Urban Design Case Studies

mc00157 Guide to the Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967-2007 MC 00157 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick;machine-readable finding aid created by: Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. Special Collections Research Center 2007 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-28T15:54-0400 Finding aid written in English. 2011 August; 2008-2009 Finding aid updated due to processing by Tish Wiggs, 2011 August. Finding aid updated by Todd Kosmerick to reflect additions to the collection. Peter Batchelor Papers MC 00157 Special Collections Research Center 29.0 Linear feet 1967-2007 The Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967-2007, contain correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, computer printouts, doctoral papers, graphic materials, and industry publications relating to Batchelor's career as a professional urban planner and his administration of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina’s (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program. Also included are VHS tapes of his lectures and exhibition materials created by students documenting Batchelor's time as a professor of design and urban planning at North Carolina State University. Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He taught at North Carolina State University’s School of Architecture from 1968 until 2007, when he retired as Professor Emeritus. Batchelor is also a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. 11 document cases, 10 cartons, 5 oversize flatboxes For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Batchelor, Peter Scope and Content Note

The Peter Batchelor Papers contain correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, computer printouts, doctoral papers, graphic materials, and industry publications relating to Batchelor's career as a professional urban planner. Also included are lectures and exhibition materials created by students documenting Batchelor's time as a professor at North Carolina State University.

Biographical Note

Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He began teaching at the North Carolina State University School of Architecture in 1968. As a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design he taught Anatomy of the City, an analysis of the principles underlying urban development; The Urban House, an integral element of urban form; and graduate urban design studios. His research interests included computer visualization and simulation of urban growth, typological studies of urban housing, and interactive community decision-making.

Batchelor is a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Professor Batchelor won more than 35 honors and awards for academic achievement, architectural design, drawing, communication, urban and regional planning and has written over 50 refereed articles in journals and technical reports. He also co-authored two books.

He has practiced urban design in three countries since 1963. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. He has chaired major national AIA committees and edited Urban Design Case Studies, and he was granted the status of Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design from the North Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees. Professor Batchelor retired in February 2007.

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Acquisitions Information

Donated by Peter Batchelor, 2007 (Accession numbers 2007-0203, 2007-0214, and 2007-0239), 2008 (Accession number 2008-0181), and 2009 (Accession number 2009-0054).

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Peter Batchelor Papers, MC 00157, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Organization of the Collection

This collection is arranaged into four series: Urban Design Assistance Program Records Faculty Papers Project Interact Urban Casebooks

Proccessing Information

Processed by Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick, 2007; machine readable finding aid created by Todd Kosmerick, April 2009 and Tish Wiggs, August 2011.

Related Material North Carolina State University, School of Architecture Records, UA 110.015 Batchelor, Peter Batchelor, Peter North Carolina State University. School of Architecture. Architects Architecture Architecture--North Carolina City planning City planning--Study and teaching--North Carolina Urban Planner Video tapes Urban Design Assistance Program Records MC 00157 Series 1 1974-2003 Scope and Content Note

Series consists of the records of largely from North Carolina’s Urban Design Assistance Program (UDAP), piloted by Peter Batchelor. The program’s expressed mission was “To provide professional assistance to North Carolina’s communities in the planning and management of the physical environment, and to identify methods of resolving problems of anticipated future growth.” A small number of files are from the American Institute of Architects' national UDAP program and highlight cities outside of North Carolina.

Organization of the Collection

Files are arranged alphabetically by city.

