The Writings of Donald Appleyard

The Writings of Donald Appleyard C o m p i l e d by D a n a C u f f w i t h the help o f Kenneth H . C r a i k and the I n s t i t u t e o f U r b a n a n d Regional D e v e l o p m e n t ( I U R D ) , University o f C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley, CA. Editorial notes regarding the corollary research agenda were prepared by Leslie Gould, Assistant Editor, and are italicized. Introduction W h e n I began graduate school at Berkeley, D o n a l d A p p l e y a r d was the first name o n m y list o f p r o ­ fessors t o seek o u t . I t was a g o o d lead. Each semester, D o n ' s semi­ nars covered new issues, and his c o m m i t m e n t to the e x p l o r a t i o n o f ideas, t o p l a n n i n g and architecture, and t o his students was u n r i v a l e d . I remember most v i v i d l y evening meetings at his home, where small groups o f students presented their o w n w o r k for critical review, and where w e met D o n ' s friends f r o m all over the c o u n t r y — s o m e o f the best scholars i n design research. T h i s a m o r p h o u s field must have crystalized for others besides myself i n that context. It was i n the fall o f 1982 w h e n the news came o f D o n ' s death. The finality o f his death seemed irreconcilable w i t h the v i t a l memories w e each held. C o m p i l i n g A p p l e y a r d ' s w r i t t e n w o r k is one w a y to pass along the influence he had o n those o f us w h o k n e w h i m . Some t w e n t y years o f prolific, scholarly, and creative achievement are evident i n the artifact b e l o w : D o n a l d Appleyard's bibliography. The i n t e n t i o n o f p u b l i s h i n g this b i b l i o g r a p h y is to gather the dispersed w r i t i n g s o f D o n a l d A p p l e y a r d so t h a t his oeuvre is accessible to scholars, researchers, designers, and students. H i s future research agenda is underscored, so that others may continue the w o r k w h i c h A p p l e y a r d began. I n order to usher scholars, designers, researchers, and students i n t o the corpus, five categories are used t o summarize A p p l e y a r d ' s w o r k . T h e r e m a r k a b l e breadth o f Appleyard's interests is apparent i n this list o f w r i t i n g s , w h i c h range from environmental simulation t o street l i v a b i l i t y ; f r o m u r b a n conservation to e n v i r o n m e n t a l s y m b o l i s m . There is, however, a u n i f y i n g theme i n his w o r k w h i c h stems f r o m his o w n p h i l o s o p h y that people and physical place are critically l i n k e d i n the understanding, e v a l u a t i o n , conservation, or p l a n n i n g o f any environment. Environmental Perception, Environmental Psychology, and the Ciudad Guayana Project (Reference numbers: 1, 2, 2 4 , 29, D o n a l d Appleyard's w o r k i n the 1960s, w i t h K e v i n L y n c h at MIT and w i t h the C i u d a d Guayana p r o j e c t i n Venezuela, explores physical f o r m as reflected i n h u m a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g . H e focuses o n the ways people structure their perceptions o f environments and the nature o f those m e n t a l representations that are influenced n o t o n l y by the physical setting b u t also b y travel mode, spatial and t e m p o r a l c o n t e x t , familiarity, and social significance. D o m i n a t i n g these w o r k s is the general o r i e n t a t i o n o f cognitive psychology t h a t leads t o an understanding o f the e n v i r o n m e n t as i t is understood b y its inhabitants, and t o the design o f responsive environments. M a n y o f the ideas e m b o d i e d i n these w r i t i n g s can be f o u n d i n the b o o k Planning a Pluralist City, based o n the C i u d a d Guayana research. * A s i m i l a r version o f this b i b l i o g r a p h y was published i n D . A m a d e o , J. G r i f f i n , and J. Potter, eds. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. Washington, D C : Places/ Volume 1, Number