Batorewicz, Valeria Stupnitsky,
1936-1983
Valeria Stupnitsky
Batorewicz papers
1947-1980
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts
Division [naa]
12 cubic feet
The collection
comprises architectural drawings and sketches for projects with ENVIRON
Corporation, Housing Systems Assoc., and Housing Systems Corp. Also included
are sketches from student work, work from Batorewicz's early association with
established architects, Batorewicz's later job files and proposals, and copies
of publications by and about her. Photographs included in the collection are of
Batorewicz's work, her projects, and travel in Europe.
N154
English
High Bay, Mezzanine, AV Room
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division reading room. Advance
notice is requested.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection.
Copies can be requested if the condition of the originals warrants it.
Preferred Citation
Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz papers (N 154), Northwest Architectural
Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition
Donated by her professional partner, Andrea Brass in 1995.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in three series:
- Architectural Drawings and Sketches
- Boxed Material
- Photographs
Biographical Sketch for Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz
Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz was born in Kharkov and moved with her
family to Bavaria, Venezuela and Minneapolis. She attended the University of
Caracas and University of Minnesota's schools of architecture, graduating from
the latter in 1959 with distinction. With a Fulbright Fellowship she spent a
year in Spain, studying the history of architecture, and returned to the U.S.
to take her Master's (Environmental Design with honors) from Yale in 1969. In
1968 she received a Yale University grant to study housing problems, followed
by further grants to develop experimental housing systems for low and moderate
income families. Batorewicz founded and headed ENVIRON Corporation, Housing
Systems Assoc., and Housing Systems Corp. to develop and test fiberglass and
urethane foam sandwich prefabricated building systems, working in cooperation
with commercial developers.
Scope and Content Note
The collection comprises architectural drawings and sketches for
projects with ENVIRON Corporation, Housing Systems Assoc., and Housing Systems
Corp. Also included are sketches from student work, work from Batorewicz's
early association with established architects, Batorewicz's later job files and
proposals, and copies of publications by and about her. Photographs included in
the collection are of Batorewicz's work, her projects, and travel in Europe.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Batorewicz,
Valeria Stupnitsky, 1936-1983
ENVIRON
Corporation
Housing
Systems Associates
Housing
Systems Corporation
Prefabricated houses --
Designs and plans
Modular construction --
United States -- Designs and plans
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Architectural Drawings and Sketches,
1970-1980
Includes architectural drawings and sketches for various projects
with Environ Corporation, Housing Systems Associates, and Housing Systems
Corporation, organizations all founded and headed by Batorewicz.
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in
the collection. After the commission name may be listed five pieces of
information: type of structure (or proposed structure), street address,
architects, location of structure, medium of drawing.
Ansonia House
1973-4
Housing Systems Corporation
Valeria Batorewicz
location unknown
pencil on vellum and paper; blueline; sepia
Bethany House
1973-4
Housing Systems Corporation
aka Schwartz Residence; see also Environ A roll #2
Valeria Batorewicz
Bethany, CT
pencil on vellum; blueline; sepia
Branford House
1973
Housing Systems Corporation
see also Environ A - roll #5
Valeria Batorewicz
Branford, CT
pencil on vellum; blueline; sepia
Environ A - roll #1
1970-1
"Very first sketches"
Environ Corporation; Housing Systems Associates
Valeria Batorewicz
New Haven, CT
pencil on vellum and paper; sepia; blueline
Environ A - roll #2
1970-5
Environ Corporation; Housing Systems Associates
Housing Systems Corporation
Valeria Batorewicz
New Haven, CT/ Branford, CT
pencil on vellum and paper
Environ A - roll #3
1976
Double story house/ row house
Housing Systems Corporation
Valeria Batorewicz
location unknown
pencil and ink in paper; sepia; blueline
Environ A - roll #4
1980
Elderly housing prototype
B & B Association; for City Fair (?)
Valeria Batorewicz
[ Seattle, WA ]
pencil and ink on paper
Environ A - roll #5
1973-4
Housing Systems Corporation
Valeria Batorewicz
location unknown
pencil and ink in paper; blueline
New Haven
1970-3
Prototype
Housing Systems Associates; Housing Systems Corp.
Valeria Batorewicz
location unknown
pencil on vellum and paper; blueline; sepia
Schwartz , Mr. & Mrs Eli
see Bethany House
see Environ A - roll #2
Boxed Material,
1947-1981
Early architectural,
1963-1967
Includes projects from Batorewicz's early work with established
architects.