Asheville: Accounts 1 1 ca. 1988-1994 Asheville: Application for an R/UDAT 1 2 1988 Asheville: City of Asheville proclamation 1 3 1989 Asheville: Correspondence 1 4 1988-1994 Asheville: Correspondence and photograph, David Godschalk to Peter Batchelor 1 5 1989 Asheville: NEA grant application and supporting documents 1 6 1988 Asheville: News releases 1 7 1988-1990 Asheville: Notes, one of two 1 8 ca. 1988 Asheville: Notes, two of two 1 9 ca. 1988 Asheville: Printed materials 1 10 ca. 1999 Asheville: Publications 1 11 ca. 1988-1990 Asheville: Report 1 11 1 12 1989 Asheville: Resume 1 13 ca. 1988 Asheville: Workshop agenda and team notes 1 14 ca. 1988-1990 Butte: Report 1 15 1972 Caswell County: Accounts 1 16 2000 Caswell County: Caswell RDAT March 19, 2001 1 17 2001 Caswell County: Contracts 1 18 ca. 2000-2001 Caswell County: Correspondence 1 19 1999-2001 Caswell County: Ephemera 1 20 ca. 1999-2001 Caswell County: News releases 1 21 2000 Caswell County: Photographs 2 1 ca. 1999-2001 Caswell County: Press clippings, one of two 2 2 2000 Caswell County: Press clippings, two of two 2 3 2000 Caswell County: Report 2 4 2000 Caswell County: Workshop agendas and team notes 2 5 2000 Dundalk: Report 2 6 2001 Dundalk: UDAT Dundalk 11/2001 to Jane Willeboordse 2 7 2001 Dundalk: Images of Dundalk, Maryland 2 7 2001 Dundalk: Museums of Science and Technology and images of Dundalk, Maryland 2 7 2001 Durham: Accounts 2 8 1995-1996 Durham: Correspondence 2 9 1995 Durham: Drawings 2 10 ca. 1995 Durham: Official visitors' guide 2 11 ca. 1995 Durham: Press clippings 2 12 1995 Durham: Report 2 13 1995 Durham: Team notes, one of two 2 14 ca. 1995 Durham: Team notes, two of two 2 15 ca. 1995 Fayetteville: Report 3 2002 Jamestown: Accounts 3 2 1996-1997 Jamestown: Agendas and team notes 3 3 ca. 1996-1999 Jamestown: Architectural drawings 1 4 3 4 ca. 1996-1999 Jamestown: Correspondence 3 5 1996-1999 Jamestown: "Critique - Main Street" 3 6 1996 Farmer, Ben Jamestown: Press clippings 3 7 1996-1997 Jamestown: Report 3 8 1997 Kennewick: Bringing back the magic of the river 3 9 2002 Kennewick: Community letters of support 3 10 2002 Kennewick: Press clippings 3 11 2003 Kennewick: Printed materials 3 12 circa 2002-2003 Kennewick: Report 4 1 2003 Kennewick: Workshop agendas and team notes 4 2 2003 Laurinburg: Accounts 4 3 1987-1988 Laurinburg: Architectural drawings 4 4 ca. 1987-1988 Laurinburg: Certificates of recognition 4 5 1988 Laurinburg: Correspondence 4 6 4 7 1987-1988 Laurinburg: Downtown Revitalization Corportion 4 7 1988 Laurinburg: Personal notes 4 8 circa 1988 Laurinburg: Photographs 4 9 ca. 1988 Laurinburg: Press clippings 4 10 1988 Laurinburg: Report and drafts 4 11 1988 Laurinburg: Slides 4 12 ca. 1988 Laurinburg: Workshop agenda and team notes 4 13 1988 Macon: Report 4 14 1975 Randallstown: Report 4 15 2003 Randallstown: UDAT presentation 4 16 circa 2003 Salisbury: Accounts 5 1 1995-1997 Salisbury: AIA/CES program description form 5 2 1995 Salisbury: Architectural drawings 5 3 ca. 1994 Salisbury: Brochures 5 4 ca. 1994-1995 Salisbury: Correspondence, one of two 5 5 1994-1996 Salisbury: Correspondence, two of two 5 6 1994-1996 Salisbury: News releases 5 7 1995 Salisbury: Notes 5 8 ca. 1994-1996 Salisbury: Press clippings, one of two 5 9 1996 Salisbury: Press clippings, two of two 5 10 1996 Salisbury: Report 5 11 1997 Salisbury: Roadmap for the 21st century 1 VHS tape. Salisbury: Slides 5 12 ca. 1996-1997 Salisbury: Towards a vision of the future 5 4 1995 