In the summer session of 1979, an advanced studio provided 19 UC Berkeley architecture advanced undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to work on four community projects with real clients, instead of hypothetical situations as was the case in ARCH101. One of the projects included a renovation of the historic Northgate Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus, which a recent ’76 campus access survey had declared inaccessible. Like the introductory course, the advanced studio integrated four physically disabled design consultants to work with student design teams, including Mary Ann Hiserman, who had recently completed her graduate degree in architecture, and Peter Trier.
This photograph shows design consultants and students with clients at a senior living environment in Oakland, Sojourner Truth Manor. By the end of the summer they would plan and design Sojourner Truth Manor’s community center.