Internationally recognized for excellence in patient care and vision research, University of California Berkeley’s Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science provides comprehensive eye care to the Berkeley campus and the local community, with more than 80,000 annual patient visits.

Following a comprehensive study by TEF to expand the school on campus, construction of a new clinic for the School of Optometry will include a clinic, Sports Vision, and Vision Therapy spaces, as well as the Academy for Advanced Clinical Education. Gross project area is approximately 38,000-square-feet. 

“Students at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science not only become clinicians (OD) and researchers (PhD), but also complete our program with an understanding of the diseases they diagnose and the treatments they prescribe. We take pride in our ability to train technically proficient doctors and researchers who are also well educated in clinical and basic science,” says the UCB School of Optometry.

The project’s estimated completion date is 2025.

TEF Design team
Alyosha Verzhbinsky, Principal-in-Charge
Justin Blinn

Project Team
Architecture and Interiors: TEF Design
Urban Design Consulting Engineers: Joint Trench Consultant
Sustainability Consultant: Stock
Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, and Low-Voltage Design Engineers: Guttmann & Blaevoet
Structural Engineering: Forell Elsesser
Acoustical Consulting: Salter
Civil Engineering: BKF
Signage/Wayfinding Design: Clearstory
Cost Estimating: Cumming
Client: University of California at Berkeley

Renderings
TEF Design