Sim Van der Ryn is an American architect. He is also a researcher and educator. Van der Ryn's professional interest has been applying principles of physical and social ecology to architecture and environmental design. Van der Ryn has promoted sustainable design at the community scale and the building-specific scale. He has designed single-family and multi-family housing, community facilities, retreat centers and resorts, learning facilities, as well as office and commercial buildings. Biography Van der Ryn was appointed California State Architect in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown in the late 1970s. Van der Ryn was in the architecture faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in California. Early life Sim Van Der Ryn was born in 1935 (age 85) in the Netherlands. His family moved to Queens, New York, then moved to Great Neck, New York on Long Island. Education He received education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, graduating at the age of 24 with a degree in B.Arch., in 1958. During that year he moved to California and joined the UC Berkeley faculty where he became an educator for 35 years. Later in his career, he was listed as a state architect in California and New Mexico. Sim also, became a licensed architect where he received a certification by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Teaching career Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA. 1958-1966. Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1966-1970. Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1970. Goff Chair of Innovative Architecture, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2001. Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 2019. Professional efforts Sim’s vision has always been to include ecological values and philosophies to the built environment. He introduced new academic intervention programs through elementary schools in Berkeley, California One of the programs motto was “trash can do it” this method of recycling materials would encourage students to utilize resources through a new approach. The hands-on methods of understanding allowed students to grasped a real-life perspective of different materials and convert them to environmentally functional projects. The program Created opportunities to enhance and develop manual, intellectual and social skills. They have created and established a do it yourself guideline to rectify educational systems. Sim had an innovate and unconventional approach to teaching. In his classes he insisted on creating a more balanced force between male and female candies. He