Salisbury: Workshop agendas and team notes 5 13 ca. 1995-1997 Southport: Accounts 5 14 1990-1992 Southport: Correspondence 5 15 1990-1991 Southport: Report 5 16 1991 Thomasville: Accounts 6 1 1997-1999 Thomasville: Correspondence, one of two 6 2 1997 Thomasville: Correpondence, two of two 6 3 1998-1999 Thomasville: Drawings 6 4 ca. 1997-1999 Thomasville: News releases 6 5 1997-1998 Thomasville: Personal notes 6 6 ca. 1997-1999 Thomasville: Photographs 6 7 ca. 1920-1999 Thomasville: Press clippings, one of two 6 8 1997-1998 Thomasville: Press clippings, two of two 6 9 1997-1999 Thomasville: Report 6 10 1999 Thomasville: Slides 6 11 ca. 1998-1999 Thomasville: Steering committee agendas and schudules 6 12 1997-1999 Thomasville: Urban design study letters of support 6 13 1997 Wake Forest: Accounts 6 14 1986-1987 Wake Forest: Certificates of recognition 6 15 1986 Wake Forest: Correspondence 7 1 1986-1987 Wake Forest: Downtown redevelopment plans 7 2 1986 Wake Forest: Press clippings 7 3 1986-1989 Wake Forest: Report and drafts 7 4 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, downtown scenes 7 5 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, East Elm Street (White to Main) 7 6 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, East/South White Street 7 7 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, Jones Avenue 7 8 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, miscellaneous scenes 7 9 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, Owen Street 7 10 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, railroad scenes 7 11 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, residential scenes 7 12 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, Roosevelt Avenue 7 13 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, Wake Forest Seminary 7 14 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Slides, West/South White Street 7 15 ca. 1986 Wake Forest: Transcript of community presentation 7 16 1986 Wake Forest: Workshop agenda and team notes 7 17 ca. 1986 Wallowa County: Report 7 18 2007 Wilson: Report 7 19 1974 Winston-Salem: Accounts 8 1 1992-1993 Winston-Salem: Correspondence, one of two 8 2 1990-1992 Winston-Salem: Correspondence, two of two 8 3 1992-1993 Winston-Salem: Correspondence and enclosures, Glenn Simmons to Peter Batchelor 8 4 1992 Winston-Salem: Letters of support 8 5 1992 Winston-Salem: News releases 8 6 1992 Winston-Salem: Notes 8 7 1990-1992 Winston-Salem: Resumes 8 8 ca. 1992 Winston-Salem: Southeast Gateway newsletters and committee lists 8 9 ca. 1992 Winston-Salem: Report 8 10 1992 Winston-Salem: Workshop agendas and team notes 8 11 1992 Winston-Salem: Workshop information package 8 12 1992 UDAT General Records: AIA publications 8 13 1990-1993 UDAT General Records: Conference report 8 14 1996 UDAT General Records: Correspondence, 1986-1990 8 15 1986-1990 UDAT General Records: Correspondence and resumes, 1986-1990 8 16 1986-1990 UDAT General Records: Correspondence, 1992-1999 9 1 1992-1999 UDAT General Records: Form letters and notes 9 2 ca. 1986-1992 UDAT General Records: Handbook 9 3 1986 UDAT General Records: Help for Downtowns 9 4 1997 Lewis, Douglas R. UDAT General Records: Notes 9 5 ca. 1996-1999 UDAT General Records: Potential UDATs, 1986-1996 9 6 1986-1996 UDAT General Records: Promotional materials and drafts 9 7 ca. 1986-1996 UDAT General Records: Resumes, undated 9 8 ca. 1986-1996 UDAT General Records: Urban Design in Action, Vol. 29 9 9 1985-1986 Note