1
Val Michelson and Associates/ A Summer Colony for the
Visual Arts
1964
1
Val Michelson and Associates/ business cards
n.d.
1
Val Michelson and Associates/ Design of habit for the
benedictine - Sisters of St Paul Priory
1966
1
Val Michelson and Associates/ Football Hall of Fame
1967
1
Val Michelson and Associates/ research proposal
1967
1
Val Michelson and Associates/ St Paul Priory
1963
1
William Thorsen, architect/ Foley Municipal Swimming
Pool
1960
Fulbright Fellowship - Spain,
1965-1966
Contains artwork, poetry, and scrapbooks from Batorewicz's time
spent in Spain.
2
Artwork
1965-6
2
Poetry
1965-6
2
Scrapbook
1965-7
2
Sketches in Spain
1965-6
os2
Sketches - mounted
1965-7
os3
Sketches - mounted
1965-7
Job files,
1969-1981
Includes various proposals for projects with several different
organizations as well as sketches and reductions of plans.
3
Environ A/ duplicate color xerox
n.d.
3
Environ A/ elderly housing prototype
1980
3
Environ A/ general business plan
1981
3
Environ C (?)/ architectural plans - reduced
1978
3
Environ C (?)/ miscellaneous sketches
1978
3
Environ C (?)/ rules and regulations - Department of
Labor and Industries
1977
3
Housing Systems Associates/ budget and expense book;
sketches; project notes and proposals
1969-70
3
Housing Systems Associates/ building permit - New
Haven
1971
3
Housing Systems Associates/ Environ Corporation
proposal
1969
3
Housing Systems Associates/ Environ I: Yale
industrialized housing research and design team
n.d.
3
Housing Systems Associates/ prototypes
1971
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ [ Ansonia ]
1973
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ [ Bethany ]
1974
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ [ manufacturing
technique for Environ A ] for exhibit
n.d.
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ application for approval
- Environ A
1973
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ correspondence
1973-9
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ cost estimates
1974
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ costs for "The Branford
House"
1974
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ Environ A
1973-4
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ Environ A
1972 (ca.)
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ Environ A1 thru A6
1972-4 (ca.)
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ model B 1455 [ Branford
]
1973
3
Housing Systems Corporation/ multiple family housing
1973 (ca.)
3
Miscellaneous/ artwork
n.d.
3
Miscellaneous/ designs
n.d.
3
Miscellaneous/ personal
n.d.
Portfolio Application for (?),
1957-1964
Includes a statement of proposed study as well as presentation
drawings of various projects.
4
Apache Plaza Court Shops - proposed sketches
1960
4
Apache Plaza Shopping Center - central court
1960
4
Builder's House
1961
4
Catholic Day School - Highcroft Country Day School
1961
4
Foley Municipal Pool
1960
4
Hotel for the University of Minnesota/ undergraduate
thesis
1959
4
Low rise housing
n.d.
4
Paintings
n.d.
4
Poetry
1963-4
4
Prospect Park Development/ high-rise housing
1957
4
Southeast Cooperative Housing/ Thomas F. Ellerbe
Prize in Architecture
n.d.
4
St Paul's Priory - Benedictine Convent
1962-4
4
Statement of proposed study
n.d.
4
Summer Colony for the Visual Arts/ Lebrun Traveling
Fellowship
1964
Publications,
1963-1979
Mainly includes magazines in which articles by or about
Batorewicz, her work, or her involvement in different organizations pertaining
to her work are published. Many illustrations of her original artwork and
drawings are reprinted in these publications.
5
Architectural Forum/ December
1963
5
Architectural Record/ mid-August
1978
5
Clippings
1964-79
5
Connecticut Architect/ Jan-Feb
1969
5
Environ A
n.d.
5
Foam Home
1974
5
Foam Mechanic News/ Feb.
1974
5
Fulbright Newsletter/ May
1966
5
Housing Systems Associates/ brochures
n.d.
5
Miscellaneous
n.d.
5
Plastics Focus
1972
5
Plastics in Construction
n.d.
5
Progressive Architecture
n.d.
5
Real estate today
1979
5
Scrapbook/ duplicate publications
1969, 72, 78-9
5
Society of Plastics Engineers
1974
5
Vision/ Spring-Summer
1973
5
Yale Alumni Magazine/ Dec.
1972
Sketch books,
1947?-1970
Includes student sketches, architectural sketches, and other
artwork.
