Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Peter C. Bosselmann Collection
- Dates:
- 1985-2008
- Creators:
- Bosselmann, Peter C.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet: 9 flat files- 1 flat file drawer
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item] Peter C. Bosselmann collection, 2018-06, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of one Series, Project Records, and includes sketches and early design plans for projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a few projects in New York City. The materials are mainly hand-drawn sketches, with some maps and street grids.
- Biographical / historical:
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Peter Bosselmann was trained at Karlsruhe University in Germany where he studied with Egon Eiermann and with the Swedish landscape architect, Gunnar Martinsson. He came to the United States to work with Oswald Mathias Ungers, Donald Appleyard and Christopher Alexander. He has set up simulation/visualization laboratories in New York City at The New School, in Tokyo at Keio University, and in Milan at the Polytechnic University. He is the recipient of numerous design awards, including AIA, ASLA and ACIP awards for his work in San Francisco; an Urban Design Institute Award for his work in Oakland, California; recognition for the Seaton Airport Lands design competition in Ontario, Canada; Progressive Architecture Awards for urban design research for work in San Francisco and on Toronto's Downtown Plan; an award from the American Planning Association; and an invited exhibition of his work at the Triennale in Milan, Italy.
In 1983, He joined the faculty in the UC Berkeley College of Environmenatl Design's Departments of City and Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, a department he chaired from 2002 to 2006. He also served as longtime Chair of the Master of Urban Design Degree Program, which he co-founded in 1997.
In addition to his academic research and teaching, Professor Bosselmann has been a practicing urban designer since 1973, with extensive national and international urban design experience, including contributions in San Francisco, Oakland, New York City, and internationally in Canada, Japan, China, and Germany.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-08 08:49:53 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permissions to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item] Peter C. Bosselmann collection, 2018-06, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-5124