Preliminary Inventory to the Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967 - 2007 MC 00157 -- NCSU Special Collections

MC 00157 Preliminary Inventory to the Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967 - 2007

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This collection contains papers belonging to Peter Batchelor, a professor of architecture and urban design at North Carolina State University. Included are correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, architectural drawings, maps, computer printouts, doctoral papers, student works, photographic slides, DVDs, CDs, videotape, and industry publications related to urban planning.

Peter Batchelor, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the North Carolina State University School of Architecture tought 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.

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This collection is open for research. Access requires at least 24 hours notices.

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).

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[Identification of item], Peter Batchelor Papers, MC 157, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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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 tought 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 has 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 Februrary, 2007.

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MC 00157

Creator

Batchelor, Peter

Quantity

39.0 Linear feet

General Physical Description note

26 cartons

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff external link .

Language

English

Related Material

North Carolina State University, Dept. of Architecture Records

Architects

Architecture--North Carolina

Batchelor, Peter

City planning--Study and teaching--North Carolina

North Carolina State University. School of Architecture.

Urban Planner

Preliminary inventory. The materials have been maintained in the order received, and they fall into five series: Urban Design Assistance Program Records, Project Interact Computer Printouts, Exhibit Materials, Urban Casebook Files, and Other Papers.

Series 1: Urban Design Assistance Program Records, 1986 - 1999
(64 cartons)

Contained here are Batchelor's files from the AIANC Urban Design Assistance Program.

NCAIA/UDAT

[Carton 1, Folder 1] NCAIA Urban Design Assistance Team

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Development Plan For the City of Southport, February 13-16, 1991

[Carton 1, Folder 1] The Riverfront Plan

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Development Plan for Downtown Laurinburg, April 20-23, 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Downtown Wake Forest, December 10-13, 1986

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Column Layouts, December 10-13, 1986

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Correspondence (Folder 1)

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Correspondence (Folder 2)

[Carton 1, Folder 1] UDAT Brochure, 1990

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Resumes, 1990

[Carton 1, Folder 1] Form Letters, Originals, 1990

UDAT 1 Wake Forest

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Downtown Wake Forest

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Originals

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Accounts

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Report

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Duplicates/Lists

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Notes/Documents

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Scenes of Downtown

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Residential Scenes

[Carton 1, Folder 2] West / S White Street

[Carton 1, Folder 2] East / S White Street

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Jones Ave

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Owen St

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Railroad Scenes

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Wake Forest Seminary

[Carton 1, Folder 2] Team Slides

UDAT 2 Laurinburg

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Development Plan for Downtown Laurinburg

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Correspondence Notes, April 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Original on Studio Diskette, September 15, 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Maps, April 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Accounts, April 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Report, April 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] General Information, April 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] News Clippings, April 1988

[Carton 1, Folder 3] SECU Laurinburg

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Laurinburg Photos

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Laurinburg Slides

[Carton 1, Folder 3] Framework for Growth

UDAT 3 Asheville

[Carton 2, Folder 2] The Riverfront Plan, April 26-29, 1989

[Carton 2, Folder 2] Design Charette Background Information

[Carton 2, Folder 2] Publication

[Carton 2, Folder 2] Correspondence

[Carton 2, Folder 2] Notes

[Carton 2, Folder 2] Receipts

UDAT 4 Southport

[Carton 2, Folder 3] Correspondence

[Carton 2, Folder 3] Receipts

[Carton 2, Folder 3] Development Plan for the City of Southport, February 13-16, 1991

UDAT 5 Winston-Salem

[Carton 2, Folder 4] The Southeast Gateway Plan, November 1992

[Carton 2, Folder 4] General Correspondence

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Articles, Clippings

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Accounts/Receipts

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Team Resumes

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Site Information/Problem Definition

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Photographs

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Team Correspondence

[Carton 2, Folder 4] Winston-Salem Southeast Gateway, November 1992

UDAT 6 Durham

[Carton 3, Folder 1] Durham Central Park

[Carton 3, Folder 1] Official Visitors Guide Durham

[Carton 3, Folder 1] Durham - General Correspondence

[Carton 3, Folder 1] Durham Accounts

[Carton 3, Folder 1] Durham News Items

[Carton 3, Folder 1] Durham Team Notes

[Carton 3, Folder 1] UDAT/6 Current

UDAT 7 Salisbury

[Carton 3, Folder 2] UDART Salisbury

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Salisbury General

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Salisbury Accounts

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Salisbury Clippings & Memorabilia

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Originals

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Salisbury Team

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Blueprints

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Innes Street Correspondence

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Innes Street Accounts

[Carton 3, Folder 2] Slides

UDAT 8 Jamestown

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Jamestown Correspondence

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Account Summary

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Jamestown Accounts

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Jamestown News Clippings

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Jamestown Map

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Jamestown (Report), March 1997

[Carton 3, Folder 3] Jamestown

AIANC UDAT

[Carton 4, Folder 1] AiA North Carolina Urban Design Assistance Program (Brochure)

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Jamestown, NC (Urban Design Assistance Team report), 1996

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Thomasville...A New Beginning, Feb. 1999

[Carton 4, Folder 1] UDAT...INNES Street Corridor Project Review, April 2-3, 1997