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Student sketches; architectural sketches; other
artwork
1947?-70 (ca.)
Student work,
1947-1959
Contains autograph books from Batorewicz's childhood as well as
notebooks and projects from her time as a student in Venezuela as well as at
the University of Minnesota.
1
Germany/ autograph books
1947 (ca.)
1
Professor James E Stageberg/ Citizens League for
Better Housing
1956-9
1
Professor James E Stageberg/ Highcroft Country Day
School
1956-9
1
University of Minnesota/ A Hotel for the University
of Minnesota - undergraduate thesis
1959
1
University of Minnesota/ Egyptian and American Indian
drawings
1957-8
1
University of Minnesota/ Thomas F Ellerbe Prize in
Architecture-Southeast Cooperative Housing
1958
1
Venezuela/ Art History notebooks
1955 (ca.)
Photographs,
1959-1979
Includes photographs, color xerox, slides, negatives, contact
prints, and movie film of Batorewicz's work, projects, and travel in
Europe.
Color Xerox
P1
Ansonia/ interior
1974
Quantity: 5
P1
Bethany/ exterior
1974
Quantity: 1
P1
Branford/ interior, exterior
n.d.
Quantity: 6
P1
New Haven/ interior, exterior
1972
Quantity: 16
Film
F1 - F3
Movie film - 8mm
1968 (ca.)
Quantity: 5
Photographs
P1
Ansonia (1)/ exterior, interior, progression,
construction
1974
Quantity: 38
P1
Ansonia (2)/ contact prints (c) and negatives (n)
1974
Quantity: 7c; 5n
P1
Artwork/ paintings, pottery and sketches - negatives
and photos
n.d.
Quantity: 10
P1
Ashtabula project/ models
n.d.
Quantity: 10
P1
Bethany (1)/ exterior, progression, construction
1974
Quantity: 9
P1
Bethany (2)/ contact prints (c) and negatives (n)
n.d.
Quantity: 2c; 2n
P1
Branford (1)/ exterior, interior
n.d.
Quantity: 19
P1
Branford (2)/ contact prints (c) and negatives (n)
n.d.
Quantity: 2c; 2n
P1
Cuenca, Spain/ unmounted slide
1965-6
Quantity: 1
P1
Design #1/ models
1976
Quantity: 14
P1
Design #2/ models - negatives and photos
1977
Quantity: 13
P1
Environ A/ negatives
n.d.
Quantity: 3
P1
Factory/ progression
1974-5
Quantity: 14
P1
Hotel for the University of Minnesota- undergraduate
thesis/ plans
1959
Quantity: 9
P1
Isocynurate foam/ negatives
n.d.
Quantity: 1
P1
Miscellaneous and unidentified
n.d.
Quantity: 3
P1
Models/ contact prints (c) and negatives (n)
n.d.
Quantity: 1c; 6n
P1
New Haven (1)/ exterior, interior, progression
1972 (ca.)
Quantity: 126
P1
New Haven (2)/ contact prints (c) and negatives (n)
1972 (ca.)
Quantity: 35c; 21n
P1
Personal/ Valeria, American Architecture Exhibit
n.d.
Quantity: 4
P1
Production/ contact prints (c) and negatives (n)
n.d.
Quantity: 4c; 4n
P1
St John's Preperatory/ exterior, interior
n.d.
Quantity: 33
Slides
Drawer: B1
Artwork/ sketches, pottery, paintings
1966, 69
Quantity: 12
Drawer: B1
Bethany/ exterior, interior
1975
Quantity: 17
Drawer: B1
Branford/ exterior, interior, progression
1973-4, 1978-9
Quantity: 56
Drawer: B1
Brochure/ models
1969-70
Quantity: 8
Drawer: B1
Environ 1/ models, sketches, plans
1969-70
Quantity: 196
Drawer: B1
Environ A/ models, sketches, plans, progression
1970-1, 73
Quantity: 80
Drawer: B1
Environ C ("Ashtabula")/ models, prototype,
progression
1976-8
Quantity: 145
Drawer: B1
Lectures and presentations (?)/ manufacturing,
plastic camper, furniture
1969-70
Quantity: 20
Drawer: B1
Lectures and presentations/ models, plans, finished
prototypes,
1969, 78-9
Quantity: 280
Drawer: B1
Manufacturing/ molds (?)
