Clare Cooper Marcus Collection 2011.-14
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
2017
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820
designarchives@berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Marcus, Clare Cooper Collection
Creator:
Marcus, Clare Cooper
Identifier/Call Number: 2011.-14
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet:
14 Document Boxes, 1 Flat Box
Date (inclusive): 1963- circa 1995
Language of Material:
English
.
Access Statement
Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice
is required for use.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Clare Cooper Marcus Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Funding
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Beatrix Jones Farrand Endowment through the Landscape Architecture
and Environmental Planning Department of University of California, Berkeley.
Biographical Note
Clare Cooper Marcus first attended the University of London where she graduated in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in Cultural
and Historical Geography. Soon after in 1958, Marcus received a master's degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln
in Urban Geography. Marcus finished her education with master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966
in City and Regional Planning. Her master's thesis at Berkeley was titled,
Some Social Implications of House and Site Plan Design at Easter Hill Village: A Case Study, and outlined her, soon to be, lifelong interest in relations among physical environments and social behaviors.
In 1969, Clare Cooper Marcus began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley in the department of Architecture and
Landscape Architecture and continued to teach there until 1994 when she retired from teaching full-time under the title of
Professor Emerita. Her teaching emphasized the social implications of open space design; user needs in high-density housing;
behavior in public open spaces; and the needs of children in the natural and built environment. Often calling herself an "
Environment-Behavior Researcher," Marcus pioneered her own field concerning the psychological and sociological aspects of
architecture, landscape, and urban design.
As a faculty member and professor, Marcus taught both undergraduate and graduate courses with her most popular and longest
running class being "Social and Psychological Factors in Open Space Design." She continued research throughout her time at
the University of California, Berkeley at sites throughout the Bay Area such as St. Francis Square (San Francisco, CA), Geneva
Towers (San Francisco, CA), Easter Hill (Richmond, CA), and Eichler Towers (San Francisco, CA). Marcus conducts her research
through detailed observations of people's behaviors and through interviews of residents. Her extensive research has prompted
books such as
House as a Symbol of the Self (1974) and
Housing As If People Mattered: Site Design Guidelines for Medium-Density Family Housing (1986), as well as many other publications.
Participating in independent consulting work throughout her career, Marcus has worked with a variety of clients throughout
the United States and the world in countries such as, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Canada, Britain, Australia,
New Zealand, and China. Marcus' consulting work specializes in user-needs in design and creating healing and comfortable environments.
Marcus has received numerous awards throughout her career such as the Guggenheim Fellowship Award in 1989 to support her research
on co-housing in Europe and the US and CELA Outstanding Educator Award in 1997.
Biographical Summary, Box 1 Folder 1, Clare Cooper Marcus Papers, Environmental Design Archives, University of California,
Berkeley.
Conarroe, Joel, Letter from Joel Conarroe to Clare Cooper Marcus, April 5, 1989, Clare Cooper Marcus Papers, Environmental
Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Sarkissian, Wendy. Letter from Wendy Sarkissian to Willo P. White, September 5, 1983, Clare Cooper Marcus Papers, Environmental
Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Contents
The Clare Cooper Marcus collection is primarily comprised of course materials and student work from her time teaching at the
University of California, Berkeley from 1969 to 1994 and research notes from her field studies at St. Francis Square (San
Francisco), Geneva Towers (San Francisco), Easter Hill, and Eichler Towers. This collection is organized into two series and
documents her academic and research career from 1963 until the early 1990s. Series I: Professional Papers consists primarily
of Marcus' correspondence, consulting work, unpublished writings, and book reviews, but also includes biographical information
such as Marcus' CVs and graduate school work between 1963 and 1964. Series II: Faculty Records contains teaching and course
materials, and extensive, detailed research notes from her field studies throughout the Bay Area. Throughout these research
notes Marcus provides an array of observational data that she and/or her students conducted that ranges from survey interviews
of residential community members, drawings done by young school students, and photographs. The Clare Cooper Marcus collection
provides a wide range of information on Clare Cooper Marcus' career from environmental behavior consulting to her academic
pursuits in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.