A student publication of the School of Design, North Carolina State University.

Faculty Papers MC 00157 Series 2 1983-2007 Scope and Contents note

The Faculty Papers series consists of one carton of Peter Batchelor's lectures from the Fall 1994 class ARC 570: Anatomy of a City and nine cartons containing exhibit panels created by his students in that class between 1983 and 2007. The lectures are preserved on 31 VHS tapes. The exhibits, executed on foam core, use multiple panels each to explain the history and development of various cities throughout the world.

Organization of the Collection

VHS tapes are in one carton together, roughly in chronological order. Student presentations are organized alphabetically by city name.

Anatomy of the City: Albuquerque Accession no. 2008-0181 2 1993 Anatomy of the City: Amsterdam Accession no. 2008-0181 2 1985 Anatomy of the City: Anchorage Accession no. 2008-0181 2 2003 Anatomy of the City: Augusta Accession no. 2008-0181 2 2005 Anatomy of the City: Austin 2 2007 Anatomy of the City: Baltimore 2 1993 Anatomy of the City: Barcelona Accession no. 2008-0181 3 1996 Anatomy of the City: Boise 3 1997 Anatomy of the City: Buffalo Accession no. 2008-0181 3 1994 Anatomy of the City: Capetown 3 2002 Anatomy of the City: Charleston 3 2003 Anatomy of the City: Charlotte 3 1993 Anatomy of the City: Cincinnati 4 1992 Anatomy of the City: Comparative Grains 4 1990-2005 Anatomy of the City: Copenhagen Accession no. 2008-0181 4 2007 Anatomy of the City: Coral Gables Accession no. 2008-0181 4 1990 Anatomy of the City: Denver Accession no. 2008-0181 4 1997-1998 Anatomy of the City: Durham 4 1992 Anatomy of the City: Florence Accession no. 2008-0181 5 1983 Anatomy of the City: Honolulu Accession no. 2008-0181 5 2006 Anatomy of the City: Istanbul 5 2003 Anatomy of the City: Lectures 1 1 carton August 24, 1994 - November 18, 1994 Thirty-one VHS tapes, each a recording of a lecture presented by Professor Peter Batchelor to student in ARC 570 "Anatomy of a City," a class offered at N.C. State during the Fall of 1994. Each presenation is approximately 45 to 50 minutes in length. Anatomy of the City: Madrid 5 1998 Anatomy of the City: Nashville 6 1997 Anatomy of the City: New Orleans 1992 6 1992 Anatomy of the City: New Orleans 2000 Accession no. 2008-0181 6 2000 Anatomy of the City: Orkatoy 6 1993 Anatomy of the City: Philadelphia 6 1997 Anatomy of the City: Pittsburgh 6 1995 Anatomy of the City: Prague 2002 7 2002 Anatomy of the City: Prague 2006 7 2006 Anatomy of the City: Princeton 7 1989 Anatomy of the City: Quebec 7 1992 Anatomy of the City: Reykjavik 7 2000 Anatomy of the City: Richmond 8 1995 Anatomy of the City: Rome 8 1997 Anatomy of the City: San Diego Accession no. 2008-0181 8 2002 Anatomy of the City: San Francisco 8 2006 Anatomy of the City: Savannah 8 1988 Anatomy of the City: Savannah 2005 8 2005 Anatomy of the City: Seattle 9 1983 Anatomy of the City: Seattle 2007 9 2007 Anatomy of the City: Stuttgart Accession no. 2008-0181 9 1997 Anatomy of the City: Sydney Accession no. 2008-0181 9 1998 Anatomy of the City: Tel Aviv 9 1994 Anatomy of the City: Tulsa 10 1994 Anatomy of the City: Vancouver 10 2003 Anatomy of the City: Venice 10 1998 Anatomy of the City: Wilmington 1998 10 1998 Anatomy of the City: Wilmington 2005 10 2005 Anatomy of the City: York 10 1990 Determinants of Urban Form 5 1967-1971 Batchelor, Peter Note

Bound collection of essays "written in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for Doctoral candidates in City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania."

Project Interact MC 00157 Series 3 1966-1974 Organization of the Collection

Printouts are named and grouped according to titles handwritten on their spines.

Note

General Notes at the file level reflect metadata collected from the front of each printout.

Scope and Content Note

Series composed of large-scale computer printouts, documenting urban and rural planning trends from 1966 to 1974. Computer models were designed by Peter Batchelor and his students at North Carolina State University.

Currituck phase 1/72 2 December 1972 Note

Program CRK3. First resoultion model (lowest score identifies winner). Designed by C. Tessier.

Grid 1 28 November 1970 Note

Program GRID. Compiled from deack provided by Tim Hoke.

Grid data sets 1 December 1970 to January 1971 Note

Four total data sets: 1. December 1970. Data set PCIT. This is a tabular print-out of hte hypothetical data for Piedmont City (data used to test GRID program). 2. January 1971. Listing using editor program of set created for maps in VIW4. "Data Set RAL1" 3. 23 December 1970. Data Set RAL2. Ran as RLED. 4. 10 December 1970. Data Set RAL2. This is a tabular print-out of the growth of residences in Raleigh area from 1960 to 1969.

Plot programs 1 May 1971 Note

Project SILECT. Physical and economic site selection program for architectural feasibility studies. Compiled and ran by Jim Branden.

Project interact 72 2 August 1972 to September 1972 Note

Collection of four total printouts: 1. August 1972. Raleigh metropolitan area data bank data set - Ral 1 - mapped in single character form in 6'10 proportion. 2. August 1972. Models A to E mapped in full size 1/2" to 1/2" grid cell form. 3. August 1972. Models A to E mapped in single character form in 6'10 proportion. 4. September 1972. JCL for workshop models A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, and carbon copy print in 6:10 proportion.

Project interact 74 3 December 1974 Note

Collection of three printouts: 1. Program CRK21. Seven land allocation models and listing of actor's preferences. Based on studio work for Fall 1974. Program ran December 1974. 2. Program CRK32. Project interact workshop December 4-5, 1974. Resolution model weighed by actor's representatives. Program ran December 5, 1974. 3. Program CRK22. Project interact workshop December 4-5, 1974. Seven land allocation models and listing of actor's preferences. Program ran December 5, 1974.