1977
Quantity: 9
Drawer: B1
Manufacturing/ molds 1 & 2 and making parts
1976-7
Quantity: 32
Drawer: B1
Miscellaneous/ cats, flowers
1982
Quantity: 41
Drawer: B1
Models/ unidentified
1977
Quantity: 4
Drawer: B1
New Haven/ exterior, interior, progression,
construction
1971-2
Quantity: 282
Drawer: B1
New York City/ Guggenheim, Cloisters
1965
Quantity: 28
Drawer: B1
Personal/ family
1961-73
Quantity: 50
Drawer: B1
Project with students - Environ A/ models
1978-9
Quantity: 35
Drawer: B1
Project with students - Georgia Tech/ models, plans
1978-9
Quantity: 33
Drawer: B1
Project with students/ models, plans
1978-9
Quantity: 79
Drawer: B2
Ansonia/ exterior, interior, progression,
construction
1975, 78
Quantity: 92
Drawer: B2
Architecture USA/ St Petersburg, Russia
1965
Quantity: 233
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Aachen, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 16
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Algeciras, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 3
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Altamira, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 5
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Amsterdam, Holland
1965-6
Quantity: 15
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Anafi, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 1
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Artwork in Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 1
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Athens, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 94
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Avila, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 33
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Azores, Portugal
1965-6
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Barcelona, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 84
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Burgos, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 26
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Camporeal, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 17
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Cape Colonna [ Sunium
Promotorium ], Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Casablanca, Morocco
1965-6
Quantity: 25
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Chartres, France
1965-6
Quantity: 24
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Coca, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 24
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Cologne, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 60
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Copenhagen, Denmark
1965-6
Quantity: 91
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Cordoba, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 18
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Corinth, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B2
Fulbright Fellowship/ Crete, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 60
Drawer: B2
Saint Paul, Minnesota/ State Capitol
n.d.
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B2
Systems Research/ New Haven and Yale; Center Church
Project; World's Fair; furniture; plastics,
1965,67,69,78
Quantity: 267
Drawer: B2
Testing/ prefabricated designs
1976
Quantity: 172
Drawer: B2
Testing/ UpJohn model
1971-2
Quantity: 15
Drawer: B2
Val Michelson - school (?) [St John's Preperatory
School]/ exterior
1962
Quantity: 13
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Cuenca, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 13
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Duren, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 19
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Dusseldorf, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Epidaurus, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 6
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Florence, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 100
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Frankfurt, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Gerona, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 27
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Gibralter
1965-6
Quantity: 1
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Granada, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 26
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Grand Champ (?), France
1965-6
Quantity: 34
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Halen, Switzerland
1965-6
Quantity: 16
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Helsinki, Finland
1965-6
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Hill Town, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Ibiza, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 27
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Leon, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 27
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ London, England
1965-6
Quantity: 44
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Madrid, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 91
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Mainz, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 17
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Marseille, France
1965-6
Quantity: 17
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Merida, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 57
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Mycenae, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 1
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Navplion, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 3
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Naxos, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 11
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Nimes, France
1965-6
Quantity: 21
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Olimbia, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 9
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Oropesa, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 1
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Oviedo, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 12
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Paestum, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 19
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Palma de Majorca, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 9
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Paris, France
1965-6
Quantity: 148
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Parnes, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 4
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Paros, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 3
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Peloponnese, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Peniscola, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Pisa, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 16
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Pompei, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 15
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Ravena, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 15
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Rhine River, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 36
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Rome, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 155
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Saint-Denis, France
1965-6
Quantity: 13
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Salamanca, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 72
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ San Gemignano, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 16
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Santiago, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 39
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Santillana, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B3
Fulbright Fellowship/ Santorin, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 34
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Segovia, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 33
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Sevilla, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 24
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Siena, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 37
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Stockholm, Sweden
1965-6
Quantity: 20
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Switzerland
1965-6
Quantity: 32
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Tapiola, Finland
1965-6
Quantity: 8
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Tarragona, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 4
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Toledo, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 51
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Tyrins, Greece
1965-6
Quantity: 3
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Unidentified, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Valladolid, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 2
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Vatican, Rome
1965-6
Quantity: 24
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Venezia, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 21
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Venice, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 78
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Verona, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 7
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Versailles, France
1965-6
Quantity: 40
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Vicenza, Italy
1965-6
Quantity: 13
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Worms, Germany
1965-6
Quantity: 23
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Zamora, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 14
Drawer: B4
Fulbright Fellowship/ Zaragoza, Spain
1965-6
Quantity: 3
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Presentation notes
n.d.