Related Collections
Records of the Department of Architecture, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Easter Hill Village -- St. Francis Square (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Geneva Towers (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Eichler Towers
Landscape Architecture
Environmental Behavior
Architecture--Domestic--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Landscape architecture--California.
Urban landscape architecture
Urban Behavior
Marcus, Clare Cooper
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS I.
1963-1974
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet:3 Document Boxes
Language of Material: English.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1, folder 1
Curriculum Vitarum
1962-2010
Language of Material: English.
Student Work B.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Graduate School Term Papers, City Planning
1963-1964
Language of Material: English.
Correspondance C.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3-4
Thank You Letters, Letters of Recommendation
1955-1998
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Reports
1969-1985
Language of Material: English.
Writings E.
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6-7
Published Photos from Housing as if People Mattered
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 8
House as a Symbol of the Self
1974
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 9-11
Unpublished Essays, Papers, Presentations
1974-2001
Language of Material: English.
Book Reviews F.
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 12-14
Reviews of House as a Symbol of the Self
1976, 1992-1996
Language of Material: English.
Research Notes G.
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 14a
Analysis of Interviews
1967-1968
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 14b
Notes on Analysis, by Phyllis Hacket
1967-1968
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 15
People's Park Protest
1969
Language of Material: English.
FACULTY RECORDS II.
1968- circa 1995
Physical Description: 6.5 Linear Feet:11 Document Boxes
1 Flat Box
Language of Material: English.
Arrangement
This series is comprised of four subseries with each subseries arranged chronologically. Course Materials and Student Work
is arranged by course name and chronologically within each course. Research is further arranged by projects.
Administrative A.
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 1
Department of Architecture Faculty Retreat
1987
Language of Material: English.
Teaching Materials B.
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, Folder 2
Course Accreditation Information
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 3
Social Cultural Emphasis, CED
1973, 1988
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 4
Graduate Course Proposal: Social/Cultural Factors in Design
circa 1975, 1969
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, Folder 5
Graduate Course Proposal: Social/Cultural Factors in Design
circa 1985
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 6-7
Graduate Course Proposal: Social/Cultural Factors in Design
circa 1995
Language of Material: English.
Course Materials and Student Work C.
Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 8
LA 102: Co-taught with Michael Laurie
1991
Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 9-10
LA 140: Social and Psychological Factors
1972-1993
Language of Material: English.
Box 5, Folder 11
LA 140: Lecture Notes
1990-1991
Language of Material: English.
Box 5, Folder 12-13
LA 140: Student Evaluations
1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 5, folder 14
LA 140: Student Work, "Compare Two Plazas"
circa 1975
Language of Material: English.
Box 5, Folder 15
LA 140: Student Work, "Evaluation of Spaces"
1986, 1988
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 16
LA 140: Student Work, "Evaluation of Spaces"
1980-1981
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 17
LA 140: Student Work, Environmental Autobiography
1988
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 18
LA 151: Social and Psychological Factors in Open Space Design
1969-1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, Folder 19
LA 151/140: Handouts
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 20
LA 198: Social Context for Open Space Planning
1969
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 21
LA 200b: Studio
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 22
LA 202b: Advances Landscape Design and Detailing
1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 23
LA 240/198: Personal Values in Design and Planning
1974-1981
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 24
LA 240: Age Segregated Environments
1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 25
LA 240: Social, Cultural, and Psycgological Factors in Design
1993-1994
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 26
LA 240: Student Work
1993-1994
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 27
LA 240: "Compare 2 Plazas"
1993
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, Folder 28
LA 298/198: Planning and Design for Urban Youth and Childhood
1974-1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 29
LA 298: Studentwork
1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 30
LA 298: Public Life and A Sense of Place
1988
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 31
Arch 179: Architecture of Social Responsibility
1988
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 32
Arch 200: Design Journal
1987
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 33
Arch 201: Social Factors Criteria in the Design Process
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 33a
Arch 209: People and Places
1981
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, folder 34
Arch 211/CRP 200: Environment of the Life Cycle, Fall
1986
Language of Material: English.