Service programs 3 1966 to 1972 Note

Collection of 14 printouts: 1. Fortrain IV problems: exercises in the use of Fortran IV at the University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1967 2. Sympa program: control package for map of Chicago (ran: 1968, Univ. Pa.) 3. Symap program: map of Raleigh based on grid cell system data. Ran May 1969. 4. Grid program: map produced using computations on basic data. Ran December 1967. 5. UIW4 title block: as used in UIW4 studio 1970-1971. Created by Jay Pearce, assited by Tim Hoke, Marian Scott (October 1970). 6. Program conversion program #1: takes several 80 card decks with 80 integers per card and converts it into 6400 card deck partially filled with integers. October 1970. 7. Program conversion program #2. 8. Program SSQ2. Dev. December 1966; rerun December 1970. 9. Program SSQ1. Dev. December 1966; rerun December 1970. 10. Load program RALIN. December 1970. 11. Program AVD. July 1972. (P. Batchelor) 12. Load program PCIT. December 1970. 13. Control program SMPS1. April to December 1970. 14. MPS 360 linear program package. April 1971.

URDB Ral 1 4 28-29 October 1971 URDB Ral 2 3 28-29 October 1971 Reports 5 1 1971 Batchelor, Peter Manual for Raleigh metropolitan area data bank: 1960-1970 general characteristics 5 2 1970 Manual for Currituck County computerized data base, Curr1 5 3 1970 Urban Casebooks MC 00157 Series 4 1983-1989 Scope and Content Note

"Urban Casebooks" was a series of 24 articles written by Peter Batchelor appearing from 1986-1989 in the "Leader", a Research Triangle Park news magazine. Included here are notes, photographs, drafts, and research, all relating to the completed articles. Copies of the "Leader" are also included with most of the casebooks.

Organization of the Collection

Organized chronologically by casebook number.

Analyses of newspaper columns 10 1 1983 Concept card notes 10 2 ca. 1986-1989 Correspondence 10 3 1983-1989 Development notes 10 4 1984-1988 Format studies 10 5 ca. 1986-1989 Potenital case studies 10 6 1984-1986 Potential case studies photographs 10 7 1988 Research on issues 10 8 1983 Research proposals 10 9 1984 Urban Casebook 1: Preserving a link with history 10 10 1984 Urban Casebook 1: Preserving a link with history photographs 10 11 1983 Urban Casebook 2: Traffic and city growth 10 12 1984 Urban Casebook 3: Gateway to the city 10 13 1984 Urban Casebook 3: Gateway to the city photographs 10 14 1984 Urban Casebook 4: Image of a city 10 15 1984 Urban Casebook 4: Image of a city photographs 10 16 1984 Urban Casebook 5: NCSU's Centennial Campus 10 17 1987 Urban Casebook 5: NCSU's Centennial Campus photographs 10 18 1987 Urban Casebook 6: Downtown Wake Forest 10 19 1987 Urban Casebook 7: Image of a region 10 20 1987 Urban Casebook 8: Visual identity for RTP 10 21 1987 Urban Casebook 9: Suburban shopping centers 10 22 1987 Urban Casebook 9: Suburban shopping centers photographs 10 23 1987 Urban Casebook 10: Village center in the city 11 1 1987 Urban Casebook 10: Village center in the city photographs 11 2 1987 Urban Casebook 11: Showdown on Route 70 11 3 1987 Urban Casebook 12: Cluttered streetscapes 11 4 1987 Urban Casebook 12: Cluttered streetscapes photographs 11 5 1987 Urban Casebook 13: Future travel in the region 11 6 1987 Urban Casebook 14: Preserving a natural heritage 11 7 1987 Urban Casebook 15: Urban renaissance 11 8 1988 Urban Casebook 16: Rebuilding Durham's urban core 11 9 1988 Urban Casebook 16: Rebuilding Durham's urban core photographs 11 10 1987 Urban Casebook 17: Country living in the suburbs 11 11 1988 Urban Casebook 18: Street of many personalities 11 12 1988 Urban Casebook 18: Street of many personalities photographs 11 13 ca. 1988 Urban Casebook 19: Give us back the sky 11 14 1988 Urban Casebook 19: Give us back the sky photographs 11 15 ca. 1988 Urban Casebook 20: Roads are forever 11 16 1988 Urban Casebook 20: Roads are forever photographs 11 17 1988 Urban Casebook 21: Heart of a town 11 18 1988 Urban Casebook 22: Next stop: the park 11 19 1988 Urban Casebook 23: Unbuilding the city 11 20 1988 Urban Casebook 24: Night driving 11 21 1988