Title

Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Education

Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Architecture, University of British Columbia (with honors)

Biography

Peter Batchelor, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, teaches 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.

He has practiced urban design in three countries over the previous 44 years. He has chaired major national AIA committees and edited Urban Design Case Studies . A licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning, he directs the AIANC Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. He has achieved national prominence as an educator and has received 31 major awards for his work in the field of urban design. Professor Batchelor’s research interests include computer visualization and simulation of urban growth, typological studies of urban housing, and interactive community decision-making. He has authored 49 refereed articles in journals and technical reports, contributed to 11 technical studies, 14 AIA and AIA North Carolina Urban Design Assistance Team Studies, and co-authored two books: Collaborative Design in Community Development and Urban Design in Action. Two additional books are pending publication: Anatomy of the City and The Urban House.

Significant funded research studies include the following: Residential Performance Standards, National Research Council of Canada, 1960; Horizontal Multiple Housing, BCE Fellowship, 1963-1965; Information, Values and Public Policy, NIH 1971-1972; Interdisciplinary Computer Simulation of Growth and Change, NSF, 1971-1975; Land Use Control Systems, NC Dept of Natural and Economic Resources, 1972-1973; Housing Research: Typological Studies, NCSU 1985-86; Definition of Housing, NC legal research, 1987; Multifamily Housing for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-CH, 1992; Campus Development Planning for the NC School of the Arts, NCSA, 1993; Adult Campus for the Learning Disabled, Oceanside, NC, 1995; Cultural Center for Native Americans, Halifax, NC 1996; Growth Visualization Studies for the Triangle J Council of Governments, 1996-1998; an Earth Resources Center for the NC Zoological society, 1999-2000; and growth visualization studies for the town of Chapel Hill, 2002.

Focus Area

Urban design history and development of cities' urban housing

Departments

Architecture, Emeritus, Faculty