Box 7, Folder 35-36
Arch 219c: Programming and Evaluation
1991-1992
Language of Material: English.
Box 8, Folder 37-38
Arch 219d: Social Aspects of Housing Design
1982-1994
Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 39
Arch 219d: Post-Constuctural Site Planning Evaluations, Fall
1993
Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 40
Arch 219d: Lecture Notes
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 41
Arch 219d: Student Work
1968
Language of Material: English.
Box 8, folder 42
Arch 219d: Student Work
1982, 1985
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 43-44
Arch 219d: Student Work
1987
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 45
Arch 219d: Student Work. Fall
1991
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 46
Arch 219d: Student Work
1992
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 47
Arch 219d: Student Work, Spring
1993
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 48
Arch 219d: Student Work
1994
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 49
Arch 240: Social Issues in Housing Form
1978-1980
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 50
Arch 298: Social and Psychological Factors in Housing Design
1971-1972
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 51
Arch 299: Social Housing Projects in 20th cent. Europe
1992
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 52
Unidentified Class Materials
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 53
Indian Rock
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 54
Unidentified Student Work
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Research D.
Language of Material: English.
St. Francis Square, San Francisco 1.
1969
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 55-59
Preliminary Analysis
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 10, folder 60-63
Survey/ Questionnaire
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 64-65
Survey Maps
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, Folder 66
Blank Survey Maps
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 67
Survey Data
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 68
Interviews
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 69-71
Observation Notebooks
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 72
Site Plans
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 73-74
Correspondence
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 75
Photos
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 76-77
Reports
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Flat-box 15, folder 78
Plan
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 79
Children Essay. St. Francis Square, 3rd grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 80
Children Essay. St. Francis Square, 4th grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 81
Children Essay, St. Francis Square, 5th grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 82
Case Study: St. Francis Square, Geneva Towers, Easter Hill
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Geneva Towers, San Franciso 2.
1969-1970
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 83-84
Research and Consulting
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
box 12, folder 84a
Interview: Ned Eichler, by C.C. Marcus and Phyllis Hacket
1967
box 12, folder 84b
Interview: Joseph Eichler, by C.C. Marcus and Phyllis Hacket
1967
Box 12, folder 85-86
Observation Notebooks
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 87
Children Drawings, Geneva Towers, 1st grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 88
Children Drawings, Geneva Towers, 3rd grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 89
Children Drawings, Geneva Towers, 3rd grade
1969
Language of Material: English.
Flat-box 15, folder 90-91
Children Drawings, Geneva Towers, 6th grade
1969
Language of Material: English.
Easter Hill 3.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 92
Easter Hill Research Boycott
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, Folder 93-94
Children Drawings, Easter Hill, analyzed
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 95
Children Drawings, Easter Hill, 2nd and 3rd grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 96
Children Drawings, Easter Hill, 3rd and 4th grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 97
Children Essays, Easter Hill, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 98
Children Drawing and Essay, Easter Hill, 3rd grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 99
Children Essay, Eichler Towers, 3rd grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 100
Children Essays, Eichler Towers, 5th grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 13, folder 101
Children Drawings. Eichler Towers, 1st grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Children's Work 5.
Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 102
Children Drawings, Survey Analysis
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Flat-box 15, folder 102a
Children Drawings, "Ideal Playground," 1st- 4th grade
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Observation Notebooks 6.
Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 103
Balconies and Patios
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 104
Areas
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 14, folder 105
Parks
n.d.
Language of Material: English.
box 14, folder 105a
Field Notes: Tapiola "New Town", Finland
1967
Box 14, folder 106-107
Unidentified Observation Notebooks
n.d.
Language of Material: English.