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Durham Central Park, June 5-10, 1995

[Carton 4, Folder 1] The Southeast Gateway Plan, Winston-Salem, NC (Report), 1992

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Development Plan For the City of Southport (Report), February 13-16, 1991

[Carton 4, Folder 1] AIANC: Hosting An Urban Design Assistance Team

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Caswell County

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Correspondence (Assorted letters), September 1, 1999

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Everyday Communities Everyday Neighborhoods, March 21-24, 1996

[Carton 4, Folder 1] School of Design

[Carton 4, Folder 1] Help for Dowtowns; Lewis Thesis (M.A.L.S.), 1997

[Carton 26] Urban Design Assitance Team, Printed Materials (Reports, Plans, Recommendations), 1972-1995

[Carton 26] DVDs (5) on Kennwick, Washington

[Carton 26] CDs (5) with Presentations and Images of Dundalk, Maryland; and Randallstown.

[Carton 26] Salisbury "Roadmap for 21st Century" [videotape]

Series 2:
                                           Project Interact Computer Printouts,
                                          1970 - 1974
2.5 Linear feet
                                          (2 cartons)
                                          
Project Interact was a simulation of urban growth and change utilizing computerized information systems. Contained here are
                                    computer printouts on bar paper of the grid maps developed through this project, which may also have gone by the name Urban
                                    and Regional Data Bank.
                                 

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Currituck Phase 1/72,
                                       1972
                                    

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Grid,
                                       1970
                                    Grid program and map control decks

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Grid Date Sets,
                                       1970
                                    Series 1 data sets

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Plot Programs,
                                       1971
                                    Program Silect (Physical and Economic Site Selection Program for architectural feasibility studies)

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Currituck Plan Manual,
                                       1972
                                    

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Project Interact Booklets,
                                       1973 - 1975
                                    

                                    [Carton
                                    5]
                                    Urban and Regional Data Bank, Raleigh Mapping Manuals,
                                       1971
                                    

                                    [Carton
                                    6]
                                    Project Interact 72,
                                       1972
                                    Data sets and prints of models. JCL for workshop model.

                                    [Carton
                                    6]
                                    Project Interact 74,
                                       1974
                                    Program CRK22. Project Interact workshop, Dec. 1974. Seven land allocations and listing of actor's preferences.

                                    [Carton
                                    6]
                                    Service Programs,
                                       1972
                                    Miscellaneous programs, service programs. Program AVD Variation No. 1.

                                    [Carton
                                    6]
                                    URDB RAL 1
                                    Series 1 grid maps of data set RAL 1, Urban and Regional Data Bank.

                                    [Carton
                                    6]
                                    URDB RAL 2
                                    Series 1 grid maps of data set RAL 2, Urban and Regional Data Bank.

Series 3: Other Papers, 1967 - 1971
0.5 Linear feet

Contained here are documents that do not fall under the other series.

[Carton 6] Determinants of Urban Form, 1967 - 1971 (Accession no. 2007-0239)

Doctoral papers

[Carton 26] Urban Design in Action, NCSU School of Design Student Publiction, Vol. 29, 1985

Series 4:
                                           Exhibit Materials,
                                          1983-2007
27.0 Linear feet
                                          (18 cartons)
                                          
Contained here are maps, drawings, and other materials displayed in the exhibit 
                                     Anatomy of the City, based on work done in Professor Batchelor's classes. Also included are videotapes of lectures from his ARC 570 class.
                                 
                                    [Carton
                                    7]
                                    ARC 570, Fall 1994, Lectures 1-10 [videotapes],
                                       1994
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    8]
                                    ARC 570, Fall 1994, Lectures 11-23 [videotapes],
                                       1994
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    9]
                                    ARC 570, Fall 1994, Lectures 24-32 [videotapes],
                                       1994
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    10]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Anchorage, Charleston, Vancouver,
                                       2003
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    11]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Coral Gables, Istanbul,
                                       1990
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    12]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Amsterdam, Savannah, York, New Orleans, Quebec , Baltimore, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, Orkatoy, Philadelphia,
                                       1985-1997
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    13]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Barcelona, Richmond, Pittsburgh,
                                       1995-1996
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    14]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Buffalo, Tulsa, Tel Aviv,
                                       1994
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    15]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Stuttgart, Nashville, Boise,
                                       1997
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    16]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Albuquerque, Durham, Cincinnati,
                                       1992-1993
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    17]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Sydney, Venice, Madrid,
                                       1998
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    18]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Florence, Princeton,
                                       1983-1989
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    19]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Denver, Wilmington, Rome,
                                       1997-1998
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    20]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Augusta, Savannah, Wilmington,
                                       2005
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    21]
                                    Anatomy of the City: New Orleans, Reykjavik, Comparative Grain,
                                       2000
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    22]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Honolulu, Prague,
                                       2006
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    23]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Prague, San Diego,
                                       2002
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    24]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Copenhagen, Austin TX,
                                       2007
                                       
                                       (Accession no. 2008-0181)
                                       
                                    [Carton
                                    25]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Capetown, San Francisco,
                                       2002-2006
                                    
                                    [Carton
                                    26]
                                    Anatomy of the City: Seattle,
                                       2007

[Carton 25]

Urban Casebook Files [inventory in carton], 1983-1989

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