms, Sl]
- Competition: Habitat for Humanity 'HOME' ( Vancouver , British Columbia ; ca. 2000 ; residential ) [Ms]
- Hale Mahaolu Elderly Housing ( Maui , HI ; ca. 1968 ; residential: sub-division ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald.
[Ms, Dr, Ph]
- Design: Kit House ( unknown , ca. 1966 ; residential ) [Ms, Dr, Ph]
- Kittmat ( British Columbia , Canada ; 2001 ; residential-multi ) Collaborator: Henriquez Partners (Architect and Urban
Designer) [Ms]
- Longview School ( Davis , CA ; 1969-1970 ; educational ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ms, Dr, Ph]
- Design: Plydome ( Indio, Linden, Harvey Lane, and other unknown , CA ; ca. 1970 ; residential ) Photographer: Joshua
Freiwald. [Ms, Ph]
- Compeition: PREVI (United Nations) ( Lima , Peru ; 1969 ; residential-multi ) Collaborator: Hirshen Van der Ryn [Ms]
- Ramah Navajo Community: Pine Hill School ( Pine Hill , NM ; 1975 ; educational ) Photographer: Joshua Freiwald. [Ms,
Ph, Sl]
- Providence Legacy Project: St. Vincent's Heather Site ( Vancouver , British Columbia ; 2003 ; medical ) Collaborator:
Henriquez Partners, Neil MacConnell (architect) [Ms, Sl]
- Social Housing, Arroya Vista Family Housing ( Pleasanton , CA ; ca. 1980 ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- Social Housing, Bee Street ( Sausilitio , CA ; ca. 1980 ; residential-multi ) [Ms]
- Social Housing, Redwood Gardens ( Berkeley , CA ; 1981, 1984 ; residential-multi ) [Ms, Ph, Sl]
- Social Housing, Richmond Elderly Housing ( Richmond , CA ; ca. 1980 ; residential-multi ) [Ms]
- Social Housing, Spark Way Co-operative ( Hayward , CA ; ca.1980 ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- Social Housing, Walnut Square ( Point Reyes , CA ; 1983 ; residential-multi ) [Ph]
- Social Housing, West Berkeley Senior Center ( Berkeley , CA ; 1981, 1984 ; residential-multi ) [Sl]
- Social Housing, Winston Gardens ( Oroville , CA ; ca. 1980 ; residential-multi ) [Ms]
- Design: Proposed Senior Center ( unknown , 2001 ; residential-multi ) [Ms]
- Unidentified Social Housing ( unkown , n.d. ; residential-multi ) [Ph, Sl]
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architects -- California.
Architects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Social Housing
PERSONAL PAPERS SERIES I.
carton 1, folder 3
UC Berkeley Retirement Letter
1994
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS SERIES II.
carton 1, folder 1
First Governer's Conference: Farm Worker's Housing
1965
carton 1, folder 2
Case Study: "Child Care Centers for Migrant Farm Labor Camps"
1966
carton 1, folder 3
Design Study: "Caring for Migrant Children"
1967
carton 1, folder 4
Case Study: "Low Cost Shelters..."
ca. 1967
carton 1, folder 5
Case Study: "The Infant Care Center"
ca. 1967
carton 1, folder 6
Essay: "Mr. Hirshen Goes to New Nairobi," by Robert Reich
1968
carton 1, folder 7
Sheltering Migrant Farm Workers
ca. 2003
carton 1, folder 8-9
Photo Essay: "The Migrant," by Ned Davis
n.d.
carton 1, folder 10
Brochures: Hirshen Trumbo & Associates
n.d.
carton 1, folder 11
Clippings: Concerning Victor A. Lundry
1962
carton 1, folder 12
Clippings: Hirshen's Representative Work
1966, 1978, 1981
carton 1, folder 13
Firm Photographs
ca. 1970
Exhibit: Towards an Architecture of Conscience D.
carton 1, folder 15
Exhibit Materials
1999-2003
carton 1, folder 17
Toward an Architecture of Conscience: The World of Sandy Hirshen, His Partners, and Professional Colleagues
2003
carton 1, folder 18
Exhibit Instructions and Contracts
2004
FACULTY PAPERS SERIES III.
carton 1, folder 1
Hornby Island Elder's Housing Society
1995-1999
carton 1, folder 2
Studio Assignment: Providing Basic Shelter and Securing Health
1999-2000
PROJECT RECORDS SERIES IV.
